Amleth (who embodies the traditional hypermasculine Viking warrior ideal that dominates today's modern reimaginings of this ancient history) is partaking in the spoils of a violent raid on an ...

Eric Bloodaxe was the King of the Viking city of Jorvik ... by Odin to go to great feasting halls such as Valhalla. Flying warrior maidens called Valkyries would escort them from Midgard to ...