Image:Valkyries with swan skins.jpg

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Description

The three swan-maidens / valkyries of Völundarkviða with their swan-cloaks off. In the poem, they're spinning linen, not bathing nude.

Source

Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda, whose illustrations were reprinted with Erik Brate's 1913 translation, which in turn is published by Project Runeberg. Information that Jenny Nyström is indeed the author is found here: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/medieval/saga/pdf/209-kuhn.pdf

Date

1893

Author

Jenny Nyström (1854-1946)

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(Reusing this image)

Published before 1909 and thus in the public domain in the United States.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:23, 23 May 2005	284×435 (38 KB)	Haukurth (Talk \| contribs)	(The three valkyries of Völundarkviða. From Project Runeberg. {{PD}})