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Souvenir runic necklaces from the Faroe IslandsOn sale in the Føroya Fornminnisavn (National Museum of the Faroe Islands)
News: Unique Tomb Found in Denmark Contains Remains of Viking Power CoupleA Viking tomb at Hårup in Denmark contained three graves dating to c.950. The primary grave contained a man and a women and the third body was buried…
News: Viking Treasure Trove Unearthed from English FieldA ninth-century hoard was found by a metal detectorist in a field near Watlington.
Bluetooth LogoThe logo for Bluetooth short-range wireless technology is a bind rune made up of the initials of Harald Bluetooth's name using the runes of the…
Njálurefill: Njálssaga á refliA tapestry of Njál's saga is being created. When the tapestry is finished it will be displayed at the Icelandic Saga Centre in Hvolsvöllur. The…
Vatnsdæla á refliThe website for Vatnsdæla saga depicted on a tapestry.
Information Board outside the reconstructed farmhouse (Herjólfsbær) at Herjólfsdalur, HeimaeyThe valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant…
Blog: Sigvaldi's SagaThe blog for Sigvaldi's Saga by Mel Sewell. This is a Viking saga written in the style of Japanese haiku.
Blog: The Saga-Steads of IcelandEmily Lethbridge's blog of how she travelled around Iceland reading the sagas at the locations where they took place.
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age - University of NottinghamThe Centre for the Study of the Viking Age is a research centre within the School of English at the University of Nottingham.
The Völsunga Saga [Audio]"The Saga of the Volsungs" is one of the truly great Icelandic sagas. Composed sometime in the twelfth or thirteenth century by an unknown author, it…
The Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths with Nancy Marie BrownNancy Marie Brown takes us back to medieval Iceland and introduces us to perhaps the greatest storyteller of the period, Snorri Sturluson. Part of the…
Picture stone from Tjängvide, Gotland, SwedenTjängvide image stone (G 110) from near Ljugarn, Gotland and housed in the Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden. It includes a runic memorial…
Hávamál: The Wisdom of Odin (Totally Awesome History)In this episode we take a look at the "Hávamál": a text written as part of the Poetic Edda in late 13th Century Iceland. Hávamál means "the Words of…
Odin on Sleipnir Free Vector ImageFree vector image based on the depiction of Sleipnir on the Tjängvide image stone (G 110)
Playing cards depicting the Norse pagan godsDescription from http://www.sunfilm.is/playing-cards-nordic-gods.html
"Playing cards depicting the Norse pagan gods and characters from the myths…
Souvenir Runic Mugs from OrkneyRunic mugs with the inscription 'Orkney'. Seen in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.
Runic patterned socks from OrkneySocks with runic pattern, seen in a tourist shop in Kirkwall
Scapa Whisky with Viking BrandingScapa Orkney Single Malt Whisky, 2001. A Viking ship is used in the branding of this product.
Runic Pins from OrkneyRunic pins reading 'Orkney', on sale in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.