According to the Norse sagas, divination women, or völvas, used similar staffs in their rituals. One of the female residents of the farm may once have owned the Hårby Valkyrie and used it as a symbol ...

They are, of course, the Valkyries. If you’re unfamiliar with the sinister predilections of the Valkyries, there’s good reason why: over the centuries, the ancient Norse stories that told of ...

The naturalistic female figure was discovered by metal detectorists in the Danish village of Hårby in 2012 and is currently on display at the National Museum of Denmark. The tiny female figurine ...