Valkyrie : the women of the Viking world / Jóhanna Katrín Fridriksdóttir.
Valkyrie : the women of the Viking world / Jóhanna Katrín Fridriksdóttir.
Valkyrie : the women of the Viking world / Jóhanna Katrín Fridriksdóttir.
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
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G 2020/2622
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 252 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: 'Valkyries decide who dies or lives' -- Infancy and childhood -- Teenage girls -- Adulthood, married life and divorce -- Pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood -- Widows -- Old age and death -- Epilogue.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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 - to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of...
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Valkyrie : the women of the Viking world / Jóhanna Katrín Fridriksdóttir.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-242) and index.
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ebook version : 9781350137127
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G 2020/2622
Record Identifier
74VKaPxRG5VO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPxRG5VO
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ISBN
1788314778 (hbk.)
9781788314770 (hbk.)
DDC
948.022
MMS ID
991024315914002626
