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Shield maidens were not a myth! [View all] riderinthestorm Sep 2015 OP
Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Then why were they called vi KINGS, huh? orange you glad Sep 2015 #1
The root of the word is Vik....a bay Demeter Sep 2015 #48
Roger Corman was right! TlalocW Sep 2015 #2
Female Viking Jazz dancers are HAWT !!! Monk06 Sep 2015 #40
So was Hammer Films! Tom Kitten Sep 2015 #50
In Northern Britian, the Picts KT2000 Sep 2015 #3
That would distract me DashOneBravo Sep 2015 #7
Keira Knightley and KT2000 Sep 2015 #8
Sounds like a great society GummyBearz Sep 2015 #4
Lagertha approves this message. bluedigger Sep 2015 #5
My oldest is a medieval archaeologist specializing in Vikings riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #6
what a fascinating vocation! grasswire Sep 2015 #11
Her passion isn't related to our genealogy but yup, she's pretty incredible riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #13
That's how I feel about "Call the Midwife" XemaSab Sep 2015 #12
I love that show (and am in love with Lagertha, rawr) but those FIGHT SEQUENCES! Scootaloo Sep 2015 #16
Off topic but couldn't resist replying because of the sheer coincidence/timing. right as I read this Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #43
Scythian horse cultures had women warriors. It's believed that this is where the Greeks Cleita Sep 2015 #9
I'm pleased the forensics are bearing out old stories riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #10
And Boudicca too! druidity33 Sep 2015 #21
Also, Boudicca is a historical character, not a myth. Cleita Sep 2015 #39
Sichelgaita also LittleBlue Sep 2015 #22
And maybe just maybe they are not myths at all since jwirr Sep 2015 #31
and they abducted--uh, Chechnyan men? MisterP Sep 2015 #35
k and r with thanks. niyad Sep 2015 #14
Why would anyone ID a skeleton by burial artifacts instead of just looking at the bones? Thor_MN Sep 2015 #15
Societal patriarchy imo. Even my own hard core feminist daughter fell prey to this riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #17
Hi Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #53
GIS is short for geographic information systems riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #55
Oh wow! Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #59
Grave goods are important signifiers of status, position, and profession Scootaloo Sep 2015 #19
Yes, and have been proven here to misidentify the gender of soldiers... Thor_MN Sep 2015 #32
+10 million! Forensic archaeology is the new hot field nt riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #33
I'm puzzled by that, too. Mister Ed Sep 2015 #20
I'll take a stab. My daughters trained in artifacts, not skeletons riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #26
If you have a perfectly intact, perfectly preserved pelvis, then yep, it's easy to tell. Calista241 Sep 2015 #45
I read somewhere that 1% of medieval samurai... Nevernose Sep 2015 #18
Onna-bugeisha LittleBlue Sep 2015 #24
I don't think that Japanese historians have forgotten that Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #47
I was trying to find a polite way Nevernose Sep 2015 #54
Let's hear it for proto-feminist looters & pillagers! Woo-hoo! nt Chef Eric Sep 2015 #23
Riders in the storm.... Ron Obvious Sep 2015 #25
Heh. Pnwnd. I WAS listening to the Doors when I signed up here riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #28
Nobody should die at 27 Ron Obvious Sep 2015 #29
I love reading stories about onna bugeisha yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #27
Walkures... however, are still a myth AlbertCat Sep 2015 #30
Boob armor... ::facepalm:: n/t TygrBright Sep 2015 #36
Costumes for stage.... daleanime Sep 2015 #37
That's gonna piss the neo-Odinist pagan dudes off... right on! n/t TygrBright Sep 2015 #34
Not really 1939 Sep 2015 #41
Recs without a Kick orange you glad Sep 2015 #38
I'm such a dummy! I thought 'shield maidens' meant... pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #42
rec & kick MerryBlooms Sep 2015 #44
A friend of my daughter's is a member of the SWAT team in Rotterdam SwissTony Sep 2015 #46
I've always been very careful of women with knives. bvar22 Sep 2015 #49
Kind of odd HassleCat Sep 2015 #51
Maybe they didn't recognize them as women. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #52
Does this mean women were raping, burning, murdering, and looting? IronLionZion Sep 2015 #56
K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Sep 2015 #57
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #58
Kick!!!! nt Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #60
This article is way off base in relation to the original paper. Codeine Sep 2015 #61
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