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 has 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 …
Did Vikings have tattoos?
Unfortunately, there has never been found a body that has been so well preserved that the skin is intact. Unless we are lucky enough to find a frozen tattooed Viking …
Vikings Sailed With Their Cats Across Europe
In Norse mythology the cat has always had its place, for instance, the Goddess Freya had two cats who pulled her chariot, or in the saga of Thor’s Journey to …
The Vikings Grew Hemp 1300 years ago
Long lost samples of pollen taken from bogs in the wetlands around Sosteli by a group of Norwegian and Danish archaeologists in the 1940s and 50s, has finally seen the …
The Viking Lunar Calendar
The Vikings did not have four seasons as we do today, they only had two seasons, summer and winter. The year was also not divided into months as most countries …
The Viking Age Began in Denmark
The Viking age is officially dated to start at the end of the 8 century, or in other words on June 8, 793 when the Norwegian Vikings landed in Northumbria …