### q2 sacrifice in Norse burials was relatively rare > The ubiquity of sacrifices in popular culture around the Norse might lead one you believe that at the end of a master's life the noose, knife, or sword awaited many of their former servants, however sacrifices are relatively rare in Norse burials when all is said and done. Judith Jesch posits that the "average" Norse woman would have no realistic expectation of ending her life as a sacrifice. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fgey54s1qknc3jdf2bykc136) - [[social status of women in Viking culture#q2 sacrifice in Norse burials was relatively rare|View in Vault]]