tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post4741776120115055827..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Who's Arak, Son of Thunder?Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-60703304126861243362020-03-15T20:07:33.153-03:002020-03-15T20:07:33.153-03:00Yes, I do mention that. I was using Viking in the ...Yes, I do mention that. I was using Viking in the less literal sense, you're right, she's not Norse.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27240235318786635842020-03-15T19:48:43.969-03:002020-03-15T19:48:43.969-03:00Small point of order, Valda isn't a Viking, bu...Small point of order, Valda isn't a Viking, but daughter of one of Bradamante (I think).<br /><br />I didn't look into it deeply in my "Bulfinch's Mythology" when "Arak" was being published, but in the tales of Charlemagne's paladins, there was indeed a Malagigi who was taken to Cathay in some fashion comaptible with the comics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com