This Meme (and others with similar texts) is often shared on “Viking” or Heathen Facebook pages. If you look in the bottom it says that it is a “Viking (Norse) prayer 4 B.C. – 4 A. D”. Let us start there. The Viking Age was started in the 8th century to the 11th century, so […]
Måned: april 2020
Was Saturday originally named after Loki?
This meme has been shared on different Facebook pages. The problem with the Meme is saying that Saturday (laugardagr in Old Norse) has something to do with Lokis day. Laugardagr should be translated to “bathing day”, since the Old Norse word “Laug” means bath. Source: https://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=l%C3%B8rdag&tab=for The Meme is correct when talking about Tuesday, Wednesday, […]
There are NO Viking settlement on Point Rosee in Canada
In 2014 the amazing Satellitearcheologist Sarah Parcak examined the Canadian coastline to look for more Viking settlement as part of a BBC program “Vikings Unearthed”. She found some interesting shapes in Point Rosee on Newfoundland and a test excavation she found what she thought was “an iron-working hearth partially surrounded by the remains of what […]
Use of Cannabis in the Viking age
I have read this article: Cannabis found in Viking grave (https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/20/cannabis-discovered-viking-grave/) The article is about the Oseberg boat Grave in Tørnsberg, Norway. The article seems to be quite accurate, except for the wording. It is true that Cannabis was found in a leather purse found with the elder lady (the word sack seems to imply […]
Viking Berserker burial found in Denmark?
In a debate about berserkers, someone mentioned that berserker graves had been found and googling I found two articles who both are talking about a grave found I Hårup in Jutland Denmark: The first one I read doesn’t really tell us much about why they think that man in the grave was a berserker. http://www.newhistorian.com/grave-axe-wielding-viking-berserker-found-denmark/6983/ […]
Reading suggestions for a new heathen/Asatru.
I would start by saying that if you can get together with other heathens and have a community (sometimes called a Kindred or a Tribe), that is the best way to do heathenry. You can also join a national organization, like The Troth or Awaken The North, where you also can arrange to meet other […]