“I am not skilled in deep learning, nor am I a wise-woman, although Halldis, my foster-mother, taught me, in Iceland, the lore which she called Weird-songs.”
A 10th century Icelandic traveller, she helped settle colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland, later going on pilgrimage to Rome. Her child was the first European baby born in North America.
Casting by the fantastic sculptor, Ásmundur Sveinsson.
A Medieval Woman's Companion 
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