Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892). “Hervors Død”
Hervor was a shieldmaiden in the cycle of the magic sword Tyrfing, presented in Hervarar saga and of which parts are found in the Poetic Edda. She was a renowned shieldmaiden who dressed like a man, fought, killed and pillaged under her male surname Hjörvard.
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