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Powerpoint: Runes and Vikings
A powerpoint presentation aimed at first-year undergraduates. it introduces the use and misuse of runes.
Powerpoint: The Manuscript Tradition of Skáldskaparmál
Powerpoint slideshow introducing the manuscript tradition of Skáldskaparmál.
Powerpoint: The Young Sigurd
Presentation about Sigurd the Dragonslayer and the sources for his deeds.
Powerpoint: The Younger Futhark
An introduction to the younger futhark, the pre-Viking rune row.
Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources Database
Pre-Christian Religions of the North is an international project to document the mythology and religious practices of early Scandinavia and Germanic Europe. The Sources Database brings together resources related to the project.
Pre-Viking Dragon Head Stem Post in the Limburgs Museum
This distinctive dragon-head stem post probably came from a ship, and was recovered from the River Scheldt in the Netherlands. It has been carbon-dated to the Migration Period and demonstrates that elaborate carved figure-heads pre-dated the Vikings.…
Pre-Viking openwork disc in the Ashmolean Museum
Openwork disc, copper alloy. Gotland, Sweden 500-700 AD. AN1909.96. Photographed in the Ashmolean Museum
Primstav
A primstav is a calendar stick that uses pictures to indicate the major non-moving religious holidays. The pictures on this one are rune-like. The oldest surviving primstav dates to 1457.
Princes Street Gardens Runestone
This Swedish runestone (U 1173) was brought to Edinburgh in the 18th century.
Prinsesse Kristina: A Snekkja Based on Skuldelev 5
Prinsesse Kristina is a modern recreation based on Skuldelev 5, a warship of the Snekkja type that had 13 pairs of oars. The main difference is that this recreation has a rudder, instead of a steering oar. The ship is named for King Hakon…
Print of Oseberg Tapestry
A print of part of the Oseberg tapestry on a wall at the Slottsfjellsmuseum.
Professor Gustafson's Diaries from the Oseberg Excavation
The Oseberg mound was excavated in 1904. The excavation was led by Gabriel Gustafson who ensured that the excavation was properly documented. These photos are of his diaries and notebooks related to the excavation.
Project Andvari
Project Andvari is an international collaborative project designed to create a free digital portal that will provide integrated access to collections of northern European art and artifacts of the early medieval period (4th–12th centuries).
Project Launch: The World-Tree Project
Tom Birkett and Roderick Dale. Launch of the World-Tree Project. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
Project: Stories for all time: The Icelandic fornaldarsögur
Stories for all time is a research project based at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nordic research (Nordisk Forskningsinstitut). It aims to survey the transmission history of the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda or legendary sagas.
Promotional material for Vikings Steakhouse in Clontarf
Use of Clontarf's Norse history and the Viking brand (including horned helmet) in this restaurant - the Vikings Steakhouse
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'
Prow decoration on the Sea Stallion from Glendalough
This prow decoration is a replica of a tenth or eleventh century bronze 'weather vane' from S
Publications of the Viking Society
Digital PDF versions of printed works published by The Viking Society. Includes Old Norse editions, translations and secondary literature.
Quern and storage vessels
A quernstone and storage vessels on a table in a house at the Danelaw Centre for Living History.