valvorik 271 Posted September 5, 2014 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/half-of-viking-warriors-may-have-been-women-says-study/article20331819/ So warrior maids not so improbable! Long live the Eagrel! Fear the Barrow Queen not just the Barrow King, and pray it's a male northerner who captures you not one of their ferocious women! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cronevald 8 Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Not quite. A lot of outlets ran with a headline without reading the actual study being referenced. http://www.missedinhistory.com/blog/raining-on-your-parade-about-those-women-viking-warriors/ (Edit - Which I see your link actually alludes to. Sorry, I've seen the uncorrected article so many times this week I assumed your's was the same. Apologies.) Edited September 5, 2014 by cronevald Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
valvorik 271 Posted September 5, 2014 The globe article does note that evidence is not absolute etc and there are other views, though points out you can't deny the fact there are female burials with arms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carcosa 66 Posted September 6, 2014 Why is this suprising? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nimsim 671 Posted September 6, 2014 Why people are able to accept cockney orcs, rock and roll sex daemons, and Mongolian ogres but would balk at female warriors is beyond me. If you want proof of gender equality among physical professions, look at any group of people who are lacking resources. When people don't have the resources to section people off into confined roles, you'll see much more heterogeneous professions. 2 UncleArkie and Carcosa reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carcosa 66 Posted September 6, 2014 Hell, just look at their myths to see that the notion of female warriors was there......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fgdsfg 1,017 Posted September 6, 2014 Hell, just look at their myths to see that the notion of female warriors was there......... I'm sorry what? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
