Rota was a rebellious Valkyrie, one of the fierce warrior women known as the “choosers of the slain” who served Odin. During Ragnarok, the Valkyries chose who would die and escorted souls to Valhalla, ...
As Viking expert Dr Eleanor Barraclough explained on the HistoryExtra podcast, these dates do not tell the whole story. Norse activity in Europe started sooner than AD 793 and continued well after the ...