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Möttuls Saga, the Saga of the Mantle
Möttuls Saga is a translation of an Old French poem into Old Norse. This article provides an irreverant summary of the saga.
'Odin' Sailing Boat
Sailing Boat 'Odin' found at Germaniahafen in Kiel.
Kubb Vikingespil: a lawn 'Viking game'
Kubb Vikingespil. 'The Viking game.' Also known as Kongespil [Game of Kings]. Outdoor/lawn game. One on one or team against team. Chuck wooden blocks ('kubb') to knock over opponent's knights. Goal is to capture opponent's king. Game apparently…
Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe
One of the most important French Antillean bands of the 60s and 70s, who reformed recently. Described as mix of Biguine, Funk, Latin, Compas and early Zouk. The connection with the Vikings is perhaps the fact that they were pioneering and…
Souvenir Viking Ship Key-ring with Swedish Flag
Key-ring photographed in Copenhagen airport. Swedish flag with stylised Viking ship
Souvenir Swedish Fridge Magnet
Photographed in Copenhagen airport. Swedish souvenir with stylised Viking ship.
Reykjavik Viking Adventure
Reykjavik Viking Adventure is a small, independent tour operator that offers guided tours on a replica viking ship around Reykjavik. The idea is to allow our guests to go back in time and follow in the footsteps of the first settlers who came to…
Logo of Dansk Mjød with Viking Ship
Dansk Mjød is a brewer in Billund, Denmark that produces mead and mead-based products including beer, mustard and bitters. Their logo is a Viking ship. Photographed in Copenhagen airport.
News: Learn to Be a Viking (Without the Pillaging) in Ribe, Denmark
A news article about the Ribe Viking Centre in Denmark.
'Vinkler på vikingetiden' ('Angles on the Viking Age') Publication from the National Museum of Denmark
This fantastic publication covers everything from politics and belief in Viking Age Denmark, to experimental archaeology and the journey of the Sea Stallion. It also includes two chapters on the use of Viking branding in the past and in Denmark today…
Ancient Board Games 3: tafl games
Slides for a paper on the Viking game of tafl. The article outlines the history of tafl games. The slides are downloadable as a pdf
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
The website for the Smithsonian Institute's exhibition about the Vikings in the North Atlantic.
Viking Ship "Wikerl" in Rosenheim, Bavaria
This replica Viking ship was originally built for the movie "Wickie und die starken Männer", filmed in Bavaria in 2009. It mainly sailed on Kochelsee for filming. It was then re-used for the second film in the series and stored afterwards. In 2015…
Blog: Renorseful - Undead Scandinavian languages in modern culture
Dr Maja Bäckvall's blog on Norse imagery and language in modern culture. The blog features many uses of runes in video games, among other topics.
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
Jarlshof is a site on Shetland with evidence of occupation from the Neolithic period to the late medieval period, and includes Norse longhouses. It is a tourist site that you can visit.
Experiment with the Vikings
A comprehensive collection of activities that help to incorporate STEM into your Vikings topic. This resource links directly to various topics, including; Vikings' everyday life; weapons and warfare; travel and trade; and how modern day…
Viking Society for Northern Research Web Publications
Digital copies of publications produced by the Viking Society for Northern Research, including 'Saga Book' vols. I–XXXVIII, 'A New Introduction to Old Norse', a number of significant texts in translation, and various other articles, essays, and…
The Edda of Burdens by Elizabeth Bear
The Edda of Burdens is the title of a series of speculative fiction books by Elizabeth Bear. The story draws on Norse myth and places it in a post-apocalyptic future.
The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century
Text of Donnchadh Ó Corráin's O'Donnell Lecture, delivered at the Taylorian Building, Oxford, on Ascension Day, 1997
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
'Board Games in Boat Burials: Play in the Performance of Migration and Viking Age Mortuary Practice' by Mark A. Hall
This contribution explores an aspect of boat burials in the second half of the first millennium ad across Northern Europe, specifically boat burials that included equipment for board games (surviving variously as boards and playing pieces, playing…