Silver fibulae from Denmark
Archaeological artefacts
Two silver fibulae depicting women. One shows a woman with two plaits in her hair. The other shows an armed person on horseback with an armed woman holding the horse.
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27/05/2008
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http://natmus.dk/
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_figure_with_hair_and_silver_figure_with_horse.jpg
Viking Age, Denmark, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Danmark
Valkyrie figure from Tjørnehøj
Archaeological artefacts
A silver gilt Valkyrie or shieldmaiden figure from Tjørnehøj in Denmark.
Arnold Mikkelsen
Nationalmuseet, Danmark
Nationalmuseet, Danmark
19/10/2016
Karen Holgate
Arnold Mikkelsen, CC-BY-SA
http://samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/12789
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http://samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/12789
Genstands nr: C 39227
Fil-ID: 12789
Viking Age, Denmark, Tjørnehøj, Danmark, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida
Finds from a Priestess' Grave
Archaeological artefacts
Finds from a vǫlva's grave in Köpingsvik, Öland. There is an 82 cm long wand of iron with bronze details and a unique model of a house on the top. There is also a pitcher from Persia or Central Asia, and a West European bronze bowl. Dressed in a bear pelt, she had received a ship burial with both human and animal sacrifice. The finds are on display in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.
Berig
Wikimedia Commons
Berig
23/02/2008
Karen Holgate
By Berig (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
http://historiska.se/
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Finds_from_a_priestess%27_grave.jpg
Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Köpingsvik, Öland, Sweden, Sverige
Time Warp Trio Lesson Plan to accompany the book
Educational Resource
The lesson plan was designed to supplement the reading of the book, "Viking It and Liking It" by Jon Scieszka, which is part of a series of books called Time Warp Trio. This was then turned into a television series. Instead of playing Viking Football Smashfest, Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time and accompany Leif Erikson as he travels and finds North America.
Book: Jon Scieszka
TV show: WGBH and Soup2Nuts for Discovery Kids
Lesson plan: WGBH Educational Foundation
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
2005
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
Time Warp Trio is a registered trademark of Chucklebait, LLC. The rights for this lesson plan belong to the WGBH Educational Foundation.
http://www.timewarptrio.com/
pdf
English
Website
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachers-parents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-vikings.pdf
1001 AD, North America
Book Review: 'Women in the Viking Age' by Judith Jesch
Book reviews
A review of Jesch, J., 1991 'Women in the Viking Age' (Woodbridge: Boydell) written by Carolyne Larrington and published in Alvismal. The link is to a pdf of the review.
Carolyne Larrington
Carolyne Larrington
Carolyne Larrington
05/11/2009
Administrator
Carolyne Larrington
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/Welcome.html
pdf
English
Engelsk
Hyperlink
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/1judith.pdf
Modern
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power' by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Book reviews
A review of Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, 2013 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power.' The New Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave Macmillan)
Craig R. Davis
The Medieval Review
Craig R. Davis
14/02/2014
Administrator
Craig R. Davis
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/article/view/18522/24635
Modern
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Museums
Derby Museum contains remains of a Viking man, his sword and other items from teh burial at Repton Church, as well as an early medieval sculpture collection.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
21/11/2016
Adam Parsons
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Website
English
Engelsk
Website
<a href="https://www.derbymuseums.org/locations/museum-art-gallery" target="_blank">https://www.derbymuseums.org/locations/museum-art-gallery</a>
Derby, England, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Early Medieval
Review: 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' ed. by Sarah Anderson and Karen Swenson
Book reviews
Review of Anderson, S. and Swenson, K. (eds), 2002 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' (London and New York: Routledge).
Gary L. Aho
Journal of William Morris Studies
Journal of William Morris Studies
Winter 2012
Administrator
William Morris Society
http://www.morrissociety.org/
pdf
English
Hyperlink
http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/JWMS/20.1Winter2013/42-58Reviews.pdf
Modern
Fornsalen
Museums
Fornsalen in Visby has displays about the history of Gotland.
Gotlands Museum
Gotlands Museum
16/11/2016
Marcus Smith
Gotlands Museum
http://www.gotlandsmuseum.se/
Website
Swedish
Svensk
Svenska
Website
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2869
Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Gotland, Visby, Middelalder, Medieval
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny Jochens
Book reviews
On pp. 89-91, a review of:
Jochens, J., 1995 'Women in Old Norse Society' (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press)
Jochens, J., 1996 'Old Norse Images of Women' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press)
Judith Jesch
Viking Society for Northern Research
Viking Society for Northern Research
1998-2001
Administrator
Viking Society for Northern Research
http://www.vsnr.org/
pdf
English
Engelsk
Old Norse
Gammelnorsk
Hyperlink
http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Saga-Book%20XXV.pdf
Modern
Site of Viking Age boat burial at Scar, Sanday, Orkney
Burial
A small sign marking the location of the Viking Age boat burial near Scar, on the north coast of Sanday, Orkney. Excavated in November/December 1991 and published in Olwyn Owen and Magnar Dalland, Scar: A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney, 2000.
Judith Jesch
Judith Jesch
Judith Jesch
11/04/2013.
Judith Jesch
Judith Jesch
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/scarboat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar_boat_burial
https://canmore.org.uk/site/3494/sanday-quoy-banks
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English
Engelsk
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2802
875-950, Viking Age, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Orkney, Orknøyene, Sanday, Quoy Banks, Scar
Detail of the Pin from Hedeby
Archaeological artefacts
Well-known bronze pin with ornamentation in a form of a snake (or dragon) head.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
20/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2756
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Danmark, Denmark, Germany, Tyskland, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Urnes-Style Brooch from Hedeby
Archaeological artefacts
Bronze Urnes-style brooch with an ornament in a form of a snake (or a dragon).
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
20/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2757
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Danmark, Denmark, Germany, Tyskland, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Bronze artefact from Hedeby
Archaeological Artefacts
This 'plaque', in a form of a dragon- snake-head, has been cast of bronze. Probably it was a part of a bigger find.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
05.04.2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2758
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Danmark, Denmark, Germany, Tyskland, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Miniature boat from Hedeby
Archaeological Artefacts
Miniature boat (maybe toy?) has been made of alder wood.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
20/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2759
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Danmark, Denmark, Germany, Tyskland, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Depiction of the Ships from Hedeby
Archaeological artefacts
These ships were carved on polished red deer antler.
This find is a part of the permanent exhibition in the Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
20/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2791
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Danmark, Denmark, Germany, Tyskland, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Amulets from Árós
Archaeological artefacts
On the photo are iron Thor's hammer and small, bronze axehead.
These amulets have been found in Århus (Árós in the Viking Age). Currently they are displayed on permanent exhibition in the Moesgård Museum.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
19/03/2016
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2792
Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Árós, Århus, Moesgård, Danmark, Denmark
Artefact from Árós
Archaeological artefacts
On the photo are (from upper left corner):
- miniature spearhead;
- miniature lead anchor;
- Thor's hammer;
- awl with handle made of polished reed deer antler;
- patrix bearing Thor's hammer;
- Gotland's box brooch;
- hanging lamp made of clay;
These artefacts have been found in Århus (Árós in the Viking Age). Currently they are displayed on permanent exhibition in the Moesgård Museum.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
21/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2793
Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Árós, Århus, Moesgård, Danmark, Denmark
Staff from Hemdrup
Archaeological artefacts
The Hemdrup staff has been found in a bog at Hemdrup (Næsborg, Jylland, Denmark). It has been made from yew wood and it is 50 cm long. On the staff have been carved depiction of fantastic animals, human's silhouette and triquetra symbol. Moreover, on it have been put two runic inscriptions. First of them, consist of the runes which currently are not deciphered. Second of them has been variously interpreted by specialist (see discussion in Price 2002:202).
Staff from Hemdrup is currently displayed in the 'vǫlva cottage', on the permanent exhibition devoted to the Viking Age in the Moesgård Museum, Denmark.
Internet:
Detailed photos of staff from Hemdrup in the Nationalmuseets on-line database: http://samlinger.natmus.dk/search?q=Hemdrup%20runepind
Description of Hemdrup staff in PCRN on-line database: http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php?id=30270&if=myth&table=mss
References:
- Back Danielsson I.-M. 2001: Hemdrup-staven - ett nytt tolkningsförslag, Fornvännen 96, pp. 73-77 (available on-line: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/2981/2001_073.pdf?sequence=1).
- Gardeła L. 2016: (Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, Band 27, Wien.
- Nielsen N-Å. 1984: Nyt om Hemdrup træpind, KUML 1982-1983, pp. 219-221.
- Price N., The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
- Röstberg M. A. 2009: Hemdrupstaven : ett redskap för medicinsk magi, Fornvännen 104, pp. 208-210 (available on-line: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3216/2009_208.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y).
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
19.03.2016
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php?id=30270&if=myth&table=mss
http://samlinger.natmus.dk/search?q=Hemdrup%20runepind
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2860
Viking Age, Hemdrup, Næsborg, Jylland, Denmark, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Danmark
Snaptun Stone
Archaeological artefacts
Snaptun stone is tuyère which protect the bellows from a heat of a blacksmith's forge. It has been found on a beach near Snaptun, Demark. On the stone has been carved face with long, curled moustache and stitched mouth. Researchers have identified this face as depiction of god Loki, because in the Prose Edda (Skáldskaparmál) has been included tale in which mouth of this god has been stitch up.
Snaptun stone is currently displayed in the 'vǫlva cottage', on the permanent exhibition devoted to the Viking Age in the Moesgård Museum, Denmark.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
21/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2861
11th century, Snaptun, Demark, Danmark, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden