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Trelleborgen 11 hrs ·

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Brú na Bóinne - Newgrange and Knowth 12 hrs · Kerbstone 42 at Knowth. A series of circles carved across the face of the stone...it is very carefully done with a definite intention but what was the intention? What we wouldn't give for a time machine to go back 5,000 years and ask the artist? #heritageireland #BoyneValley

Lofotr Viking Museum 10 hrs ·

Society for Combat Archaeology 21 hrs · Thanks to funding from the School of Conservation in Copenhagen, we sent samples in for a 14C-analysis and now have a new date for the famous shield from Tira, Latvia. The new date (and lots of other novel information on shields) can be found in the newly published paper "On Shields and Hide": https://www.academia.edu/44259256/Shields_and_hide_On_the_use_of_hide_in_Germanic_shields_of_the_Iron_Age_and_Viking_Age Regarding the new date suggestion, we write (pp.169-70): "The find has been dated to the first half of the 9th century AD based on associated artefacts. However, a 14C-dating undertaken by Aarhus AMS Center as part of this investigation indicates a likely dating of 875–985 calAD. Given the general challenges with typological dating and the possibility for intergenerational artefacts (heirlooms), it seems reasonable to date the shield to c. AD 875." Interestingly, the 9th century in Latvia was witness to several conflicts between the Curonian and Scandinavian peoples. Interpretations regarding Curonian and Scandinavian shield technologies are essential for understanding how such conflicts played out during the Viking Age! Until now, very little information has been available on the Tira find. However, a new paper on the subject is currently being written by Rolf Warming (SoCA) and Irita Zeiere (National Museum of Latvia). We are looking forward to seeing it published!

The Heathen Underground October 19 at 1:54 PM · Loki, the Vätte, and the Ash Lad "It seems that there were two Lokis. One was a vätte ‘domestic spirit’ living under or by the fireplace, helping farmers with the farm work and attracting wealth to the farm. . The other, the mythical character, was very different but still derived from the vätte, and many Loki myths allude to the vätte. . The vätte Loki is most easily seen in late traditions, but there are strong reasons to believe that he existed in medieval traditions, too. Factors within the late corpus and its relation to other late material indicate ancientness, and essential parts of it can be anchored to medieval material. Still, this vätte Loki is hard to accept because he is so different from Loki in the Old Norse (ON) myths. . However, in the late traditions we also find Loki as the fairy tale character the Ash Lad, who largely overlaps with the mythological Loki. This may have been the case in the Middle Ages as well, although the two probably were never identical. . The Ash Lad may help us understand the discrepancy between the two Lokis because the same dualism can be found within the Ash Lad. The predominant Scandinavian term for the Ash Lad — Oskefis(en)~Ask(e)fis(en) — also refers to a vätte under the fireplace, manipulating the fire. Hence, both Loki and the Ash Lad are both vättes under the fireplace and narrative characters. . This parallelism makes it problematic to reject the vätte Loki. The connection between the narrative characters and the vätte appears to be found in their youths by the fireside. Because the Ash Lad stayed near the fireplace and tended the fire, he was given the vätte’s name. In the same way, Loki may have been given the vätte’s name Loki because of a childhood as a lazy ‘mummy’s boy’ by the fireplace. Sadly, we have very limited information about the mythological Loki’s early days, but some Loki myths support this image. . The overlap between the narrative characters Loki and the Ash Lad and the abundant information on the latter can help us understand Loki’s role in the mythology. For both characters, it seems that there is no real contradiction between their beneficial and destructive sides because both aspects derive from the characters’ being essentially ‘semiotherworlders’. . Because of this, accepting them into the establishment amounts to opening it to a Trojan horse and thus implies its downfall. But this is inescapable because they, for the same reason, are the only ones capable of bringing absolutely necessary objects and persons from the otherworld. Their association with the vätte under the fireplace makes them ideal as links to the otherworld." . Read the full paper here: https://eldar-heide.net/Publikasjonar%20til%20heimesida/Loke-artikkel%20til%20nettsida.pdf . . . #TheHeathenUndergroundAgainstHate #HeathenUnderground #TheHeathenUnderground #heathen #asatru #pagan #loki . [Images: Loki by Arthur Rackham; 8th century Loki stone, Kirkby Stephen church]

The Heathen Underground Yesterday at 1:52 PM · Fate and Luck . “In the ancient stories we learn that the world and humans are fated. Some of the stories feature the nornir, the female spirits of fate, and while nobody knows exactly how many there are, three of them are mentioned by Snorri Sturluson and in the Eddic poem Vøluspá (The Vølva’s Prophecy): Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld. . The nornir live by the well called Urðarbrunnr at the foot of Yggdrasill, the tree that stands in the middle of the world and represents the cosmos. An eagle sits in its crown and a serpent lies among its roots; time flows as water through the tree, and from the crown falls the dew and rain, which flows over the world’s soil and collects in the well. . These three nornir control the fate of humans and the world. The three nornir, Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld, represent the past, present and future. They weave threads of fate for humans, tie them to the tree, and cut them when it is time. Skuld cuts rune-sticks for each human to set their fate and lifespan. … Ørlög is another important word to know. It means “ancient law”, and it describes the confluence of events that preceded gipta [that which has been given to you from birth]. Think of it as threads in a web that all tie together to become a string: *your* string. Every human has ørlög. You received it in the creation. . Bors synir, the sons of Bor, are the three creator gods who made humans from trees in the dawn of time. Sometimes, the Bors synir are called Óðinn, Vili, and Vé, at other times they are known as Óðinn, Hœnir, and Lóðurr or Óðinn, Hœnir, and Loki… … Ørlög is the gift of life that came from the gods. Gipta is that which is given to you from your family line. Gæfu are the abilities you harness yourself. . Together they combine to become hammingja, the way you carry yourself in life. The sum of all the components is your luck in life. Some believe that the gods are very involved in the process, while others believe that you are left to your own devices in shaping your luck and your future. . In the old stories, especially in the sagas, there are two kinds of people: those who believed they were fated and could do nothing about it, and those who believed in their own power and ability. Often, in the sagas, a person’s fate appears to them as a dís, a goddess that follows you and your family.” . ~ from “Ásatrú for Beginners: a Modern Heathen’s Guide to the Ancient Northern Way” by Dr. Mathias Nordvig . . . #TheHeathenUndergroundAgainstHate #HeathenUnderground #TheHeathenUnderground #heathen #asatru #pagan . [Image: The Norns by Johan Egerkrans - Illustrator ]

Viking School Days is in Oslo, Norway. October 15 at 3:39 AM · Oslo, Norway · Winter is coming and I’ve been busy drawing. Meet my Viking family in the longhouse and find out why they are celebrating.🍁🍻🎉 With thanks to #wyrdvikingdesign, for the informative Winter Nights article, Relaxing Soundzzz and Ambience of Yesteryear for the great sounds! #olafrthebeardless #vikingschooldays #primaryhistory #drawing #artwork #winternights #vikinghistory #teachersresources #autumn #vikinghistory #keystage2history #teachinghistory #vikings #anglosaxons #historyresources

Birka posted a video to playlist What's in the grave? September 21 at 7:10 AM · Now it's time for a noteworthy grave - an uncremated person buried underneath an earth mound. That's out of the ordinary for the grave mounds of Birka. Is it the beginning of a new way to bury the dead? Or had the buried person connections to Christianity? What do you think?

Birka posted a video to playlist What's in the grave? October 16 at 3:25 AM · Now it's time for a chamber grave with a passion for boats and silver pendants! Enjoy!

Karen Davies October 19 at 4:59 PM · Norway, the Northern Lights. Breathtaking!

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Denis Fahey‎Let's Explore The World 14 hrs · West coast of Ireland

VIKINGAGE.ORG The Viking Age Compendium Jenn Culler shared a link to the group: Viking Era Clothing. 18 hrs · For those unfamiliar with the resource, the Viking Age Compendium acts as a data base for various bits of Viking Age material culture. They list both archaeological, artistic and literary sources for each item. This can be a very helpful place to start research on a topic thanks to their organization and bibliographies!

Jenn Culler shared a link to the group: Viking Era Clothing. 18 hrs · For those unfamiliar with the resource, the Viking Age Compendium acts as a data base for various bits of Viking Age material culture. They list both archaeological, artistic and literary sources for each item. This can be a very helpful place to start research on a topic thanks to their organization and bibliographies!

Historiker Anders Lundt Hansen 4 hrs · Vidste du at … ? De drak vin i de store fyrstehaller. I det traditionelle billede af Nordens fortid, bliver der bællet øl og mjød af store drikkehorn. Og det skal nok være rigtigt – for de mere jævne folk. Men cheferne drak vin. Helt tilbage til romersk jernalder (år 1-400) finder man i grave og elite-residenser importerede vinglas og romerske drikkesæt med vinspand og øse. I Ribe og Hedeby finder man hhv. fra 700- og 800-tallet masser af rester af vintønder, hvad der viser, at der var en betydelig import. Ofte er de gamle tønder genbrugt som inderbeklædning til brønde. Det giver egentlig god mening. Øl laver man jo af korn, som enhver bondeknold kunne dyrke på sin mark. Ikke noget eksklusivt i det. Mjød bliver lavet med honning, som var noget mere kostbart og eftertragtet, men det kunne stadig produceres lokalt. Vin derimod var utilgængeligt for folk uden udenlandske kontakter og godt med sølv på kistebunden. Så når fyrsten ved højbordet skulle markere sin status og belønne sine mest betroede undergivne, så var der vin i glassene. Billedet viser Hoby-bægrene, romerske vinbægre af sølv fra 1. århundrede af vor tidsregning, fundet i en fyrstegrav på Lolland. Billedet er fra Nationalmuseets samlinger.

Selam Zaxoo‎Let's Explore The World 3 hrs · jornuvik,streymoy's Northernmost village located in Sunda municipality, Has a population of around 71.Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 🌊🌿 📸 Luigic

Thorgrim Snorri Thorgrimsson‎Viking Age Studies and Reenactment Yesterday at 4:07 AM · New English-speaking online Old Norse learning group is announced. Come and learn the language of the Viking Age and Icelandic family sagas with a tutor via Zoom - from Jan 27, 2021 onwards, every Wednesday, at 14-00 EET (Helsinki, Jerusalem), 21-00 JST (Japan & Korea), 22-00 AEST (Melbourne & Sydney), 20-00 AWST (China, Perth) 19-00 ICT (Bangkok), 13-00 CET (Paris, Rome), 12-00 GMT (London, Dublin). See details on Pardon my Altnordisch page!

New English-speaking online Old Norse learning group is announced. Come and learn the language of the Viking Age and Icelandic family sagas with a tutor via Zoom - from Jan 27, 2021 onwards, every Wednesday, at 14-00 EET (Helsinki, Jerusalem), 21-00 JST (Japan & Korea), 22-00 AEST (Melbourne & Sydney), 20-00 AWST (China, Perth) 19-00 ICT (Bangkok), 13-00 CET (Paris, Rome), 12-00 GMT (London, Dublin). See details on Pardon my Altnordisch page!