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Course Syllabus: Religion and Mythology in the Viking Age
This is the syllabus for a course on pre-Christian religion/s in the Viking Age, which I taught in the spring of 2014. It was part of a two-semester 'valgfag' programme at Aarhus University titled "Viking Studies", so the students (drawn from a range…
Iron sword from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron sword with decorated hilt from Fishamble Street, Dublin. Viking Age. 1979:68
Iron slave collar from Dublin on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron slave collar from St John's Lane, Dublin, evidence of a flourishing slave trade in Viking Dublin. E173: X 119
Human skull with sword or axe cuts on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Skull with injuries from a sword or axe, disvoered in the Fishamble Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:7543
Iron axehead from Winetavern St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head from the Winetavern Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E81:2428
Iron axehead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axehead from the Fishamble Street excavations. Viking Age. The axe is a distinctively Norse weapon of warfare. E 172:2421
Bone or ivory gaming pieces on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Two bone or ivory gaming pieces from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Viking Age. Wk. 294. S. 105
Enamelled copper-alloy hook for a bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy hook for a bowl, enamelled, from Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Viking Age. Irish Manufacture - one of three original hooks. 1941: 1157
Copper Alloy bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy bowl from Laheen Lough, Co. Leitrim. Viking Age.
Miniature copper-alloy axe-head on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Miniature axe-head from Lough O'Flynn, Co. Roscommon. E 499.216
Iron Axe-Head from River Shannon on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Shannon. Viking Age. 1986: 109
Iron Axe-Head from River Robe on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Robe, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Viking Age. Wk. 1
Top of Iron sword from the River Ban on display in the National Museum of Ireland
River Bann, Toome Bar, Co. Antrim. Viking Age. Wk. 2
Iron Sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Found in Lough Derg near Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary. 1988: 226
Copper alloy cross-guard of a sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Copper alloy cross-guard of a Viking-Age sword. No locality. X. 2805
Gilt copper alloy sword pommel on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Gilt copper alloy sword pommel. No locality. X. 2807
Copper Alloy sword pommel on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Sword pommel. Viking Age. No locality. W.25
In Extremo song 'Merseburger Zaubersprüche II'
In Extremo song 'Merseburger Zaubersprüche II' is included on the third band album 'Sünder ohne Zügel'. Song lyrics is Second Merseburg Charm - magic spell from early Middle Ages written in the Old High German. Both Merseburg Charms were…
In Extremo song 'Merseburger Zaubersprüche'
In Extremo song 'Merseburger Zaubersprüche' is included on the second bands album 'Verehrt und Angespien'. Second part of the song lyrics (after short introduction) is First Merseburg Charm - magic spell from 9th (or 10th), written in Old High…
Placename - Carbost
Carbost (Gaelic: Càrrabost) at Loch Harport is the home of the Talisker distillery, but more importantly is a Norse place name on the Isle of Skye. The name is thought to mean Brushwood Farm or Copse Farm from ON kjarr 'copse, brushwood, fen or…