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Illustration of twelfth-century 'Smalls Reef' sword guard
An illustration of a sword-guard recovered by a diver near Smalls Reef near Skomer island in Wales, and dating to c. 1100-1125. It is decorated with typical Insular Urnes style motifs.
Illustration of the Norse Cosmos by Finnur Magnússon
An illustration of the Norse cosmos at the close of Finnur Magnússon's 1825 Eddalæren og dens oprindelse - vol. 3 (p. 339). This image is followed by a colour illustration of the nine worlds, and a schematic of various cosmologies for…
Illustration of the Alþingi in session on a tourist information board in Þingvellir
Illustration by Gylfi Gislason as part of a larger tourist information board in the Þingvellir Rift Valley
Illustration of short-twigged (Norwegisn-Swedish) runes
An illustration of the typical forms of the so-called 'short-twigged' or Norwegian-Swedish runes.
Illustration of detail from bone trial piece, Waterford
This intricately decorated item, discovered in an excavation in Waterford City, was a trial piece, perhaps intended to be made into a comb. It is currently on display in Reginald's Tower Museum, Waterford.
Illustration of a brooch from the Lilleberge burial
An illustration of the Lilleberge Brooch. The burial mound was excavated in the late nineteenth century, but the brooch only came to light in 2014 when it was discovered in material from the excavation held by the British Museum. The brooch is Celtic…
IHTA: Towns of Viking Origin
The Irish Historic Towns Atlas is now online with a series of pages on towns of Viking origin.
Iduns gate, Oslo
Idun was the goddess who tended the golden apples that kept the gods young.
Idun cheese from Aldi's Asgaard cheese range
Idun. ‘Mild and soft.’ From the Asgaard cheese range ‘exclusive to Aldi’. On sale in Denmark (and presumably other countries).
Icelandic Viking Salt Product by Íslensk hollusta
The company website for Íslensk hollusta refers to the fact that Icelanders used Black Salt until the 15th Century, produced from burning seaweed. It is marketed as Viking Salt to tourists.
Icelandic T-Shirt, Viking Ship
T-Shirt from an Icelanic Tourist shop depicting a Viking ship.
Icelandic T-Shirt, Egils Beer
T-Shirt advertising Egils Brewery, depicting a Viking drinking from a horn with the caption 'Choice of Vikings'. Viking imagery is used widely in the Icelandic brewing industry.
Icelandic T-Shirt, dragon-head prow
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a stylised dragon head from the prow of a Viking ship. If you know the original or reconstruction which is the basis of this design, please let us know.
Icelandic T-Shirt, 'Viking Worrier'
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a Viking worrier.
Icelandic T-Shirt, 'Drink Like a Viking'
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland featuring a Viking drinking from a horned beer-helmet. This playful t-shirt combines two of the most common perceptions of the Vikings - that they wore horned helmets and that they were heavy drinkers.
Icelandic T-Shirt with Viking in relief
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a viking in relief. Unusually for the tourist industry, this Viking has no horns on their helmet.
Icelandic T-Shirt with runes
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a runes and interlace artwork. Many souvenirs in Iceland play on the Viking heritage of the country.
Icelandic Sagas Online
The Icelandic sagas with modern Icelandic spelling
Icelandic Saga Map Project
The Icelandic Saga Map project has created an interactive map of the Icelandic sagas, linking places on the map to events in the sagas.
Icelandic Horse
The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse from Iceland that developed from horses taken to Iceland by the original Viking settlers. It is small, often pony-sized, but very hardy.
Pagan Scandinavians ate horse meat as part of their religious…
Pagan Scandinavians ate horse meat as part of their religious…