Johanna Katrin Friðriksdottir currently works at the National Library of Norway in Oslo. Her research focuses on Vikings, Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, mythology and poetry, late medieval Iceland, medieval manuscripts, and gender.
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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-t... SEE MORE