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The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
... also sophisticated merchants and explorers who settled Iceland, founded Dublin, and established a trading network ...
ancient-origins - 10/06/2017 - 02:28
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Never Offend a Viking or ‘The Thing’ Might Just Decide Your Fate
BY THORNEWS
If you offended a Viking, a normal reaction would be to kill you on the spot. If the murder took place in daylight with witnesses present and without trying to hide his act, the punishment for the crime was paying fines.
The Vikings had a complex honor and judicial system that probably developed over many centuries, long before the Viking Age.
ancient-origins - 01/12/2017 - 18:50
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Measuring Up Real World Archaeological Giants
... myths found in ancient cultures from Peru to China and Iceland to Egypt is the inclusion of prehistoric races of ...
ashley cowie - 14/04/2020 - 01:35
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When Vikings Come to Rule: The History of the Rurik Dynasty
... we know it today. From England and Ireland, to Normandy, Iceland, and Greenland too, these fierce Norsemen sailed the ...
Aleksa Vučković - 14/12/2020 - 13:38
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Archaeologists Discover 1,000-year-old Viking 'Parliament' in Scotland
... site in Scotland." Thing sites can be found from Norway to Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney, the Highlands ...
johnblack - 27/10/2013 - 11:24
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Pre-Columbian Murals and Norse Sagas Suggest Vikings Met the Aztecs, and the Outcome Was Not Pretty
Did the Vikings visit Pre-Columbian Mexico? The depiction of white people on Chichen Itza murals in the Temple of the Warriors probably represent Vikings - the major European navigators around the time this temple was built. This suggests the tradition of the “White Lords” who had visited Mexico before the Spanish were the Vikings.
Clyde Winters - 27/11/2016 - 14:50
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Celestial Siblings: Norse Sun and Moon Gods Chased Across the Sky
Chased across the sky by a pair of wolves, the Norse sun and moon gods were tasked with a heavy burden. The Sol and Mani were responsible for pulling a chariot across the sky every day and night while simultaneously evading a gruesome death at the hands of wolves. The task was split between the two; Sol operated during the day, and Mani during the night.
Molly Dowdeswell - 12/10/2022 - 14:50
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The Thule Culture: Medieval Mariners Migrating In Search Of Meteoritic Iron
... modern period when it was used to identify Iceland, and Ultima Thule generally referred to ...
ashley cowie - 15/02/2021 - 22:21
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Merlin and the Discovery of Avalon in the New World
... fountains bubble from the ground could be the geysers of Iceland, and the island with rivers of ice, the glaciers of ...
ancient-origins - 04/03/2017 - 00:54
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How the US Stole Thousands of Native American Children (Video)
... a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail? How Native ...
Robbie Mitchell - 05/07/2023 - 16:54
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First Tomb of Christopher Columbus Finally Found
... were for his transatlantic expeditions, he had sailed to Iceland and Ireland with the Portuguese merchant marine; ...
Sahir - 11/04/2022 - 22:58
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Norse Creation Myth: Fire and Ice from the Abyss
The Norse people were the ancient tribal communities of Scandinavia, who in the modern day are often referred to or thought of as the Vikings (who were actually a subset of them). Like many other ancient communities, they had their own ideas about how the earth and the universe were created.
Molly Dowdeswell - 03/12/2022 - 22:00
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Under Floor Hiberno-Norse Structure Now On View At A Dublin Supermarket
... . However, it was the Norwegian Vikings who conquered Iceland and Greenland, Scotland and Ireland, and left behind ...
ashley cowie - 26/10/2020 - 16:51
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Quick as a Fox, Powerful as a Demon: Legendary Foxes and Their Trickster/Temptress Ways
The fox plays a wide range of roles in 42 out of the 358 of Aesop’s fables. It is generally described as a quick, intelligent and adaptable animal which no doubt led to its importance as a symbol of cleverness in most cultures. In mythology, the fox usually has a positive connotation.
MartiniF - 22/05/2017 - 15:46
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The Story of Sif, Powerful Wife of Norse God Thor
... the Ancient Symbols of the Norsemen The Norse people of Iceland always greet the first day of the summer with much ... Since Thor's temple has started to become a new reality in Iceland, his wife is also becoming one of the most popular ...
Natalia Klimczak - 01/08/2016 - 00:44
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Lakota Tribes Inhabited Two Rich Wildernesses, Both were Stolen, But The People Resisted
... a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail? Native American ...
Mark Miller - 25/09/2018 - 02:00
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Irish and Celtic Symbols: The True Meanings Behind Signs of Pride and Power
Irish and Celtic symbols reflect ancient beliefs and traditions and were believed to influence lives. The meanings of symbols such as the Claddagh, Crann Bethadh, Triquetra, and Triskelion have lived on thanks to bards and storytellers maintaining historical pride and passing it from one generation to the next.
valdar - 06/03/2019 - 22:52
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Pre-Columbian Explorers in the Americas: The Hard Evidence
... a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail? Chinese Votive ...
Dr Pat Hanratty - 18/08/2019 - 18:39
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The Varangian Guard: Elite Byzantine Warrior Merchants
The Varangians were an elite guard that once served as the personal bodyguards of Byzantine emperors. When not protecting the emperor, they served at the frontlines in times of war to protect and expand the borders of the Byzantine Empire. But who were these Varangians, where did they come from, and when were they established? The earliest recorders pertaining to presence of Norse warriors at the imperial court at Constantinople, came about during the reign of Emperor Theophilus (829 – 842 AD).
Cam Rea - 06/04/2018 - 15:37
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1100-year-old Horn Blowing Ceremony Continues Despite Coronavirus
Daily life has been heavily disrupted by the outbreak of COVID-19 or coronavirus. However, one British town is determined to carry on as normal as possible. They are committed to continuing a tradition that is over a millennium old. Despite the current pandemic, a horn will be blown in a ceremony to mark the watch, just as it has been done every night for 1,134 years.
Ed Whelan - 19/03/2020 - 22:04