1.
In 2017 CE, Uppsala University archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson published her study of a ______ grave discovered in Birka, Sweden.
2.
Norse literature and _________, however, depicts a number of legendary women who do precisely that.
3.
These women are described either in the _______ sagas of the 12th and 13th centuries CE, in the work of Snorri Sturluson.
4.
They reflect a _____ admiration for the strong woman who takes it upon herself to get what she wants and go where she pleases.
5.
The most famous type of mortal warrior woman known from the sagas is the shieldmaiden, who is mirrored in the spiritual realm of the afterlife by the _______.
6.
The Valkyries, of course, were the supernatural women warriors who chose the dead in battle and led them to _____ hall of Valhalla.
7.
The wielder of the magic sword Tyrfing was _____.
8.
Skadi is the daughter of the giant Thjazi who was killed by the god ____ of Asgard.
9.
Freyja presides over Fólkvangr (“Field of the People”) and is said to collect half of the fallen on the _____ for herself; the other half are gathered by Odin for Valhalla.
10.
Olga of Kiev is better known as St. Olga of _____ ______.
