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22: 96: 205:, which include the tale of Lagertha, are "generally considered to be largely fictional". In portraying the several warrior women in these tales, Saxo drew on the legend of the Amazons from classical antiquity, but also on a variety of Old Norse (particularly Icelandic) sources, which have not been clearly identified. Saxo's depiction of women warriors is also colored by 170:(Herrauðr) of Sweden. He won the hand of his new love after numerous adventures, but upon returning to Denmark was again faced with a civil war. Ragnar sent to Norway for support, and Lagertha, who still loved him, came to his aid with 120 ships, according to Saxo. When at the height of the battle, Ragnar's son 183:
Upon returning to Norway, she quarrelled with her husband, and slew him with a spearhead she concealed in her gown. Saxo concludes that she then "usurped the whole of his name and sovereignty; for this most presumptuous dame thought it pleasanter to rule without her husband than to share the throne
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valley. He was set upon by a bear and a great hound which Lagertha had guarding her home, but killed the bear with his spear and choked the hound to death. Thus he won the hand of Lagertha. According to Saxo, Ragnar had a son with her, Fridleif, as well as two daughters, whose names are not
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Ladgerda, who had a matchless spirit though a delicate frame, covered by her splendid bravery the inclination of the soldiers to waver. For she made a sally about, and flew round to the rear of the enemy, taking them unawares, and thus turned the panic of her friends into the camp of the
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came with an army to avenge his grandfather Siward. Many of the women Frø had ordered abused dressed themselves in men's clothing and fought on Ragnar's side. Chief among them, and key to Ragnar's victory, was Lagertha. Saxo recounts:
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After returning to Denmark to fight a civil war, Ragnar (who, according to Saxo, was still annoyed that Lagertha had set beasts against him) divorced Lagertha in order to marry
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Impressed with her courage, Ragnar courted her from afar. Lagertha feigned interest and Ragnar arrived to seek her hand, bidding his companions wait in the
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valley – where Lagertha lived according to Saxo – lies nearby and was the center of Thorgerd's cult. It was also, according to
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and killed the Norwegian king Siward. Frø put the women of the dead king's family into a brothel for
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Thorgerd was worshipped by, and sometimes said to be wed to, the Norwegian ruler
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was wounded, Lagertha saved the day for Ragnar with a counter-attack:
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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Lagertha's tale is recorded in passages in the ninth book of the
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considered very probable, that Lagertha is identical with
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describes Thorgerd and her sister Irpa assisting Haakon.
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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Saxo Grammaticus (1979). Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.).
610: 90: 672: 446: 444: 442: 440: 438: 435: 2739: 535: 247:When Saxo describes Lagertha as "flying round" ( 60:in the 12th century. According to the historian 593:Dans i Danmark: danseformerne ca. 1600 til 1950 220:, also appears in the sagas of the 6th century 531: 529: 527: 525: 658: 107:valley in western Norway, marked on this map. 618:"Interview with Katheryn Winnick (Lagertha)" 450: 376:) is a main character in the 2013 TV series 52:, and the onetime wife of the famous Viking 2387: 687:Mythological Norse people, items and places 574: 565: 522: 497: 495: 493: 421:. Cambridge University Press. p. 414. 369:, dance, and originally also dialog parts. 248: 72: 665: 651: 56:. Her tale was recorded by the chronicler 1485:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend 268: 79:. It has also been recorded as Lagertha, 25:Lagertha as imagined in a lithography by 596:. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 331. 490: 417:. In Fox, Cyril; Dickins, Bruce (eds.). 408: 325: 94: 20: 419:The Early Cultures of North-West Europe 16:Legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler 2740: 386:and then as a queen in her own right. 166:(Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr), daughter of King 646: 501: 589: 539:The history of the Danes: books I-IX 1545:named weapons, armour and treasures 372:More recently, Lagertha (played by 339:(1789) is based on Saxo's account. 257:. The tale notably recalls that of 13: 2763:Women in medieval European warfare 2722:Heathenry (new religious movement) 91:Life according to Saxo Grammaticus 14: 2789: 628:from the original on 26 June 2022 192: 1385:Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri 71:Her name as recorded by Saxo is 466:from the original on 7 May 2019 273:Davidson deems it possible, as 1822:Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán 583: 556: 187: 1: 456:"The Danish History, Book IX" 411:"Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and the 389: 7: 2753:9th-century Norwegian women 1892:Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr 288:(c. 937–995), who lived at 232:, in her commentary on the 10: 2794: 2559:Festivals and holy periods 409:Chadwick, Nora K. 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Index


Morris Meredith Williams
legend
Viking
shield-maiden
Norway
Ragnar Lodbrok
Saxo
Judith Jesch
Thorgerd

Saxo
Gaula
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
Frø
Norway
public humiliation
Ragnar Lodbrok
Amazon
Gaular
Thora Borgarhjört
Herraud
Siward
Judith Jesch
misogyny
Scylding
Halfdan
Hilda Ellis Davidson
Franks

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