Yes - they existed. And it's now confirmed by genetics.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...jpa.23308/full
Raises a couple of interesting questions about the Viking warrior culture - turns out they accepted women as warriors too.Results
The genomic results revealed the lack of a Y-chromosome and thus a female biological sex, and the mtDNA analyses support a single-individual origin of sampled elements. The genetic affinity is close to present-day North Europeans, and within Sweden to the southern and south-central region. Nevertheless, the Sr values are not conclusive as to whether she was of local or nonlocal origin.
Discussion
The identification of a female Viking warrior provides a unique insight into the Viking society, social constructions, and exceptions to the norm in the Viking time-period. The results call for caution against generalizations regarding social orders in past societies.
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