Why Be A Princess When You Can Be A Shield Maiden? Poster
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Why Be A Princess When You Can Be A Shield Maiden? This Viking Norse shieldmaiden design is the perfect Christmas, birthday or Mother’s Day gift for the fierce warrior woman in your life. Female warriors, known as shield-maidens, were common in Scandinavian folklore and mythology, and Norse sagas. The Valkyries of Valhalla were said to be based on them. Design includes runic distressed text and a graphic of a medieval woman holding a sword.