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Valkyries: The Real Story Behind These Warriors of Legend
Season 2 Episode 3 | 8m 45s
| Video has closed captioning.
Vikings were some of the fiercest fighters in human history, using their impressive battle prowess to spread Norse influence between the 8th and 11th centuries. Their bravery as warriors was driven by one ultimate desire: to join Odin in Valhalla. Only the most worthy Vikings would get to spend their afterlives in that hallowed hall, and the choice of who made the cut fell to a group of powerful,
