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Tar-Palantir · 02-02-2003, 08:00 PM

I would like ask more of these stories. Sadly I am not not nearly as well read in this topic as you all seem to be. But, what was the nature of these female figures before and after battle/valour/great deeds? Do they follow a "rise to the occassion scenario" or are they more of a "trained from birth" breed of fighter? Although I imagine Eowyn as being a little of both, firstly I would surmise she was trained from youth. Though no other of these "shieldmaidens" are spoken of, perhaps it was as a result of her nobility, Blood of Eorl and all that. So- are there any instances of armies of female warriors?

Does that question make sense? Are these females warriors you speak of doomed to return to their roots of domestic duties (for lack of a better term) or are they destined from youth to be heroes and fighting women?

02-02-2003, 08:00 PM	#7
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	I would like ask more of these stories. Sadly I am not not nearly as well read in this topic as you all seem to be. But, what was the nature of these female figures before and after battle/valour/great deeds? Do they follow a "rise to the occassion scenario" or are they more of a "trained from birth" breed of fighter? Although I imagine Eowyn as being a little of both, firstly I would surmise she was trained from youth. Though no other of these "shieldmaidens" are spoken of, perhaps it was as a result of her nobility, Blood of Eorl and all that. So- are there any instances of armies of female warriors? Does that question make sense? Are these females warriors you speak of doomed to return to their roots of domestic duties (for lack of a better term) or are they destined from youth to be heroes and fighting women? __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!