Dalkey Island near Dublin
Place names
Dalkey island, on the southern point of Dublin Bay, carries a Norse name (dálkr-ey, dress-pin island) which was a corruption of the Irish name Delginis, or 'thorn island'). It played a role in the Dublin slave trade in the tenth century, and an Irish Bishop is said to have drowned here trying to escape from the Vikings. It also probably played a defensive role in protecting Viking Dublin.
Erin Goeres
Languages, Myths and Finds
The World-Tree Project
2014
Erin Goeres
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Ireland
Dublin
Illustration of the Alþingi in session on a tourist information board in Þingvellir
Illustration
Illustration by Gylfi Gislason as part of a larger tourist information board in the Þingvellir Rift Valley
Gylfi Gislason (illustrator)
Thingvellir National Park
2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/506
Iceland
Information Board at Goðafoss Waterfall in Iceland
Landmark
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the decision to adopt Christianity at the Althing in c. 1000, cast his high seat pillars in a dramatic display of his renouncing of the pagan gods. This story is recorded in Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók.
Vegagerðin
Vegagerðin
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
http://www.vegagerdin.is/
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English
Modern Icelandic
German
Still Image
Iceland
Lögberg (Law Rock) at Þingvellir, looking North
Landmark
Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in c. 930. Lögberg (Law Rock) was a prominent natural platform for the Lawspeaker to preside over the parliament.
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2016
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Iceland
Lögberg (Law Rock) at Þingvellir, looking towards Þingvallavatn
Landmark
Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in c. 930. Lögberg (Law Rock) was a prominent natural platform for the Lawspeaker to preside over the parliament.
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2016
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Iceland
Painting by W.G. Collingwood 'Alþing in Session'
Painting
Via Wikimedia Commons: Recoloured crop of larger painting showing a romanticised view of the 11th century Althing (Viking parliament) in session. More information at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Law_speaker.jpg" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Law_speaker.jpg</a>
W.G. Collingwood
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Law_speaker.jpg
Wikimedia Commons
19th century
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W. G. Collingwood [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Iceland
Modern
Photo of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Western Bank
Landmark
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the decision to adopt Christianity at the Althing in c. 1000, cast his high seat pillars in a dramatic display of his renouncing of the pagan gods. This story is recorded in Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók.
Tom Birkett
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
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Iceland
Photo of Norse Ruins on the Brough of Birsay, Orkney
Site
The Brough of Birsay was an important defensive site in Orkney from the earliest settlement. It was under Norse control from the ninth century, and most of the ruins on the Brough (ON Byrgisey, or 'Fort Island') date from this time. The causeway pictured here is only passable at low tide.
Thomas Kamphuis
The World-Tree Project
2010
Thomas Kamphuis
(c) Thomas Kamphuis CC NC BY
<a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/653">http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/653</a>
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Scotland
Orkney
Viking Age
Photo of the Brough of Birsay, Orkney
Site
The Brough of Birsay was an important defensive site in Orkney from the earliest settlement. It was under Norse control from the ninth century, and most of the ruins on the Brough (ON Byrgisey, or 'Fort Island') date from this time. The causeway pictured here is only passable at low tide.
Thomas Kamphuis
The World-Tree Project
2010
Thomas Kamphuis
(c) Thomas Kamphuis. CC NC BY
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/652
Scotland
Orkney
Viking Age
Photo of the Ladby Burial Mound
Ship burials
The Ladby burial mound, containing a high-status ship burial - the only one so far discovered in Denmark. The remains of the Ladby ship are preserved in a museum situated in the mound itself. For more information, see <a href="http://en.vikingemuseetladby.dk/">http://en.vikingemuseetladby.dk/</a>
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Denmark, Danmark, Viking Age
Photos of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Eastern Bank
Landmark
Description
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the decision to adopt Christianity at the Althing in c. 1000, cast his high seat pillars in a dramatic display of his renouncing of the pagan gods. This story is recorded in Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók.
Tom Birkett
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
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Iceland
Photos of Surtsey in the Westman Islands
Landscape
Surtsey is an island that was formed during an eruption in 1963-67. It was named Surtsey (Surt's Island) after the fire giant (or jötunn) Surtr, who will engulf the world with his flaming sword at Ragnarök.
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World-Tree Project
2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/511
Iceland
Westman Islands
Modern
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Boreray)
Place name
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a spring on the island, Childa. The smaller island Soay is certainly from Norse Seyðoy, meaning 'sheep island', whilst the main island Hirta may be derived from Norse Hirt ('shepherd'). The name of the uninhabited island Boreray probably derives from ON borg, meaning 'fort island' (see also Boreray in the Hebrides).
Tom Birkett
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/545
Scotland
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta and Soay)
Place names
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a spring on the island, Childa. The smaller island Soay is certainly from Norse Seyðoy, meaning 'sheep island', whilst the main island Hirta may be derived from Norse Hirt ('shepherd'). The name of the uninhabited island Boreray probably derives from ON borg, meaning 'fort island' (see also Boreray in the Hebrides).
Tom Birkett
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/544
Scotland
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta)
Place names
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a spring on the island, Childa. The smaller island Soay is certainly from Norse Seyðoy, meaning 'sheep island', whilst the main island Hirta may be derived from Norse Hirt ('shepherd'). The name of the uninhabited island Boreray probably derives from ON borg, meaning 'fort island' (see also Boreray in the Hebrides).
Tom Birkett
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/items/show/543
Scotland
Video clip of Goðafoss Waterfall in Northern Iceland
Landscape
Goðafoss is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the decision to adopt Christianity at the Althing in c. 1000, cast his high seat pillars in a dramatic display of his renouncing of the pagan gods. This story is recorded in Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók.
Tom Birkett
The World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
MP4
Moving Image
Iceland
Þingvellir Rift Valley (North East View)
Landmark
Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in c. 930.
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2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/504
Iceland
Þingvellir Rift Valley (South West View)
Landmark
Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in c. 930.
World-Tree Project
2016
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Public Domain
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/503
Iceland