#vkgunnhild

[elizabethboleyn]

[beastologist]

Come. Join our feast. We will be Shieldmaidens together. ↪ Vikings 6.05 “The Key”

[philomaela]

Gunnhild (Vikings) and Aslaug (The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok) parallels

[goldentailedmermaids]

V I K I N G S   W O M E N   M E M E [2/2] queens: Queen Gunnhild

“I have heard of your deeds in battle. You are a famous shieldmaiden.”

[philomaela]

Hmm? I can see him. It's the ghosts.

[beastologist]

Gunnhild in Vikings 6.04 “All the Prisoners”

for @volvaaslaug

[beastologist]

“Your mistress, the famous shield - maiden Lagertha, is dead. But we cannot let her sail to Valhalla alone. Someone must serve her in the next world and accompany her there. Who would willingly sacrifice themselves to go with Lagertha?” ↪ Vikings 6.07 “The Ice Maiden”

[philomaela]

When [the messengers] came before Aslaug’s high seat, they greeted her respectfully and she began to speak with them. She had a linen kerchief on her knees and meant to comb her hair, and she had let her hair down. ~The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok (translated by Ben Waggoner)