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Amazon and Shield Maidenby *humon

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

I've been wanting to do a drawing of an amazon and a shield maiden and their different attitudes towards men for a few weeks now.

Amazons were said to be quite cruel to men, and would attack other nations just to steal their men and make them slaves whom they could reproduce with once a year.
Also about amazons [link]

Shield maidens are the Nordics' version of amazons, though they showed no hated towards men and fought by their side. Though if a man was beat in battle he was made a work slave.
They are sometimes confused with valkyries, but differs from them because they are human, while valkyries are demi goddesses.

For the amazon I tried to mix some of the old and new ideas about them, as well as add some of my own. Her clothes is inspired by old Greek paintings of them, and while it isn't visible here, her right breast is cut off (To use bow and arrow, and spear without it getting in the way). Her being tall is part of newer amazon traditions, and I gave her short hair because if she is willing to cut her right breast off to be a better fighter, she'd surely cut her hair so it wouldn't get in the way.

The shield maiden's clothes and hair are inspired by Viking women's fashion.

EDIT: Of course the cutting off breasts part is a myth. Amazons weren't real, so everything about them is a myth. Watch the video I linked to.

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~stephmala May 10, 2013 Student Writer

Hello! I'm gathering pictures of women in powerfull positions/situations for the group #ActionLadies. I would love to have some of your work over there if you'd like.

~NamelessManic Apr 30, 2013

Is she the kind of amazon that cuts off their tit or no?

~Sarkananight Feb 10, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Skjoldmø!!

~atamari101 Jan 14, 2013

Amazon women were not pretty feminine or gorgeous. They act manly but envious of the opposite sex. Not to mention they wish they had opposite sex reproductive organ instead of capturing a guy.

~Jakegothicsnake Dec 9, 2012

I think I'd rather have a shield maiden for a wife rather than an amazon. The shield maiden seems nicer.

~Renee-Niels Feb 9, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oh, same here. XD She's at least sticking up for the poor guy!

~patrecher Dec 8, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I met a girl like this once... lets just say it did not end well, well actually it did, but one story at a time children. man could she hit hard though, and to this day, she's the reason i believe in Amazons.

~TheSilliestSod Dec 3, 2012

Humon and Lindybeige on the same page. [link]

~FreakoftheAngels Nov 2, 2012 Student General Artist

Seriously, you gotta turn this into an anime thingy or a weekly comic or something.

ITS SOO GOOD!

I love mustachy man!

Overall,
Me:

~darkavengence Nov 24, 2012

So I guess you probably support this, since you think it's sooo good---> [link] It's a video from youtube based off real men who put up with abusive wives and/or girlfriends like in this picture. And yet people, like you, support femdom and thinks it's fun.

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