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Examples of Horn working at Jorvik: Home and Abroad ExhibitionA display demonstrating some of the objects made from horn in York during the Viking Age, including spoons, jewellery and drinking horns. Part of the…
Trade with Norway display at Jorvik: Home and AbroadA display including some of the items brought from Norway to trade in York during the Viking Age, including dried fish, animal skins, antlers and…
Jorvik: Home and Abroad (Temporary Exhibition in St Mary’s, Coppergate)From the official website:
"Working in partnership with York Museums Trust, The JORVIK Group invites you to discover the hustle and bustle of…
King Sitric Fish Restaurant in Howth, DublinA restaurant and accommodation in Howth, Co. Dublin named after the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, King Sitric (Sigtryggr). They use a horned helmet in…
Christ Church Cathedral, DublinChrist Church Cathedral in Dublin, the oldest sections of which date from the 1230s, was founded c. 1030 by the Hiberno-Norse King Sitric (Sigtryggr)…
Information board outside Christ Church Cathedral, DublinAn information board outside Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, which refers to the founding of the first church on this site by the Hiberno-Norse…
Reconstructed Viking boat 'Gro' at the Botanic Gardens, DublinA small reconstructed Viking boat named 'Gro', and usually located in the Irish National Heritage Park, Wexford, but photographed here on loan to the…
Dalkey Island near DublinDalkey 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…
Overlay of the Concrete Mural on the Viking Centre, indicating the constellationsA mural in concrete on the Viking Centre, Essex Street, in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, depicting a Viking ship. The Centre was completed in 1997,…
Concrete mural on the Dublin Centre, Temple BarA mural in concrete on the Viking Centre, Essex Street, in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, depicting a Viking ship. The Centre was completed in 1997,…
Performance: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir)Hrafnagaldur Óðins is a late-medieval or early modern Icelandic Eddic-style poem, which was considered by early editors to be part of the Eddic…
Edition: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Forspjallsljóð) Annette Lassen (2011)A scholarly edition of the late Eddic (or Eddic-style) poem 'Hrafnagaldur Óðins' (Odin's Raven Spell) by Annette Lassen, for the Viking Society for…
Film: OutlanderOutlander is a 2008 big-budget fantasy / science fiction film set in pre-Viking Scandinavia, directed by Howard McCain. It is loosely based on the Old…
Film: Pathfinder (2007)Pathfinder is a 2007 action film directed by Marcus Nispel, which imagines a conflict between Vikings and Native Americans. Like many films of its…
News Item: Soldiers of Odin, dubbed 'extreme anti-refugee group,' patrol Edmonton streetsThis is a news article from the CBC website about the activities of an extreme anti-refugee group dubbed the 'soldiers of Odin'. Their logo is a…
Modern Interpretation of Viking Faith: "Did the true Heathenry influence the mind-set of Vikings?"Personal interpretation of Viking faith, inspired by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and influenced by spirituality and theosophy.
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Essay Questions from the Course 'Poetry of the Vikings' (Old Norse Poetry in Translation)Extended essay questions from the seminar course 'Poetry of the Vikings' (Old Norse poetry in translation) which ran in 2013/2014 at University…
Video of the 2015 Sheringham Viking FestivalVideo documenting the 2015 Viking Festival in Sheringham, Norfolk, uploaded by Marc Peirson to Vimeo.
Reconstructed Viking ship prow, photographed in West RuntonThis photograph was taken in West Runton, and appears to show a model of a dragon-prowed ship under construction. It may be connected to the…
Remix of Historical Krogsta Rune stone (U 1125) PhotographA 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,…