Lagertha

A cewar tatsuniya, **Lagertha** ta kasance mai mulkin Viking kuma budurwar garkuwa daga abin da yanzu ake kira Norway, kuma matar shahararren Viking Ragnar Lodbrok . Labarinta Saxo ne ya rubuta shi a ƙarni na 12. A cewar masanin tarihi Judith Jesch, labaran Saxo game da mata jarumai galibi almara ne; wasu masana tarihi sun rubuta cewa suna iya samun tushe a cikin labaran game da allahn Norse Thorgerd .

Sunanta kamar yadda Saxo ya rubuta shi  An kuma yi rikodin shi a matsayin Lagertha, **Ladgertha**, **Ladgerda** ko makamancin haka. 

## Rayuwa bisa ga Saxo Grammatus

An rubuta labarin Lagertha a cikin sassa a cikin littafi na tara na *Gesta Danorum*, wani aiki na tarihin Denmark na ƙarni na sha biyu ta masanin tarihin Kirista Saxo Grammaticus .  A cewar *Gesta* (¶ 9.4.1–9.4.11), aikin Lagertha a matsayin jarumi ya fara ne lokacin da Frø, sarkin Sweden, ya mamaye Norway ya kashe sarkin Norway Siward. Frø ya saka matan dangin sarkin da suka mutu a cikin gidan karuwai don wulakanta jama'a . Jin haka, Ragnar Lodbrok ya zo da sojoji don ɗaukar fansar kakansa Siward. Da yawa daga cikin matan da Frø ya ba da umarnin a yi musu cin zarafi sun sanya tufafin maza kuma suka yi yaƙi a gefen Ragnar.  Babbar cikinsu, kuma mabuɗin nasarar Ragnar, ita ce Lagertha. Saxo ta ba da labarin:

Da yake ta yi mamakin jarumtakarta, Ragnar ta yi sha'awarta daga nesa. Lagertha ta yi kamar tana sha'awarta, sai Ragnar ta zo ta nemi hannunta, tana sa abokan tafiyarsa su jira a kwarin Gaular . An kama shi da wani beyar da babban kare wanda Lagertha ke kula da gidanta, amma ya kashe beyar da mashinsa ya kuma shake karen har ya mutu. Don haka, ya sami hannun Lagertha. A cewar Saxo, Ragnar ta haifi ɗa tare da ita, Fridleif, da kuma 'ya'ya mata biyu, waɗanda ba a rubuta sunayensu ba. 

Bayan ya koma Denmark don yaƙin basasa, Ragnar (wanda, a cewar Saxo, har yanzu yana cikin damuwa cewa Lagertha ta yi masa barazana) ya saki Lagertha don ya auri Þóra borgarhjǫrtr, 'yar Herrauðr, jarl na Västergötland .  Ya sami nasarar sabon ƙaunarsa bayan kasada da yawa, amma bayan ya koma Denmark ya sake fuskantar yaƙin basasa. Ragnar ya aika zuwa Norway don neman tallafi, kuma Lagertha, wacce har yanzu take ƙaunarsa, ta zo ta taimake shi da jiragen ruwa 120, a cewar Saxo.  Lokacin da yaƙin ya yi zafi, ɗan Ragnar Siward ya ji rauni, Lagertha ta ceci Ragnar da ranar da harin ramuwar gayya:

Bayan ta koma Norway, ta yi jayayya da mijinta ta kashe shi da mashi da ta ɓoye a cikin rigarta. Saxo ta kammala da cewa daga nan ta "yi amfani da dukkan sunansa da ikonsa; domin wannan mace mai girman kai ta yi tunanin ya fi kyau ta yi mulki ba tare da mijinta ba fiye da ta raba gadon sarauta tare da shi". 

## tallafin karatu

### Majiyoyin Saxo
A cewar Judith Jesch, tarin tatsuniyoyi masu yawa a cikin littattafai tara na farko na *Gesta* na Saxo, waɗanda suka haɗa da labarin Lagertha, "gabaɗaya ana ɗaukar su a matsayin almara".  Wajen kwatanta mata jarumai da yawa a cikin waɗannan tatsuniyoyi, Saxo ya yi amfani da tatsuniyar mutanen Amazons daga tsoffin tarihi, amma kuma a kan majiyoyi daban-daban na Old Norse (musamman Icelandic), waɗanda ba a gano su a sarari ba.  Siffar Saxo game da mata jarumai suma an yi musu fenti da nuna wariya : Kamar yawancin ma'aikatan coci na lokacin, Saxo ya yi tunanin mata ne kawai a matsayin halittu masu jima'i. A gare shi, 'yan matan garkuwar Viking waɗanda suka ƙi wannan rawar misali ne na rashin lafiya a tsohuwar Denmark ta arna wadda Cocin ya warkar daga baya da kuma masarautar da ta dawwama. 

Wata mace mai suna Hlaðgerðr, wacce ke mulkin Hlaðeyjar, ta kuma bayyana a cikin labaran sarkin Scylding na ƙarni na 6, Halfdan . Ta ba shi jiragen ruwa ashirin don taimakawa wajen kayar da abokan gabansa. [1] Hilda Ellis Davidson, a cikin sharhinta kan Gesta, ta kuma lura da shawarwari a cikin adabi cewa Franks sun yi amfani da sunan, misali Luitgarde na Vermandois (kimanin 914–978), kuma cewa labarin Lagertha ya samo asali ne daga al'adar Franks. [1]

Lokacin da Saxo ya bayyana Lagertha a matsayin "mai tashi da ke zagayawa" (  ) a bayan abokin gaba, ya danganta mata ikon guduwa, a cewar Jesch, yana nuna alaƙa da valkyries .  Labarin ya tunatar da ita cewa Kára, masoyin valkyrie na Helgi Haddingjaskati, wanda ke tashi sama da Helgi a yaƙi a matsayin swan, yana yi masa sihiri don tallafawa. 

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