https://hcommons.social/@medievalists/113596111336823607 medievalists@hcommons.social - The Great Viking Survey - if you are interested in the #Vikings take this survey to help out the Museum of the Viking Age. It will take about 10 minutes https://www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/news/participate-in-global-survey-about-viking-warriors.html
Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans https://phys.org/news/2024-09-retracing-walrus-ivory-viking-age.html
By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were probably meeting and trading ivory in remote parts of High Arctic Greenland, several centuries before Christopher Columbus "discovered" North America.
Icelandic Saga Now Available in English for the First Time - Medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2024/08/icelandic-saga-now-available-in-english-for-the-first-time/
Medieval Icelandic literature enthusiasts have a reason to celebrate—a saga, previously inaccessible to English readers, has been translated for the first time. Even better, it’s available to read for free.
Viking Houses #nordics #history #funny #vikings https://youtube.com/shorts/tgQzIn1e0z0?si=qV6FHADZT4gzx2i8
Hah that's great!
How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth | Hakai Magazine https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-viking-age-hunters-took-down-the-biggest-animal-on-earth/
New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology.
Did the Vikings keep cats as pets? A recent study reveals that felines were much more part of Norse society than previously believed.
In an article published in Current Swedish Archaeology, Matthias Toplak presents a re-evaluation of the roles of domestic cats in Viking Age Scandinavia. He challenges traditional interpretations shaped by medieval mythology and shows how archaeological evidence provides a more nuanced perspective on the significance of cats in Viking society.
Viking Words in English #nordic #vikings #language https://youtube.com/shorts/KyPYjzhL444?si=GpQ-_jyZmEpVIV91
Just leaving behind some words... 😉
Satan Claus in Viking ship rowed by ghost skeletons of zombie vampires, moonlight, surreal, stained glass
#SatanClaus #ghosts #skeletons # zombie #vampires #Vikings
Interesting. Judging by the sagas, it was the women who generally instigated divorce. All that was required was for them to assemble witnesses, cite their reasons and declare themselves divorced. This had to occur three times: in their bedroom, in front of the house and before a public assembly.
https://historycollection.com/eight-facts-love-marriage-viking-style/8/
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Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic
DIe Frauen hatten die Hosen an...
A Brief History of Slavery in the Viking Era
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https://youtu.be/gWjzJATXECU
