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10 Great Viking Leaders (Part 2 of 2)
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This part of 10 Great Viking Leaders will discuss the next five impressive war-band leaders in the Vikings Age. Whether they were historical or legendary, they rocked in their own stories.
Hervor: From An Abandoned Child to Great Viking Shieldmaiden
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Hervor was one of the most famous legendary Viking shieldmaidens. She was the daughter of a great warrior who was born by a berserker. When Hervor was born, she was abandoned into the forest. But that didn't end the life of a bold warrior. She grew up to be a great Viking warrior and a war-band leader.
Freydis Eiriksdottir: Evil Woman or A Brave Shieldmaiden?
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Freydis Eiriksdottir was the sister of Leif Eriksson who was the first to discover North America 500 years before Columbus. Freydis was quite a complicated Viking woman. It was hard to tell that she was a brave shieldmaiden or a cunning woman in the Viking age.
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