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Hagar the Horrible Hot Wheels car in packaging- front
Toy car illustrated with Hagar the Horrible imagery. Hagar the Horrible is a cartoon figure created by American cartoonist Chris Browne. Photographed in Lodi, California.
De Vikingen en de Nederlanden
An essay on the Vikings and the Netherlands
Postcard of Up Helly Aa with Runes
Postcard of the burning of the galley at Lerwick's Up Helly Aa. On the reverse there are runes which appear to read 'Viking Prints', though the alphabet used is the older futhark.
Celtic Caddy Spoon with Viking Ship Handle
Silver tea caddy spoon produced by Charles Horner, featuring a viking ship with dragon prow.
News Item: Soldiers of Odin, dubbed 'extreme anti-refugee group,' patrol Edmonton streets
This is a news article from the CBC website about the activities of an extreme anti-refugee group dubbed the 'soldiers of Odin'. Their logo is a viking (with horned helmet) with a Canadian flag as a beard. Organisations such as this are a reminder…
St Olaf of Norway
St Olaf of Norway, patron saint of carvers, difficult marriages, kings, the Faroe Islands and Norway. The article provides a biography of St Olaf.
How to play Hnefatafl
Catcliffe Primary School instructions on how to play the Viking board game called Hnefatafl.
Nye jernalderfunn belyser Eikers posisjon i fortiden
Eiker was a centre of power in the Drammen region during the Late Iron Age, as is shown by these new finds. Surveys using georadar show that there are the remains of several structures in the area, including a 30m long longhouse.
Wiki: Heimskringla
Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.
Viking Myths and Rituals on the Isle of Man (LMF 1)
A booklet produced by PhD students working in the Isle of Man Team of the Languages, Myths and Finds Project.
Book Review: 'Women in the Viking Age' by Judith Jesch
A review of Jesch, J., 1991 'Women in the Viking Age' (Woodbridge: Boydell) written by Carolyne Larrington and published in Alvismal. The link is to a pdf of the review.
Conference Presentation: Carl Phelpstead, ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’
Carl Phelpstead (Cardiff University), ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’. Chaired by Dieuwke la Roi. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
Kayak Pyranha Loki
A kayak model named for Loki.
Interior of Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk (reconstruction)
Photograph of the interior of the reconstructed Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk by Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Woman in Norse dress in front of Viking church reconstruction in Qassiarsuk
Edda Lyberth in traditional Norse dress outside the reconstructed church in Brattahlíð, Greenland. By Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Statue of Leif Ericson in Qassiarsuk
Photograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson (ON Leifr Eiríksson) in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland (Norse Brattahlíð) by Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
Map of Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, with several Norse place names
Detail from a map in the Calf Sound Cafe & Visitor Centre, detailing several Norse names, including Kitterland, the Calf, and the Cletts, deriving from the Norse word klettr meaning 'rock'.
Viking Helmet in Animal Crossing
One of the items you can collect in Animal Crossing is this Viking helmet (with horns)
Dan Dry Hand Dryer
A hand dryer in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. The company uses a Viking warrior in the colours of the Danish flag as their logo. Naturally, the figure has a horned helmet.
Café Sejd in Jelling
Café Sejd is locates on Gormstorv 7a in Jelling (Denmark).
Word 'sejd' (ON seiðr) is name of complex magic practices, which (according to the written sources) have been used by the gods (e.g. Odin, Freya), supernatural beings and people (mainly…
Word 'sejd' (ON seiðr) is name of complex magic practices, which (according to the written sources) have been used by the gods (e.g. Odin, Freya), supernatural beings and people (mainly…