Wives taunting pushed back retreating Danish men at the Paris siege in 885. They couldn’t do flyting like Erik the Eloquent, vanquisher of Gotvara. … Read the post Danes besieging Paris needed Erik the Eloquent’s flyting skill
After Rindr rejected his love, Viking chief god Odin, disguised as a female physician, raped her. The lecherous Roman god Jupiter wasn’t so dull. … Read the post lechery of Viking god Odin dull relative to Jupiter
The Viking woman Svanhvita admired Regner’s beauty, saved him by killing his evil stepmother and other monsters, married him, and loved him forever. … Read the post Viking woman Svanhvita slayed evil stepmother and other monsters
The medieval Viking love-story of Signe and Hagbard follows betrayal and distrust to penal execution and shameful suicide, not new life. … Read the post Signe and Hagbard show shameful, death-destined love
In Gesta Danorum, the Danish woman-warrior Alvild and her love for Alf shows limitations of the Viking woman-warrior controversy. … Read the post Danish woman-warrior Alvild fought like a man and loved a man