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After some controversy with the gender of the bones found in a Viking tomb, the study of DNA and the findings - axes, spears, horses ... - that rested next to the corpse have been conclusive: The remains belong, without any doubt, to a famous and admired Viking warrior.
Yes, the Viking woman are warriors, but not only that, apart from being mothers, nurses, cooks, housewives, counselors, artisans and educators, they also hunted, defended the home with nails and teeth when the husband was absent to do the war, and when they accompanied him, they gave their best, comforted the troops, woke up their morale, used their magic, as good sorcerers and fortune tellers, and also fought as authentic lionesses. If all this were not enough, the powerful Vikings woman made important decisions, organized resources and family economy, watched over traditions and taught their numerous offspring with the values of courage, strength, independence and honour.
We have known hundreds of stories dyed with blood, barbarism, looting and submission typical of the Viking Culture, but little did we know about sexual freedom and the respect with which the Viking woman was treated, of the strategic function of marriage always conditioned on emotional well-being , so much that both could decide to separate if he was doing water sexually and emotionally speaking, and if in the middle they treated the abuse, a divorce order was not expected, the dissolution of the link was ipso facto. We can say then that their culture was, in this sense, quite transgressive not relegated the feminine function to a mere reproductive role.
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