Today when many people think of the Vikings they often tend to think of them as being tall, dirty, and violent with horned helmets. But is that really how the …
Viking Childhood – Was there time for fun?
Have you ever wondered how it was to be a child in the Viking age and what kind of a Childhood would you have had if you lived in the …
What did Vikings do for fun?
What kind of games did the Vikings play, when they were not busy with their daily routines. Just like today, life in the Viking age was not just all about …
Harald Bluetooth – Viking Age
In jelling in 928 a little boy was born, this boy would turn out to have one of the most important roles for the future of the Danes. This little …
Dannevirke – The Viking Wall Across Denmark
In the Danish folklore, there is a myth about why and how Dannevirke was built. Sometime in the middle of the 9 century, Otto the Great, who was the King …
Völva the Viking Witch or Seeress
A Völva or as it is pronounced in old Norse a Vǫlva (in Danish a ”Vølve”), is what we in English would call a Seeress. You could compare it to …
Viking women – How was their life in the Viking age?
Since the TV show, the Vikings aired for the first time in 2013; there has been a lot of talk about the roles of the women in the Viking age …
The Viking Age Began Because of Heathen Resistance
The stories told about the beginning of the Viking age have become one-sided. I will take it in a different direction in this article, and you will see a different …
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson was born into the wealthy and powerful family Surlungar in Hvammur in Iceland in 1179. His parents were Sturla Thordarson and Guðný Böðvarsdóttir. Snorri had two brothers and …
Viking influence on the English language
We will now take a look at what caused the Viking influence on the English language, and l will give you some examples on which English words that have an …