Fierce Females
"Viking women were really strong," says costume designer Joan Bergin. Ragnar Lothbrok's wife, Shield Maiden Lagertha, (Katheryn Winnick), is seen here in her battle gear, worn when she fought alongside the men on raids and in the shield wall. "They could own property and ultimately rule. All that power women had they eventually lost over the centuries. Women being equal partners to men in all areas of life. Thanks to the Vikings, in Celtic lands a woman could divorce a man by turning around three times in a circle."