Some are Viking pagan names, while others still are inspired by the natural world, such as Bjørn and Ulf. And of course, the popular TV seriesVikingsand the Marvel superhero films have catapulted names such Loki and Thor into the public imagination. But whatever the origins, strong male V...
The Horns of Odin (also referred to as the horn triskelion or the triple-horned triskele) is a symbol comprised three interlocking drinking horns. The exact meaning of the symbol is not known, but it may allude to Odin's stealing of the Mead of Poetry. The horns’ names were Óðr...
i completely agree, they really did have some very cool names. well, hopefully some were quite rude and offensive as well. so vikings had normal given names. they didn't have surnames in the same way that we do. they might have what we call patronymics, so you could be the son of...
Old Norse literature aboutVikingsis filled with famous last stands, audacious last words, death songs and defiance. When men died in battle, it was believed that the war-god Odin gathered chosen slain warriors at his home in Asgard—the dwelling place of the gods in Norse mythology. Odin’s...
The list of top 100 popular Swedish names includes names that have been the most widespread during the last 100 years in Sweden. Some of them were popular once and then enjoyed less spreading. Others remain popular until today. The list is divided into top 50 male and top 50 female Swedish...
The basic Old Norse name was usually composed of two name elements, although some names had only one element. Some good examples of single-element names might include:Male Egill Biorn Fálki Úlfr Female Auðr Bera Drífa Finna Two-element names are combinations of single-elements. These ...
she had no living male relatives in the degrees listed in Baugatal who would have received weregild for the death of a family member, and (3) a crime had been perpetrated against her family that required vengeance by the social code of the day, often the murder of her last male relative...
The Viking leaders felt that it was well within their rights to have relations with whomever they wanted, especially their male subordinates. What was then seen as a physical hierarchy is now known as assault, and while many modern Viking apologists push an agenda of them not being as bad ...
Rig arrived at a shabby old house, where he met an old couple dressed in ragged clothes, their names were Ái (Great-grandfather) and Edda (Great-grandmother). They invited him into their house to stay for the night and gave him some food to eat. The food was the best the could of...
The influence of Viking-Age migrants to the British Isles is obvious in archaeological and place-names evidence, but their demographic impact has been unclear. Autosomal genetic analyses support Norse Viking contributions to parts of Britain, but show no