EndreWhiteMane: I have a copy, had it made into a poster and it's on my wall titled "Mond". :-)

EndreWhiteMane: She's a real d........
Nevermind.

Stilton: This is getting confusing, with owls becoming elephants and battle sisters becoming owls.

Which seems like a good time to come clean, myself.

This is the real me, with my good lady Shieldmaiden...

(sorry in advance for any disappointment)

ddickinson: Some do. They are fallen shieldmaidens collecting souls of fallen warriors for Valhalla and Fólkvangr. The name in Old Norse actually means "chooser of the slain".

HypersomniacLive: Too much just to rinse some soap, pretty sure there's more behind this story. Only question is how to get it out of you... ;-)

LaPtiteBete: Do you really know all that stuff about Valkyries, or have you just Googled it to blow my mind ? :D

ddickinson: The first one. I love the Anglo-Saxon/Norse era. Norse mythology has always been one of my favourites of all mythology. England shares much of it's ancient culture with Germanic and Scandinavian cultures (due to them settling in and occasionally trying to invade England from time to time), including the pre-Christian religions.

LaPtiteBete: http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/150/257/Snowy_Owl_Nyctea_scandiaca_006-by_John_White.jpg
I'm impressed !!!

ddickinson: It's not really anything to be impressed about, I have always loved history, and as I said previously, I very nearly got my doctorate in history and became a historian. So me knowing facts about history is hardly surprising.

ddickinson: It's not really anything to be impressed about, I have always loved history, and as I said previously, I very nearly got my doctorate in history and became a historian. So me knowing facts about history is hardly surprising.

Stilton: In ages past we had a lot of trouble with wild beasts attacking our villages and stealing our food at night. Wolves, boar, even woolly mammoths. By far the worst of these was the mythical Woolly Viking, a former king who had been banished for turning against his people centuries before and making a pact with the Dark Lords. No one ever saw him but his presence was always felt in the deep of night when the wind took on a life of its own and could even steal the breath from your body if you weren't wary. I say that no one ever saw the Woolly Viking, but there once was someone who saw him and lived to tell the tale. That someone was my grandfather. He even took a picture to prove it was true....

moonshineshadow: Perhaps instead of poems and stuff like that you could tell us some historical fact / event. That would sure be interesting *hug*
(not that I do not like the poems, but historic things would be even better)

LaPtiteBete: All right... then I'm not impressed
http://mycitygossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/O371f3kzSowrcu5iYpYtMzhio1_400.png

Stilton: In ages past we had a lot of trouble with wild beasts attacking our villages and stealing our food at night. Wolves, boar, even woolly mammoths. By far the worst of these was the mythical Woolly Viking, a former king who had been banished for turning against his people centuries before and making a pact with the Dark Lords. No one ever saw him but his presence was always felt in the deep of night when the wind took on a life of its own and could even steal the breath from your body if you weren't wary. I say that no one ever saw the Woolly Viking, but there once was someone who saw him and lived to tell the tale. That someone was my grandfather. He even took a picture to prove it was true....

moonshineshadow: Awww that is so cute! I want to give hugs to the woolly viking :D

ddickinson: Good idea. The main problem with that is I tend to ramble on once I get started with historical topics. I would end up filling the screen with walls of text :-). But it does sound like a good idea, so I will try to mix in some historical facts as well as poems, but I will keep them short (so I don't ramble on and bore people). :-)

Stilton: Don't be fooled! He's dangerous and fearsome, he could even suck your shins to death!
(although 'he' looks like a girl to me....maybe my grandfather was lying...)

moonshineshadow: Yeah! Also I don't mind if it is longer text. While it was very clear that historics would never be a direction to go for me for studies I always liked them and found them interesting, so I won't be bored ;-)

moonshineshadow: You may be right. Perhaps the cuteness is a trick to get near his victims :P