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Tragic, so here are some Viking chicks — sort of. Listen to some mood music whilst perusing these images:
"Viking's Horn: Ragnar Returns" by Mario Nascimbene from Richard Fleischer's film
The Vikings (Los Angeles: United Artists, 1958).
Let's begin with that paragon of historical accuracy, the cinema! Instead of a big-budget film like the one from which that mood music was taken, how about Roger Corman's film
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (Los Angeles: American International Pictures, 1957)?
Please click on the image to view its full size.Much witty humor, at that film's expense, came during an episode of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Eden Prairie, Minnesota: Best Brains Inc., 1991) directed by Jim Mallon. Equally as fanciful as that Corman film is this centuries-after-the-fact depiction of Vikings landing, somewhere. Scholars, so far, have insisted Viking women were not warriors.
Please click on the image to view its full size.Well, I think excluding Viking women from the ranks of warriors is just plain
B O R I N G. Take a look at this depiction of a couple of valkeries then try to deny they're much more interesting than a bunch of dirty and smelly men wading ashore on some god-forsaken coastline.
Please click on the image to view its full size.It's entirely true that there aren't any more Vikings, at least none of whom we know. But as you can see from this image, there used to be Viking women — though they're perforce not in a position to pass along anecdotes to us anymore.
Please click on the image to view its full size.Alas! "Descendants of Vikings" and "Vikings" are not the same thing, yet (according to
Google) these two extremely-fit gals emerging from the surf are "viking women"; and who am I to argue the point?
Please click on the image to view its full size.Here, below, we see "viking women" who were the 2008 U.S. national champions of rowing in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They're from Western Washington University at Bellingham in the state of Washington.
Please click on the image to view its full size.I'd think twice before challenging rowing champions to a contest of arm wrestling. Of course, young women who are not necessarily participating in athletics can also be deemed "viking women" by search engines. Here's one from
deviantART. Mind, she may or may not be an athlete; but who cares, either way?
Nice, yes? If all else fails, there's always Astrid Hofferson from the island of Berk. Some of you may know her from the Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders film
How to Train Your Dragon (Glendale, California: DreamWorks Animation Spielberg Katzenberg and Geffen; 2010). Just to be on the safe side in today's politically-correct world, it might be wise to wait a few more years before approaching her.
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