Shield maidens and the heroic genre - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 01-31-2003, 07:52 PM

You state your case so well, I wonder what's left to be said, other than, you're right. I agree. I've read the Heimskringla and Siggi Sturleson's works (grrrr I can't remember what they're called!) and the Nibelungenlied. Actually, the latter has too much of the medieval anti-woman bent to it again. Not so the other two. And yes, Eowyn comes straight out of this tradition. Great point!

01-31-2003, 07:52 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	You state your case so well, I wonder what's left to be said, other than, you're right. I agree. I've read the Heimskringla and Siggi Sturleson's works (grrrr I can't remember what they're called!) and the Nibelungenlied. Actually, the latter has too much of the medieval anti-woman bent to it again. Not so the other two. And yes, Eowyn comes straight out of this tradition. Great point!