Rollo Monday #11

A fan art that I did of Rollo from a screencap of Vikings latest teaser.

Shieldmaiden Saturday #16

  In preparations for the upcoming raids when Vikings return next month I present a fan art photo of our favorite shieldmaiden and jarl... Lagertha in season 3.

Shieldmaiden Saturday #15 -Valkyrie in Aurora Borealis

On this late Saturday night I bring to you not a painting, etching or carving of a Shieldmaiden or Valkyrie. Nor do i bring to you a woman portraying one of these wonderful women. Instead I bring to you a photo of the Aurora Borealis in Norway that was taken by Dionys Moser. To me it looks like a shieldmaiden or a Valkyrie or an angel, if you are one of the three major religions, sitting on her haunches over a fallen warrior. There are wings and the shape of a face  in profile. A long face but still a face. Then it maybe just me seeing this but I saw this at first glance and not looking long at it.

  If you do not see what I see or my imagination wants me to see I hope you will at least enjoy the beauty of the Aurora Borealis.

Shieldmaiden Saturday #14

A random but true thought for a Shieldmaiden.

Shieldmaiden Saturday #13

A different and dramatically beautiful Valkyrie from deviantART.

The Poetic Edda - Voluspo: Stanzas 12, 13, 14,15 and 16

  To continue on our Voluspo journey and the name of the dwarves. These stanzas make me smile and if you are a J.R.R. Tolkien fan or even a fan of the movie The Hobbit trilogy  these will should make you smile as well. As usual this is from the translation of Poetic Edda.

12. Vigg and Gandalf   Vildaf and Thrain
       Thekk and Thorin  Thror, Vit and Lit
       Nyr and Nyrath, --  Now I have told --
       Regin and Rathsvith --  the list aright.

13. Fili, Kili,   Fundin, Nali
      Heptifili    Hannar, Sviur
      Frar, Hornboi,  Fraeg and Loni,
      Aurvang, Jari,    Eikinskjaldi.

14. The race of dwarfs  in Dvalin'sthrong
      Down to Lofar  the list I must tell;
      The rocks they left,  and through wet lands  
      They sought a home in the fields of sand.

15. There were Draupnir,   and Dolgthrasir,
      Hor, Haugspori,  Hlevang, Gloin,
      Dori, Ori,  Duf, Andvari,
      Skirfir, Virfir,  Skafith, Ai.

16.  Alf and Yngvi,  Eikinskjaldi,
       Fjalar and Frosti  Fith, and Ginnar;
       So for all time  shall the tale be known,
       The list of all the forebears of Lofar.

Shieldmaiden Saturday #12

This is probably my favorite out of what I have seen of Valkyries.This was first shown to me by a Twitter friend about a month or so ago and I fell in love with this piece of art work. It is  digital art by Karl Nyman and is entitled Valkyrie Ascending .