Tag: material culture
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Notes on Rings in Norse Legends
Anonymous asked: In one of your recent reblogs you said that “Rings worn on the finger, for example, have often played important roles in Norse legends.” Could you please explain more on that? I’ll have to scold my past self for that one. Not only did I leave the footnote for that statement lacking, but I…
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No Runestones in Iceland?
genericlifeform-blog asked: I’m fairly new to the Vikings (it all started with an icelandic geology obsession) and found a short but interesting article about runestones. Shortly after I tried to find out more about runestones placed in iceland and had to learn to my disappointment that there are none. Now to my question which is I…
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Loki in the Archaeological Record
oreamnosoddities asked: Are there any symbols used specifically for Loki with historical proof? Archaeological records are not exactly my forte, but it does not seem that there are any symbols that were explicitly used for Loki (at least out of those that have turned up in the archaeological record, that is). By that I mean that there are…
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Children, Adulthood, and the Social Functions of Arm-Rings in the Viking Age
Anonymous asked: Hello Fjorn! I have watched the tv show; Vikings, and wondered if you could tell us more about the vikings’ rite of passage into adulthood. There don’t seem to be much information available regarding this, and I’m curious of for example if they did give their children armrings like Bjorn and the other…
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Notes on a Pictish Pendant with Sea Motifs
wintersoulstice2 replied to your post “Greetings friend,it is told That odin wanders among us. Do you have…” I’m sorry, I don’t mean to roam off subject, but I have a question regarding a pendant I wear non-stop. It’s called a Triton and is of both Norse and Celtic origin. It has two seahorses, a triquetra and a…
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Objects Associated with Thor in Norse Mythology
Anonymous asked: I dreamt of a wooden bowl washed with seawater that caught the sunlight and was hailed by a chorus that sang “Thor lives!” Was this entirely dream-fiction or are there objects beyond the hammer associated with Thor? The first thing that comes to my mind when you describe your dream is a scene from Brennu-Njáls…
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Visuals and References for Viking Age Crafts
Anonymous asked: I am more visual and I cannot find or I find but I cannot tell if they are realistic or not for the actual viking crafting styles, I don’t mind modern replicas for examples, but can you find and show more visual photos of crafts, or link a site/blog which has relatively really good…
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Viking Age Weaponry
I originally had included this together with “Viking Warfare,” but, upon writing up that lesson, I realized that they should be split. So, next week we will begin out prelude into the raids. For now, we will bridge our way from art to war with the art of their weapons. Although we will not be covering…
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Viking Age Crafts
I have mentioned craft and production quite a bit now, as we have talked about Viking towns and commerce. The Vikings did not only trade things they stole, nor did they only have raw materials to offer. If not already convinced by their ships, the Vikings were tremendously skilled when it came to their art…
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Viking Age Art
We have already seen that “Vikings” were incredibly crafty, but now we shall focus on their actual art form. Their art was not like our standard for art today (though, that standard, in all honesty, can be rather low). By that, I mean to say that they did not simply “waste” their creation by sticking it on…
