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The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
The syncretism of the predominant triple moon goddess (a united figure of Diana/Hecate/Selene), combined with the Orphic belief that the Seasons and the Fates were divisions of this same divinity, along with the latter representing the three stages of life, ultimately gave rise to the modern conception of a Triple Goddess whose symbol is the ...
The story is centered around a group of sword-wielding shrine maidens called Toji, who attend school while improving their extermination skills and serve as a unit in the police force in order to exorcise mysterious, hostile creatures known only as aradama. The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and ...
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold.
Lagertha as imagined in a lithography by Morris Meredith Williams in 1913. Lagertha, according to legend, was a Viking ruler and shield-maiden from what is now Norway, and the onetime wife of the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok.
Damocles [a] is a character who appears in a (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the sword of Damocles", [1] [2] an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power.
The "valkyrie from Hårby", silver-gilt figurine depicting a female figure with a sword and shield, often interpreted to be a valkyrie. In Norse mythology , a valkyrie ( / ˈ v æ l k ɪ r i / VAL -kirr-ee or / v æ l ˈ k ɪər i / val- KEER -ee ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] from Old Norse : valkyrja , lit.
She is also known as Maiden of the Southern Forest. She was author of the earliest-known exposition on swordplay. [1] In Chinese mythology, she is a reincarnation of Jiutian Xuannü. [2] Jiutian Xuannü as depicted in a 1829 Japanese picture book of the Water Margin she is a goddess of swords