One of the most interesting parts of studying women in pre-Christian Scandinavia is learning to sit with evidence that does not always give us simple answers. Archaeology rarely confirms the stories exactly as they appear in myth or saga. Instead, it gives us fragments that must be interpreted carefully. An article by Pieterjan Deckers, Sarah Croix, and Søren Sindbæk examines a collection of fragmented metal moulds discovered at Ribe. These moulds were used to cast small orna