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Interior of a Viking House
The photograph shows part of the interior of a Viking house. The man is sitting on one of the 'benches' that ran down either side of the house. In most houses these would have provided both seating and beds with the whole household sleeping within…
Mjød Sennep (Mead Mustard)
Mustard product produced by Dansk Mjød, with Viking branding.
About the art of rigging a Viking ship with hemp.
Woody Wiest talks about rigging the Draken Harald Hårfagre using hemp ropes.
Draken Harald Hårfagre Sailing into New York City 2016
The largest Viking ship sailing in modern times, Draken Harald Hårfagre, sailed into New York City harbor September 17 2016. She left Haugesund, Norway, April 26 2016 and sailed across the North Atlantic Ocean to America just like the Vikings did a…
Ghost of the Sea Stallion! At Dublinia
The entrance to the Dublinia experience in Dublin features a scale replica of the prow of Havhingsten (The Sea Stallion from Glendalough) which is visible through the glass from the street outside Dublinia. The Sea Stallion is a reconstruction of the…
Ancient Board Games 3: tafl games
Slides for a paper on the Viking game of tafl. The article outlines the history of tafl games. The slides are downloadable as a pdf
Demonstration of the bukkehorn (goat horn) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College
A demonstration of a reconstructed pipe made of goat-horn (bukkehorn) by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. As Einar Selvik points…
Demonstration of a reconstructed horse-hair fiddle (Taglharpa) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College
A demonstration of a reconstructed horse-hair fiddle by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. A fiddle-like instrument was discovered at…
Demonstration of a reconstructed lyre and performance of skaldic poetry from 'Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans' by Einar Selvik
Clip of Einar Selvik performing skaldic poetry from Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans. This lyre is a replica of a lyre found in Kravik, Numedal in Norway dating to the 13th century.http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2278Performed…
Performance of 'Völuspá' by Einar Selvik (Opening Lines)
A performance of the opening lines of 'Völuspá' by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June. A version of this song features in the…
Vikings Season 4 Episode 6 Song - performed by Einar Selvik
Song from History's Vikings series (Season 4 Episode 6) composed and performed by Einar Selvik. It combines lyrics from poems inRagnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans and Egil Skallagrimsson's Höfuðlausn from Egils saga.More…
Vikings - Ragnar's funeral song (based on Hávamál)
Ragnar Lothbrok's funeral song (Series 3, Episode 10 of History's 'Vikings'). Music written and performed by the contributor Einar Selvik, with the lyrics based on Hávamál.
Website of the Norwegian musical reconstruction project 'Wardruna'
Wardruna is a musical project based on Nordic mythology and spirituality. As their website explains, they rework Norse poetry and narratives: "With the use of the oldest of Nordic instruments and poetic metres as well as lyrics written in Norwegian,…
Remix of Historical Krogsta Rune stone (U 1125) Photograph
A remix of a public domain image of the Krogsta Rune stone in the archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board, by Lars Lundqvist. This image, which makes a comment on the possibilities afforded by Creative Commons images was produced as part of…
Reconstructed Viking boat 'Gro' at the Botanic Gardens, Dublin
A small reconstructed Viking boat named 'Gro', and usually located in the Irish National Heritage Park, Wexford, but photographed here on loan to the National Botanic Garden in Dublin for the Clontarf 2014 celebrations.
Fotevikens Museum
Foteviken Museum is a living history museum with a recreated Viking town.
Logo of Friends of the Viking Ship
The logo of 'Friends of the Viking Ship' which aims to "to facilitate the preservation of the 1893 Viking Ship as an important artifact from the Columbian Exposition, and to advocate its public display in a permanent museum setting with adequate…
The Viking Age Compendium
A compendium of the material culture of Viking Age Britain
Reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling
A reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #280 for a photo of the original
Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at Jelling
Photos of a brightly painted modern rune stone outside the Kongernes Jelling Museum. It was carved by Erik the Red Sandquist, a professional rune carver from Denmark who is a member of a re-enactment group
Brimir. This stone was made for the Royal…
Brimir. This stone was made for the Royal…