Viking History

Seidr

Seidr

Oliver C

Seidr (Old Norse: seiðr) is type of ancient sorcery or witchcraft that was practiced by the pagan Norsemen. The expression can also be used to refer to reconstructions of modern...

Seidr

Oliver C

Seidr (Old Norse: seiðr) is type of ancient sorcery or witchcraft that was practiced by the pagan Norsemen. The expression...

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Leif Erikson

Leif Erikson

Oliver C

Leif Erikson (Norse: Leifr Eiríksson; Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson), born around 970 in Eiríksstaðir in Iceland and died around 1020 probably in Greenland, was an Icelandic explorer. He is one of...

Leif Erikson

Oliver C

Leif Erikson (Norse: Leifr Eiríksson; Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson), born around 970 in Eiríksstaðir in Iceland and died around 1020 probably...

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Harald Hardrada

Harald Hardrada

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Harald, son of Sigurd (known in Norway as Harald Hardrada; Harald Sigurdsson; in Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson)). He received the nickname of Hardråde (harðráði, literally "the Hard" or "the Hard...

Harald Hardrada

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Harald, son of Sigurd (known in Norway as Harald Hardrada; Harald Sigurdsson; in Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson)). He received the...

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Blót

Blót

Oliver C

Blót is the Old Norse sacrifice, that is a ritual act dedicated to the gods. The noun blót goes back to the Old Norse verb blóta (cf. Gothic and Old...

Blót

Oliver C

Blót is the Old Norse sacrifice, that is a ritual act dedicated to the gods. The noun blót goes back...

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Ubbe Ragnarsson

Ubbe Ragnarsson

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Ubbe Ragnarsson, (d. 878) was a Norse warlord during the Viking Age. Ubbe Ragnarsson was one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, and, along with his brothers Halfdan and Ivar...

Ubbe Ragnarsson

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Ubbe Ragnarsson, (d. 878) was a Norse warlord during the Viking Age. Ubbe Ragnarsson was one of the sons of...

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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Oliver C

Sigurd Snake in the Eye or Sigurd Ragnarsson, (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) was one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok and Aslaug, but what distinguishes him from the other...

Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Oliver C

Sigurd Snake in the Eye or Sigurd Ragnarsson, (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) was one of the sons of Ragnar...

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Ivar the Boneless

Ivar the Boneless

Oliver C

Ivar the Boneless also known as Ivar Ragnarsson (Old Norse Ívarr inn Beinlausi) (787-873?1 or 8782), was a Nordic warlord during the Viking Age.Ivar the Boneless was one of the sons...

Ivar the Boneless

Oliver C

Ivar the Boneless also known as Ivar Ragnarsson (Old Norse Ívarr inn Beinlausi) (787-873?1 or 8782), was a Nordic warlord during...

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Bjorn Ironside

Bjorn Ironside

Oliver C

Björn Ironside or Björn Ragnarsson, (c. 777) (Old Norse and Icelandic: Björn Járnsíða, Swedish: Björn Järnsida) was a semi-legendary Viking king of Sweden who ruled sometime in the 8th, 234th or...

Bjorn Ironside

Oliver C

Björn Ironside or Björn Ragnarsson, (c. 777) (Old Norse and Icelandic: Björn Járnsíða, Swedish: Björn Järnsida) was a semi-legendary Viking king...

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Ragnar Lothbrok

Ragnar Lothbrok

Oliver C

Ragnar Lothbrok (Old Norse: Ragnarr Loðbrók Sigurdsson) was a legendary king of Sweden and Denmark who reigned in the 8th century. According to the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Ragnar belonged...

Ragnar Lothbrok

Oliver C

Ragnar Lothbrok (Old Norse: Ragnarr Loðbrók Sigurdsson) was a legendary king of Sweden and Denmark who reigned in the 8th...

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