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Rattles from the Oseberg burial

Rattles were found with each of the carved animal heads. Their function is uncertain, but it has been suggested that they might have been musical…

Re-enactor at Ribe VikingCenter

A re-enactor in traditional Viking attire, manning the archery range in Ribe VikingCenter. His clothing includes a tunic and hood, trousers,puttees…

Re-enactor displays their wares

A re-enactor at Bjørgvin Viking Market

Re-enactors display their wares at Bjørgvin Viking Market

Tents with reconstructions of Viking Age artefacts for sale

Re-Painted Runestone (Öl Fv1911;274B) in the Swedish History Museum

Ölands runinskrifter Fv1911;274B, originally from Resmo Church in Öland, and now on display in the Swedish History Museum (Historiska…

Reading list for essay question on Eddic poetry and Odinic wisdom dialogue

Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform…

Reading list for essay question on eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson

Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as…

Reading list for essay question on J. R. R. Tolkien and Norse sources

Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?

Reading list for essay question on Joanne Harris and Norse sources

Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?

Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa

Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?

Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf

Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’…

Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of…

Reading list for essay question on the figure of the hero in Ǫrvar-Odds saga

Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?

Reading list for essay question on the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur

Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga…

Reading list for essay question on the legend of the Vǫlsungar and its sources

Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?

Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur

Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar…

Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources

Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?

Reading of skaldic verse by David Baker and Orri Tomasson

Readings of skaldic verse produced for the Orkney Project. Orri Tomasson reads the Old Norse, and David Baker reads the translations of the following…

Reconstructed Danish Townhouses from c. 825 at Ribe VikingCenter

Ribe VikingCenter has reconstructed eight town-houses from the year 825 AD, inhabited by re-enactors and craftspeople, including the carpenter and…

Reconstructed Farmhouse (Herjólfsbær) at Herjólfsdalur, Heimaey

The valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant…