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Copper alloy cross-guard of a sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy cross-guard of a Viking-Age sword. No locality. X. 2805
Iron Sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Found in Lough Derg near Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary. 1988: 226
Top of Iron sword from the River Ban on display in the National Museum of Ireland
River Bann, Toome Bar, Co. Antrim. Viking Age. Wk. 2
Iron Axe-Head from River Robe on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Robe, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Viking Age. Wk. 1
Iron Axe-Head from River Shannon on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Shannon. Viking Age. 1986: 109
Miniature copper-alloy axe-head on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Miniature axe-head from Lough O'Flynn, Co. Roscommon. E 499.216
Copper Alloy bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy bowl from Laheen Lough, Co. Leitrim. Viking Age.
Enamelled copper-alloy hook for a bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy hook for a bowl, enamelled, from Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Viking Age. Irish Manufacture - one of three original hooks. 1941: 1157
Bone or ivory gaming pieces on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Two bone or ivory gaming pieces from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Viking Age. Wk. 294. S. 105
Iron axehead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axehead from the Fishamble Street excavations. Viking Age. The axe is a distinctively Norse weapon of warfare. E 172:2421
Iron axehead from Winetavern St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head from the Winetavern Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E81:2428
Human skull with sword or axe cuts on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Skull with injuries from a sword or axe, disvoered in the Fishamble Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:7543
Iron slave collar from Dublin on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron slave collar from St John's Lane, Dublin, evidence of a flourishing slave trade in Viking Dublin. E173: X 119
Iron sword from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron sword with decorated hilt from Fishamble Street, Dublin. Viking Age. 1979:68
"Gjallarhorn" from the Video game Destiny
Norse myth has become a staple influence of gaming, to the extent that it often features in minor ways in games with no plot-line linking it to the Norse gods - this legendary weapon named Gjallarhorn (after the horn associated with the God Heimdallr…
Handout on Gísla saga Súrssonar
A handout produced by Rebecca Merkelbach to accompany an introductory lecture at Cambridge on Gísla saga Súrssonar (one of the Sagas of Icelanders dealing the outlaw figure Gísli).
Lecture notes on Gísla saga Súrssonar
Notes produced by Rebecca Merkelbach for an introductory lecture at Cambridge on Gísla saga Súrssonar (one of the Sagas of Icelanders dealing with the outlaw Gísli ).
Course Syllabus: Religion and Mythology in the Viking Age
This is the syllabus for a course on pre-Christian religion/s in the Viking Age, which I taught in the spring of 2014. It was part of a two-semester 'valgfag' programme at Aarhus University titled "Viking Studies", so the students (drawn from a range…
Viking Age Podcast
A (mostly) weekly podcast devoted to telling a (mostly) narrative history of the Viking Age. Currently covering the early Viking Age in Ireland and Scotland.
Entrance to Kongernes Jelling (Royal Jelling) Experience Centre
The entrance to the new Kongernes Jelling Experience Centre in Jelling, Denmark. According to the website "The visitor and experience center at Kongernes Jelling - Home of the Viking Kings lies in the middle of the monument complex around Jelling…