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PigsThe goddess Freyja rode a wild boar called Hildisvíni and the god Freyr owned one called Gullinbursti. This is a nineteenth-century imaginative…
Pieces of Rope from the Oseberg ShipThese photographs show pieces of rope from the Oseberg ship, some with wooden ties still attached.
Pieces of discarded or broken beads on display in Museet Ribes VikingerBroken glass beads from the production of beads at Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Piece of Leather Shield or Armour on display in the National Museum of IrelandA piece of leather, possibly from a shield or leather armour. From the Fishamble Street excavations. E141.
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…
Picture of Ardre VIII picture stoneA copy of the picture stone Ardre VIII on its original place on Gotland. The original can today be found at the Historical Museum in Stockholm.
Photos of the Southern Burial Mound at JellingThere are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The South Mound is known as Gorm's Mound, and is empty. It was probably constructed in the…
Photos of Surtsey in the Westman IslandsSurtsey is an island that was formed during an eruption in 1963-67. It was named Surtsey (Surt's Island) after the fire giant (or jötunn) Surtr, who…
Photos of Rune stone DR 41 at JellingPhoto of the older of the two Jelling stones, raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The English translation on the Samnordisk…
Photos of Peel Castle in the Isle of ManPeel Castle in the Isle of Man was originally constructed by the Norse King Magnus Barefoot, who reigned in the eleventh century. It incorporated an…
Photos of Jelling Kirke in DenmarkToday’s Jelling Church is a Romanesque masonry church, built around 1100 on the site of Harald Bluetooth’s original church from the 900s AD. In 2000,…
Photos of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Eastern BankDescription
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland,…
Photos from the reconstructed marketplace in Museet Ribes VikingerA reconstruction of the marketplace in Ribe, including craftspeople, stalls, and a cart and ship used for trading goods. Details about the exhibition…
Photographs of Viking Age Artefacts and SitesUniversitetsmuseenes fotoportal is an online collection of photographs from six Norwegian universities. The link takes you to all Viking Age items
Photograph of Urnes Stave Church North DoorPhotograph of carvings on the north side of Urnes Stave Church. These carvings date from c. 1130, and may depict pre-Christian motifs.
Photograph of the Lilleberge BroochThe Lilleberge Brooch was discovered in 2014 by the British Museum, in organic material from the Lilleberge excavations, conducted in the nineteenth…
Photograph of the beitass (stretching pole) and tack on the Sea StallionThe beitass is used to secure the lower corner of the sail - it is particularly important when sailing close to the wind, and takes significant force…
Photograph of Icelandic saga manuscriptPhotographs from Landnámssýningin Reykjavík 871±2 - The Settlement Exhibition in Iceland
Photograph of Dagfin Werenskiold's relief of Deer Grazing on YggdrasillPhoto taken by Oslo rådhus / Oslo City Hall of one of the 16 wooden reliefs produced by Dagfin Werenskiold, depicting scenes from Norse mythology.…
Photo of Twageos Road Sign in Lerwick, ShetlandTwageos is a place name incorporating the common Norse place name element 'gjá', meaning 'ravine' and rendered in Shetland as 'geo' or 'gjo'. Twageos…