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!
Support for Female Characters
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 by cronevaldThe 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.
Why is this suprising?
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.
Hell, just look at their myths to see that the notion of female warriors was there.........
Hell, just look at their myths to see that the notion of female warriors was there.........
I'm sorry what?