Viking History

Odinism

Odinism

Oliver C

Odinism is a Germanic neo-pagan reconstructionist religious organization, which proclaims the practice of a form of neo-paganism whose supreme deity of the Norse pantheon is Odin, focused on Norse paganism, Germanic...

Odinism

Oliver C

Odinism is a Germanic neo-pagan reconstructionist religious organization, which proclaims the practice of a form of neo-paganism whose supreme deity of...

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Erik the Red

Oliver C

Erik the Red (Norse: Eiríkr Rauði) (circa 950 to 1003 or circa 940 to 1010) was a Norwegian explorer. His name was Eirikr Thorvaldson (Eiríkr Þorvaldsson), but his contemporaries called...

Erik the Red

Oliver C

Erik the Red (Norse: Eiríkr Rauði) (circa 950 to 1003 or circa 940 to 1010) was a Norwegian explorer. His...

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Uppsala

Uppsala

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Uppsala, is a city in Sweden located 70 km north of Stockholm, in Uppland, famous for its prestigious university, the oldest in one Scandinavia. With about 200,000 inhabitants in the...

Uppsala

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Uppsala, is a city in Sweden located 70 km north of Stockholm, in Uppland, famous for its prestigious university, the...

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hedeby

Hedeby

Oliver C

Hedeby was an important settlement of Vikings from Denmark and Varangians from Sweden, located in southern Denmark, near the Carolingian border. It was a city in the early Middle Ages...

Hedeby

Oliver C

Hedeby was an important settlement of Vikings from Denmark and Varangians from Sweden, located in southern Denmark, near the Carolingian...

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asatru

Asatru

Oliver C

Asatru is a movement within Norse and Germanic native faith, based on beliefs contained in Norse mythology, whose world of gods is represented by the two dynasties of Aesir and...

Asatru

Oliver C

Asatru is a movement within Norse and Germanic native faith, based on beliefs contained in Norse mythology, whose world of...

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viking-berserker

Viking Berserker

Oliver C

The berserker (in Old Norse berserkr, plural berserkir) refers to a stealth warrior who goes into a sacred fury (in Old Norse berserksgangr, "walk, pace of the fierce warrior") making...

Viking Berserker

Oliver C

The berserker (in Old Norse berserkr, plural berserkir) refers to a stealth warrior who goes into a sacred fury (in...

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varangian-guard

Varangian Guard

Oliver C

The Varangian Guard is the name by which Scandinavian and Germanic mercenaries (Vikings) who served in the Byzantine army from the 10th to the 14th century are known.The phrase is first...

Varangian Guard

Oliver C

The Varangian Guard is the name by which Scandinavian and Germanic mercenaries (Vikings) who served in the Byzantine army from the...

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