The Real Valkyrie - Virtual Book Talk with Nancy Marie Brown & Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir

[@stepheng9607]

Thanks for this fascinating talk. Looking forward to reading the book

[@EmmaFre-Haack]

Brilliant

[@ruariniall7463]

I don't disputeMs Brown's conclusions but I also think it was more complicated than what she is saying. The Descriptions of Valkyries in their various forms indicate priestesses or pseudo religious activities. For instance, the Swan Maidens in their swan suits bathing in the Danube. Were these real young, unmarried women? I think so and I think they were performing a religious function. Also, the Valkyries as shape shifters falls onto the same catagory. And there are other descriptions indicating that Valkyries were not all one thing but that in whatever their role, they may have born arms is not ony plausable but probable.