 In 2013 , a small figure dated at around 800 AD was discovered in Hårby , Denmark by three amateur archaeologists . The figurine portrays a woman with long hair in a ponytail carrying a sword and a shield . Commenting on the figure , archaeologist Mogens Bo Henriksen said that " there can hardly be any doubt that the figure depicts one of Odin 's valkyries as we know them from the sagas as well as from Swedish picture stones from the time around AD700 " . 
