Singer Willow Smith doesn’t just write music, she's a novelist too. The 23-year-old child of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow's debut book is an ambitious contemporary fantasy ...

This article argues that the medieval Scandinavian valkyrie and shield-maiden, overlapping categories of warrior, are best understood as a third gender, a hybrid of masculine and feminine attributes.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix‘s Vikings: Valhalla has no shortage of warrior women or ruthless queens, but Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson) is undoubtedly the show’s ferocious muse. She ...

TRAVERSE CITY — If someone asked you to name a history-making woman, you might suggest Rosa Parks or Sandra Day O’Connor. But what about the Viking Shield Maidens, Julie d’Aubigny, or Theodora, ...

IGN Entertainment Editor Terri Schwartz headed to the set of Vikings in Ireland, where star Katheryn Winnick trained her to become one of Lagertha's Shield Maidens. Vikings: Season 4 premieres ...

ABOUT BLACK SHIELD MAIDEN From WILLOW and co-writer Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings. Lore, legend, and history tell ...

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