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FREYJA
Freyja is the Ásynja related to sovereignty, abundance, harvest and longevity. She is also related to the sun, the sea, falconry and dome...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Jul 5, 20212 min read
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