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Loki Mountain Bike
The Loki mountain bike, named for the Norse god, is marketed as being like Loki in that it can be all things to all people.
Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin
Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin is a new product due to be launched in August 2016 and produced by Orkney Distilling Limited. It is branded using the Old Norse name for Kirkwall (Kirkjuvagr or 'Church Inlet') and the website explains that "Kirkjuvagr Gin…
Runic donation box, Orkneyinga saga Centre, Orphir
A donation box in the Orkneyinga saga Centre in Orphir, Orkney, featuring an open-mouthed face (viking?) with accompanying runic inscription.
'The Orkneyinga saga Centre, Orphir, tells the story of the Norse Earls of Orkney using The Orkneyinga…
'The Orkneyinga saga Centre, Orphir, tells the story of the Norse Earls of Orkney using The Orkneyinga…
Ornavik, des vikings aux Normands
Ornavik is a living history museum where you can visit houses built using tenth- and eleventh-century techniques. It includes a Viking camp, a Carolingian village, and an eleventh-century style motte and bailey castle.
Vikingtiden
A short essay on the Viking Age from the Oseberg Båtlag blog.
Pronunciation of Old Norse Guide by Óskar Guðlaugsson (hyperlink)
Page on the standard pronunciation of Old Norse by Óskar Guðlaugsson from the website 'Old Norse for Beginners'
Recordings of Old Norse texts by Óskar Guðlaugsson (hyperlinks)
Recordings of the following can be accessed on this page: Vellekla Ragnarsdrápa Krákumál Egill Skallagrímsson Other texts are read as part of the lessons. Access here
The Vikings - A Short Educational FIlm
A short educational video about the Vikings done as a project for a Western Civilization class.
Pigs
The goddess Freyja rode a wild boar called Hildisvíni and the god Freyr owned one called Gullinbursti. This is a nineteenth-century imaginative recreation of what Freyja might have looked like riding her boar.
Pigs were a source of meat in the…
Pigs were a source of meat in the…
Logo of Överhogdal
Trademarked symbol of Överhogdal village, based on an image of a tree (possibly Yggdrasill) on one of the Överhogdal tapestries.
Norges Historie: Vikingtiden
Supplementary resources for the book Norges Historie: en innføring
Midgårds Øl (Midgard's Beer)
Strong beer brewed by Ørbæk Bryggeri in Denmark, with mead added. The label features an image widely interpreted as Odin from the left side of the Vendel 1 helmet from a seventh-century ship burial.
Nyheter: Stjernespekket storsatsing fra NRK: <<Vikingane>>
A new comedy drama about the Vikings is being launched by Norwegian broadcasters NRK.
'Article: Network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur' by P. Mac Carron and R. Kenna
The article describes how the authors performed a network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur to gather quantitative information on interrelationships between characters and to compare saga society to other social networks.
Mac Carron, P. & Kenna,…
Mac Carron, P. & Kenna,…
LEGO DEADLIEST WARRIOR: VIKING VS. MUSKETEER
Welcome to the season Premiere of Lego Deadliest Warrior! This weeks epic Lego battle is between the mighty Viking and the skilled Musketeer.
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Sound and narration made myself.
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Sound and narration made myself.
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Kirsten Flagstad as Brünnhilde (Die Walküre, Wagner)
This scene is extracted from "The Big Broadcast of 1938" which is a Paramount film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies.
The…
The…
Patventure Time Norway 14: Lofotr Viking Market
Across the field and down the hill, there's a little gravel road on which you will find many things. Viking men and women, living in tents as their ancestor's did, have wares to sell from fresh baked bread and cold drink to finely wrought steel. …
Blog: The Quest - Vikings
Author Patricia Bracewell describes her day out to visit the location where History Channel's 'Vikings' is filmed.
"Brian and the Vikings" by Chris Judge and Mark Wickham
A children's (0-4 yrs) picture book about Brian Boru's childhood adventures with the Vikings.
World Tree/Yggdrasil Silver Ring
A silver ring featuring a tree of life design like the World Tree (Yggdrasill) from Old Norse mythology.
Ring Collection and Design: Indigo Lune
Ring Collection and Design: Indigo Lune