Study co-author and archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson from Uppsala University in Sweden says, "What we have studied was not a valkyrie ... the title "A female Viking warrior confirmed ...

Image Credit: Uppsala University “This is the first formal and genetic confirmation of a female Viking warrior,” Uppsala ... What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a ...

Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking ... which had the rather sensational title "A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics," said Judith Jesch, a professor of Viking studies and ...

“What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real ... more detailed story. “The Viking warrior female showed genetic affinity to present-day inhabitants of the British Islands ...

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance ... "What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real life military leader, that ...

A controversial set of remains that has long sparked debate among archaeologists does, in fact, represent a female Viking warrior ... that the image of the Valkyrie is based on another mythical ...

What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas ... women's presence among high-ranking members of Viking societies. "It isn't the first female warrior, but it is definitely the most ...

“Hence the individual in grave Bj 581 is the first confirmed female high-ranking Viking warrior,” wrote the ... “What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real life ...

The naturalistic female ... Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly qualities or who became a man, raising the question of whether female warriors were actually regarded as men in Viking ...

Then, in 2017, an American Journal of Physical Anthropology article called “A female Viking warrior confirmed by ... “What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real-life ...

What the “Valkyrie ... which is a female gesture.” Colleagues say that’s a refreshing change from some recent scholarship that narrowly focuses on warrior women in the Viking Age.

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance ... "What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real life military leader, that ...