Just like Greek tales of the ancient gods of Mount Olympus and the antics they got up to in the mortal world, Norse mythology comprises ... one of the powerful female warriors who serve Odin ...

This is a tale where human passions have a high cost; but in one passage in the Darraðarljóð, a skaldic poem in Old Norse ... notes in Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. “Female creatures ...

She could foresee the future, putting herself in a trance state to travel to the realm of gods. She provided her services for everyone, regardless of social class or status. Even Odin, considered the ...