Girl, 8, on Pulling Sword From Lake: 'I Felt Like a Warrior'

A figure emerges from a glistening Swedish lake holding a mysterious sword, crusted over and worn by time.

No, this is not the opening scene from a new “Thor” movie. Nor is it an excerpt from a Nordic myth about a deity and their magical weapon.

The figure is an 8-year-old, blond-haired girl named Saga Vaneck who discovered an ancient sword while playing in Vidostern lake in southern Sweden in July. Vaneck reflected on her find in an Oct. 19 essay for The Guardian.

“I felt like a warrior, but Daddy said I looked like Pippi Longstocking,” Vaneck recounted. “The sword felt rough and hard, and I got some sticky, icky brown rust on my hands.”

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Archeologists have since discovered the relic is an approximately 1,500-year-old, pre-Viking sword sheathed in wood and leather.

Researchers were prompted to search the lake after Sagas find and unearthed a broach from between 300 and 400 A.D.

“I came back from gym class and the whiteboard said, Sagas sword and there were balloons, and the whole class got to have ice-cream,” Vaneck said, describing what happened after news of her discovery broke.

Vanecks fantastical experience has also caused the Internet to compare her to other European mythical figures.

Shes been called “the queen of Sweden” because in some versions of the King Arthur origin story, the founder of the Knights of the Roundtable receives his sword Excalibur from a mystical lake woman. The gift predicted his position as king.

“I am not a lady – Im only eight – but its true I found a sword in the lake,” Vaneck said. “I wouldnt mind being queen for a day, but when I grow up I want to be a vet. Or an actor in Paris.”