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Battle of Fulford - 20 September 1066A website with information about surveys of the area of the Battle of Fulford which immediately preceded the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Princes Street Gardens RunestoneThis Swedish runestone (U 1173) was brought to Edinburgh in the 18th century.
Café Sejd in JellingCafé Sejd is locates on Gormstorv 7a in Jelling (Denmark).
Word 'sejd' (ON seiðr) is name of complex magic practices, which (according to the…
Dan Dry Hand DryerA hand dryer in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. The company uses a Viking warrior in the colours of the Danish flag as their logo. Naturally, the…
Viking Helmet in Animal CrossingOne of the items you can collect in Animal Crossing is this Viking helmet (with horns)
Map of Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, with several Norse place namesDetail from a map in the Calf Sound Cafe & Visitor Centre, detailing several Norse names, including Kitterland, the Calf, and the Cletts, deriving…
Statue of Leif Ericson in QassiarsukPhotograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson (ON Leifr Eiríksson) in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland (Norse Brattahlíð) by…
Woman in Norse dress in front of Viking church reconstruction in QassiarsukEdda Lyberth in traditional Norse dress outside the reconstructed church in Brattahlíð, Greenland. By Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Interior of Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk (reconstruction)Photograph of the interior of the reconstructed Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk by Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Kayak Pyranha LokiA kayak model named for Loki.
Conference Presentation: Carl Phelpstead, ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’Carl Phelpstead (Cardiff University), ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’. Chaired by Dieuwke la Roi. Presentation at…
Book Review: 'Women in the Viking Age' by Judith JeschA review of Jesch, J., 1991 'Women in the Viking Age' (Woodbridge: Boydell) written by Carolyne Larrington and published in Alvismal. The link is to a…
Viking Myths and Rituals on the Isle of Man (LMF 1)A booklet produced by PhD students working in the Isle of Man Team of the Languages, Myths and Finds Project.
Wiki: HeimskringlaHeimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.
Nye jernalderfunn belyser Eikers posisjon i fortidenEiker was a centre of power in the Drammen region during the Late Iron Age, as is shown by these new finds. Surveys using georadar show that there are…
How to play HnefataflCatcliffe Primary School instructions on how to play the Viking board game called Hnefatafl.
St Olaf of NorwaySt Olaf of Norway, patron saint of carvers, difficult marriages, kings, the Faroe Islands and Norway. The article provides a biography of St Olaf.
News Item: Soldiers of Odin, dubbed 'extreme anti-refugee group,' patrol Edmonton streetsThis is a news article from the CBC website about the activities of an extreme anti-refugee group dubbed the 'soldiers of Odin'. Their logo is a…
Runes, Monuments and Memorial CarvingsThe RMMC Network brings together researchers, including postgraduate students, in the fields of, for instance, History, Viking Studies, Medieval…
Celtic Caddy Spoon with Viking Ship HandleSilver tea caddy spoon produced by Charles Horner, featuring a viking ship with dragon prow.