The Gylfaginning is the very first book of the Prose Edda and sets up the retelling of Old Norse sagas of the Æsir gods of Asgard. The Gylfaginning follows the king of Sweden, Gylfi, as he travels...
Category: Viking Society
We’ve all heard of Ragnar Lothbrok and Ivar The Boneless, but many other well-known Viking rulers will sound familiar. Not all of them were rulers of Scandinavia; Leif Erikson was in a party of...
The modern Asatru religion was legally established in 1970s Iceland to reclaim the Norse pagan religion decimated by Christian expansion. They celebrate several Norse Pagan holidays, the most...
Artisans of the Viking age excelled in woodwork and metalwork. Their brooches, weapons, implements, and ship timbers often featured inlaid or carved abstract animal forms and elaborate interlacing...
The most common Viking weapons were spears and axes, which were cheap and effective. Contrary to widespread belief, swords were not so widespread because they were complicated and expensive to...
Vikings’ architecture originated in central or southern Scandinavia and traces its roots back to the late Iron Age. When they found somewhere to settle and established permanent structures, they...