Everyone loves a good story, and since you're listening, chances are you're also fond of pirates.

From sailing the high seas and buried treasure to swilling rum and singing shanties,

pirates have come to represent a lot about the human spirit.

Through the centuries, we've fallen

in love with adventure, danger, and exploration. Honestly, we never tire of hearing about pirate life.

In Sweden, for example, there's a story that's been handed down from generation to generation.

And like other pirate tales the world over, people love it so much,

they don't care whether it's true or not. The story goes that back in the fifth century,

there was once a mighty Scandinavian king with a lovely daughter. Young princess Awildas beauty

was such that her father, King Sinartis, locked her away in a tower, for her protection,

of course. And to ensure that no ordinary man could easily scale the tower, he surrounded

it with deadly snakes and traps. While many men failed, Prince Alf of Denmark succeeded

in breaching the castle and then asked the king for his daughter's hand in

marriage, to which the king agreed. They had a problem, though. The princess had vanished from the

tower. You see, a wildest beauty was matched only by her feistiness and sense of independence. With

her mother's help, the princess had made her escape, accompanied by her strong-willed

handmaidens, and other young women who, much like the princess, were also promised to men

they'd never met.

They dressed as sailors and made off with a ship, deciding to explore the world.

And during their travels, the women came across a pirate ship that had recently lost

its captain. Enamored with Awilda and her crew, the men voted her to be their new leader.

Knowing that her father still searched for her, Alilda and the other women wore helmets to

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