Now that we have written about Konugr, it is necessary to mention the female counterpart, the Kvenna. The word root word Kwen and Kven has come to mean woman in the Old Norse and Germanic languages and is the origin of the word Queen and the Greek gyne.

Kvennaland or  Qwenland, and it’s various other attestations, is a somewhat mythical region close to the land of the Norðmanna, the Norsemen or Normans as they later became known, and is traditionally placed between Scandinavia and the Kola peninsula.

Many theories have been put forth about this magical place, as often happens when people stumble about in contrived ignorance, but we will focus on the one that has historical value.

In the Orkneyinga Saga, Qwneland is ruled over by Fornjot, the Jötunn (giant) that through Halfdan the Old is the ancestor of all the major lines.

In fact Qwenland is the original land of the Amazons, often placed somewhere North East partly due the ‘migration’ of Scythia on old maps. Even today academia is grudgingly forced to admit that women warriors were a reality in the past, due to the vast amount of evidence that is being uncovered and estimate that a 3rd of Scythian warriors were women.

There are several references to be found to the Land of Women, (often unfavourably by ‘Christian’ chroniclers) including by Tacitus, Adam of Bremen.

Mentions are also found in many sagas and heroic legends such as the Irish (& Welsh) Immrams, sea voyages to the fantastic lands of the Otherworld and in the better known Odyssey with Kirke (Κίρκη); itself actually a secondary (!) version of the Immrams. 

Achilles greatly lamented Amazon Queen Pensithelea’s death during the Trojan War, even though he caused it. 

In the Irish Voyage of Bran (the Raven), a stop is made to the delightful island of women where there the men stay for 300 years, without realising because time passes differently. This is a common theme in allusion to the Arctic Circle due to the sun’s different behavior in those regions. When the men return, the homesick crew member is reduced to ashes when he steps on land, due to the incredible amount of time passed.

Again this was not someone who lazed about all day or became solely a reproductive machine. A queen is the female counterpart of a king, with all the duties that the position implies and who would take up the mantle and command or head a battle, often at her king’s side. 

Below are a few examples:

Great warrior Queen Boudicca of the Iceni, who lived and fought with her husband, Prasutagus and after his death lead a major revolt against Rome and nearly destroyed their dominion over Britain! She committed suicide to avoid being enslaved.

The mighty Queen Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra, better known as Queen Cleopatra & the Queen of Sheba.  She who commanded the eastern section of the Roman Empire during the 3rd century, conquered Egypt and inspired countless legends (or are they real?).

The incredible Scythian Queen Thomyris who defeated the Persian army and killed Cyrus the Great.

Janina Łada-Walicka (born in 1885, died in 1935) - Polish writer, journalist, national activist and soldier during the "war for borders" in 1918–1920 during the Polish-Ukrainian war. During the Polish-Bolshevik war, she fought in the ranks of the 2nd Polish Death squadron and was promoted to the rank of corporal for her courage.

The idea that women were somehow liberated in late 19th & early to mid 20th century and that was a great achievement is a pathetic joke.  ‘Liberation’ amounted to: 

• the voting illusion of choice and disgustingly, Boudicca was used a symbol!
• women cutting their hair and smoking, thanks to Edward Bernays’ twisted marketing campaigns (nephew of Freud, responsible for much of Freud’s rise to fame) and which has culminated in today’s wage slavery for all.

There are many other examples and anyone interested can conduct their own research.

Let’s not forget the incredible Valkyries – the choosers of the best of the slain warriors on the battle fields or the shield and swan maidens as they later became known. A future section will be devoted to the Valkyries of the Great Óðinn and the Great Freyja and their unique properties.

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/bettany-hughes-on-warrior-women/ 

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/archaeologists-excavate-burial-mound-containing-scythian-grave-goods/137193

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomyris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia

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