"During the creative process, I immersed myself in Norse mythology and came across the figure of the Valkyries, the female Viking warriors," she explains. "They were also carers, like me.

A 1889 drawing of the Viking warrior grave discovered in Birka, Sweden. For more than 120 years, it was assumed to be the skeleton of a man.HJALMAR STOLPE / Not-For-Syndication For more than a ...

Like all the Vikings taking part in the festival, she was wearing Viking costumes made and dyed in the same way as the original Vikings created their clothes more than 1,000 years ago.

Viking society was not exclusively of Scandinavian descent. “We were already dealing with a cultural and ethnic mix,” says Harvig. As with hair color, irises were also diverse.

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The positives come in Eggers’ passion for historical detail, and this is reflected in the faithful reproduction of costume, finds and armoury from the archeological record. The women wear ...

Viking festival in York takes place with attendees donning warrior costumes Tanyel Mustafa Published May 29, 2022 1:40pm Updated May 30, 2022 7:49am Comments ...

In Robert Eggers’s jaw-dropping new Viking epic, ‘The Northman’, the costumes are the jewel in its (historically accurate) crown. Vogue speaks to costume designer Linda Muir about the difficulties – ...

The Viking era lasted from about 800 until around 1050 C.E. Then, disparate groups of Nordic warriors started attacking cities and towns in Europe. Stories quickly spread of their violence, their lack ...

Was there such a thing as a female Viking warrior? That question has come up at different times throughout academic research on the Viking Age, and brought with it varying degrees of debate. At the ...