Female knights.

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 12:53:41 +1200


Frederic Ferro:

>There are amazons in Teshnos and Vingans in heortling cultures (and I
>suppose Gunda's mother, the "Valkyrie" was a member of one of these
>cultures) but do we know any female knights in the West like Bradamante
>in Orlando Furioso or Britomart in the Faerie Queen?

Gunda's mother was a Loskalmi and there are female knights in both Loskalm and Seshnela. Even the Brithini of Arolanit reportedly have them (or females in the soldier caste to be precise).

>Could Hrestolis or
>Rokaris tolerate female saint-warriors like Joan of Arc?

They _could_. But they don't like to.

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