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The real Viking Age: when did the era of Norse expansion start and end?
When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...
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Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college professor to find out
Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...
Up Helly Aa - the roots and Viking traditions of the Shetland celebration
Up Helly Aa echoes the long rule of the Kingdom of Norway over Shetland and the return of the sun following the darkest ...
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Norse Mythology: Pantheon, Ragnarok, Creation, & More
The Christians who the Vikings raided for centuries refer to them in their records as barbaric heathens, but Norse mythology ...
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What You Don’t Know About the Vikings
Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT GUSTAVIANUM, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Viking warriors fought for riches and reputation with swords such as this, discovered at Gnezdovo, Russia.
The Viking challenge
Tusker Rock, an island in the Bristol Channel just off the coast at Ogmore-by-Sea, took its name from Tuska, a Danish Viking ...
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Why were the Vikings such fierce warriors?
Berserkr' is an Old Norse word meaning 'bear skin' and berserkers were Viking warriors who went into battle wearing wolf or bear skins. Berserkers believed that Odin, the god of war, gave them ...
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Everything Twilight of The Gods changes about Norse Mythology, explored
At that moment, a valkyrie, a female figure from Norse mythology who leads fallen warriors to Valhalla comes down from the ...