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News and Articles from the Viking World
The Rise of a Viking King: The Epic Saga of Þórvaldr the Strong
From a prophesied birth to a throne forged in vengeance, discover the story of the ultimate Viking warrior king, Þórvaldr Bjarnarson.
Paulo Marsal
Oct 1, 20256 min read
ÞÓRR, THE GUARDIAN OF MANKIND AND HIS MJǪLLNIR
Þórr is one of the most popular of the Æsir, and not just today, but even in the old times, since he is the protector of humanity and...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 25, 20212 min read
SNORRI STURLUSON AND THE PRIMARY SOURCES
The Scandinavian primary sources are the manuscripts written in Norrœnt mál (ancient Nordic language)...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 18, 20212 min read
THE IRISH ISLAND OF A VIKING KING
Turgesius was a Viking king who laid waste to many churches in the north Midlands...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 17, 20213 min read
THE VIKING AGE SPAIN
While Roman, Visigothic and Muslim heritages all live on today in varying degrees, the legacy of the Vikings in Spain is more obscure...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 16, 20214 min read
MELTING ICE REVEAL MORE VIKING SECRETS IN NORWAY
They began to collect countless tools, artifacts and weapons—items that had once been in the possession of Vikings...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 13, 20214 min read
HÁVAMÁL
Hávamál is one of the poems present in Konungsbók Eddukvæða or Codex Regius no. 2365, also known as Poetic Edda...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 11, 20211 min read
THE VIKING RUNESTONE FROM EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
Moved around Edinburgh, it now sits in its permanent home in George Square outside the Scandinavian Studies department...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 6, 20212 min read
FREYJA
Freyja is the Ásynja related to sovereignty, abundance, harvest and longevity. She is also related to the sun, the sea, falconry and dome...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 4, 20212 min read
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ÓÐINN
Óðinn is the sovereign of the Æsir, the ruler of Ásgarðr, and to whom all the Regin abide by. In Snorra Edda it is described that Óðinn...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 28, 20211 min read
ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE LOOKING FOR VIKING AND ROMAN OBJECTS IN SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND
A Time Team-style Big Dig is underway in Scarborough where dozens of trenches are being opened up in the Old Town to try and find out abo...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 23, 20213 min read
SECRETS FROM TWO RARE VIKING GRAVES SET TO BE UNLOCKED
The secrets of two elaborate Viking graves discovered in Orkney are set to be unlocked as analysis of the burials gets underway....
Paulo Marsal
Jul 22, 20213 min read
ÞÓRR FIGHTS AGAINST THE FORCES OF IGNORANCE
Þórr, described in the Prose Edda as the most prominent among the Æsir, bears Mjǫllnir (The Crusher) and fights against the forces of ign...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 21, 20211 min read
SILVER, THE CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM VIKING AGE
More than a millennium before Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin, Vikings and other ancient peoples were employing an early form of crypto...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 20, 20212 min read
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IDENTIFY ANGLO-SAXON CAVE HOUSE NEAR THAN INTENSIVE VIKING ACTIVITY PLACE
A near-complete Anglo-Saxon dwelling and oratory believed to date from the early ninth century has been discovered in Derbyshire...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 16, 20213 min read
VIKING ERA ‘PIGGYBANK’ FOUND IN ISLE OF MAN FIELD
A Viking era "piggybank" of silver coins has been discovered on the Isle of Man by a metal detectorist who made another startling discove...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 15, 20212 min read
LOKI IS A SHAPESHIFTER
Unlike other physical or astral creatures, there are many shapeshifters amongst the Jötnar. Loki was once a mare, a salmon and an eagle...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 14, 20211 min read
A VIKING TREASURE FOUND IN POLAND, MAY HAVE BEEN A PAYMENT TO SAVE PARIS FROM RUIN
Could a scavenger hunter’s find be a part of the lost booty once extorted by Vikings to spare Paris from ruin? A full-scale excavation ma...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 12, 20215 min read
VIKINGS WERE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE MULTIRACIAL SOCIETIES OF CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN EUROPE
A number of individuals who were buried as Vikings were found to be of local ancestry, which suggests that being a Viking...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 8, 20215 min read
‘HUGELY SIGNIFICANT’ DISCOVERIES MADE ON FINAL DAY OF EXCAVATION TO FIND SHETLAND’S VIKING CAPITAL
Archaeological discoveries are getting closer to revealing the ancient Viking capital of Shetland...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 5, 20212 min read
VIKING CAMP TO EDUCATE ABOUT AN IMPORTANT PERIOD IN HISTORY
A Wyre Forest arboretum was transported back to the ninth century as the Vikings set up camp...
Paulo Marsal
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Perguntas frequentes sobre os vikings
Os Vikings História Cultura e Mitos
A etimologia permanece incerta. O termo deriva do nórdico antigo víkingar (no plural) ou vikingr (no singular). O artigo aponta três hipóteses principais para a palavra vik: pode se referir à região de Viken na Escandinávia; à palavra vikja (que significa evitar ou se esconder em uma enseada/baía); ou ainda estar ligada ao termo para "mercador". Curiosamente, os próprios nórdicos não se chamavam de "vikings" no dia a dia.
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