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Shieldmaiden
A shieldmaiden (, (デンマーク語:skjoldmø), (ノルウェー語:skjoldmøy), (スウェーデン語:sköldmö), (ドイツ語:Schildmaid)) was a woman who had chosen to fight as a warrior in Scandinavian folklore and mythology. They are often mentioned in sagas such as ''Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks'' and in ''Gesta Danorum''. Shieldmaidens also appear in stories of other Germanic peoples: Goths, Cimbri, and Marcomanni.〔(The article ''Sköldmö'' ) in ''Nordisk familjebok'' (1917).〕 The mythical Valkyries may have been based on the shieldmaidens.〔 The historical existence of shieldmaidens is heavily debated, but scholars including Lars Magnar Enoksen,〔Enoksen, Lars Magnar, 2004, Vikingarnas stridskonst s 20, s286, s 295f och s 314 ISBN 91-85057-32-0〕 Neil Price〔http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/videos/secrets-of-the-vikings-shield-maidens〕 and scholar Britt-Mari Näsström〔http://www.motpol.nu/oskorei/2008/03/08/skoldmon-i-nordisk-myt/〕 argue evidence for their existence, while scholar Judith Jesch disagrees, citing lack of hard evidence.〔http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/04/19/viking-women-warriors-and-valkyries/〕
==Historical accounts==
There are few historical attestations that Viking Age women took part in warfare,〔 but the Byzantine historian John Skylitzes records that women fought in battle when Sviatoslav I of Kiev attacked the Byzantines in Bulgaria in 971.〔 When the Varangians had suffered a devastating defeat, the victors were stunned at discovering armed women among the fallen warriors.〔Harrison, D. & Svensson, K. (2007). ''Vikingaliv''. Fälth & Hässler, Värnamo. ISBN 978-91-27-35725-9. p. 71〕
When Leif Erikson's pregnant half-sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir was in Vinland, she is reported to have taken up a sword, and, bare-breasted, scared away the attacking Skrælings.〔 The fight is recounted in the ''Greenland saga'', though Freydís is not explicitly referred to as a shieldmaiden in the text.〔Thorsson, Ö. (Ed.) ''The Sagas of the Icelanders.'' Penguin Books, 1997.〕
Saxo Grammaticus reported that shieldmaidens fought on the side of the Danes at the Battle of Brávellir in the year 750:
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