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Norse-Irish MugA mug labeled Irish Vikings with images of longships, a Viking, and no less than three horned helmets.
Die Befreiung - The Rescue (viking short film)A video short about rescuing a Viking captive.
Heidrun Field, NorwaySome of the oil and gas fields in Norway are named for elements of Norse mythology. Heidrun (Old Norse Heiðrún) was the goat that produced the mead…
Building the Sea Stallion from GlendaloughThis article discusses the process of building Havhingsten / The Sea Stallion.
Thesis: Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social spaceMilek's thesis on using archaeological data as supporting evidence in the debate on how early Icelandic society was constituted and organised, and how…
Viking Juve (Website and Video)Viking Juve is one of the more extreme groups of the Juventus Ultras (organised fans of Juventus Football Club in Turin). The group has been involved…
Adelsö by Justin Quinn: a poem in The New YorkerThis is a link to a the poem Adelsö, by Justin Quinn, which was printed in the 22 August 2016 edition of The New Yorker magazine. It uses Norse…
Essay: Viking reenactment in NorwayA discussion of Viking re-enactment.
Original text in Norwegian by June-Marita Hagen of Trondheim Vikinglag.
Translation by Roderick Dale, UCC
Conference Presentation: Julie Mell and Shaun Bennett, ‘Immersive Visualisations and 3D-Printed Objects in the Teaching and Curating of Viking Sites and Artefacts’Julie Mell and Shaun Bennett (North Carolina State University), ‘ Immersive Visualisations and 3D-Printed Objects in the Teaching and Curating of…
Article: The Viking Sieges of ParisAn article about the Viking sieges of Paris in the ninth century.
The Vikings in Lewis (LMF 2)A booklet produced by PhD students working in the Lewis Team of the Languages, Myths and Finds Project.
Conference Presentation: Judith Jesch, ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham), ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…
The Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man.Stones marking the rough outline of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man, a double burial of a man and a woman. See also item #2783
Site of Viking Age boat burial at Scar, Sanday, OrkneyA 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…
Rune-stone U 489Late Viking Age granite rune-stone, originally from Morby in Uppland, Sweden, now in Universitetsparken, Uppsala. Signed by the renowned rune-carver…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny JochensOn 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…
Erfidrápa Óláfs helga (‘Memorial drápa for Óláfr inn helgi (S. Óláfr)’)This memorial poem for St Olaf was composed by Sigvatr Þórðarson. The hyperlink takes you to the Skaldic Poetry project where the text is available in…
Words on Words: The Meaning of RagnarokA blog post about what Ragnarok means by Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham.
News Article: Viking thing site found on ButeNew research has identified a possible Viking thing (parliament) site on Bute in the Hebrides. It is suggested that Ketill flatnose may have been…
De VikingenA website in Dutch about the Vikings