Shield-maiden as a shield-maiden in the text. Saxo Grammaticus reported that shield-maidens fought on the side of the Danes at the Battle of Brávellir in the year 750: Examples of shield-maidens mentioned by name in the Norse sagas include Brynhildr in the "Vǫlsunga saga", Hervor in "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks", the Brynhildr of the "Bósa saga ok Herrauðs", the Swedish princess Thornbjǫrg in "Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar" and Princess Hed, Visna and Veborg in "Gesta Danorum". Two shield-maidens appear in certain translations of the "Hervarar saga". The first of these Hervors was known to have taken up typically masculine roles early in
The Courts of Chaos sans Merci" by John Keats. Corwin's meeting with Ygg parallels Dante's meeting with a talking tree in the middle ring of the seventh circle of hell in the ""Inferno" (Dante)". Ygg might also be an allusion to Yggdrasil, the mythological tree of the Norse mythology. Hugi might allude to Huginn, one of the two mythical ravens of Odin also from the Norse mythology. Corwin's valedictory to Dara, ""Carmen, voulez-vous venir avec moi?" No? Then goodbye to you too, Princess of Chaos." probably alludes to "Lolita"; the "Carmen" line is included by Humbert Humbert in his narration of speaking to Dolores