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Luke Roberts as Woodes Rogers
Luke Roberts as Woodes Rogers in the TV series Black Sails. Rogers (l. 1679-1732) was a former privateer and navigator who served twice as the governor of the Bahamas. He was charged with stamping out piracy in the...
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Idun and the Apples of Eternal Youth
Idun and the Apples, oil on canvas by J. Doyle Penrose, 1890. Private collection. Idunn was a Norse goddess who was a guardian of the fruit (usually given as apples) that kept the gods of Asgard eternally young...
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Giant Thiassi Kidnapping Idunn
An illustration portraying the Norse goddess of fertility Idunn being kidnapped by the giant Thiassi. Idunn was a guardian of the fruit (usually given as apples) that kept the gods of Asgard eternally young. Due to...
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Valkyrie and a Dying Hero
A painting portraying a Valkyrie taking care of a dying warrior. Valkyries were key figures in various Norse sagas such as Prose Edda, the Heimskringla and the Njáls Saga. They were maidens whose role was to participate...
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Valkyrie Riding to Battle
Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie in a modern interpretation of Norse mythology as portrayed in the movie Thor Ragnarok (2017). Valkyries were maidens whose role was to participate in battles and to decide which warriors should...
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Tessa Thompson as a Valkyrie
Tessa Thompson as a Valkyrie in a modern interpretation of Norse mythology as portrayed in the movie Thor Ragnarok (2017). Valkyries were key figures in various Norse sagas such as Prose Edda, the Heimskringla and the...
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Valkyrie by Edward Robert Hughes
A painting titled Valkyrie's Vigil created by the painter Edward Robert Hughes before 1915. Valkyries were key figures in various Norse sagas that were present in Prose Edda, the Heimskringla and the Njáls Saga. They...
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Valhalla by Max Brückner
Artist imagination of Valhalla, Odin's hall of fallen warriors (Einherjar). Unlike Hel that was a rather gloomy and dark place, Valhalla was a blissful after-life location. Here souls were looked after by Valkyries who...
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Woodes Rogers, Governor of the Bahamas
A 1729 oil painting by William Hogarth showing Woodes Rogers (seated), 1679-1732, and his family. Rogers was a former privateer, navigator and writer who was appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1718. He was...
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Patrick Lyster as Benjamin Hornigold
Patrick Lyster as the English pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold (d. 1719) in the TV series Black Sails.
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