#viking shieldmaidens

“Kaupang’s women were buried as powerful landowners and as members of the chieftain’s retinue, some with weapons. Kaupang’s men were buried with cooking equipment and keys as often as women were; tools, horses and equestrian gear were also not gender-linked. And while Kaupang’s women were more often buried with weaving tools- and seem to have controlled a vast textile industry- these tools were found in men’s grave too.”

The real valkyrie, The hidden history of viking warrior women, Nancy Marie Brown