Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE

Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war - to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350230308
• ISBN13: 9781350230309
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"