Comments on: 17 Fun Facts About The Viking Age

By: Ingrid Thingvold Causey

Ingrid Thingvold Causey — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 19:45:07 +0000

In reply to Alex. Yes, the graffiti (runes) translates to something like..."[xxx] was here." Seriously, that is a fact.

By: Taz

Taz — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:35:44 +0000

Thanks, this was very helpful in my school project

By: Frank Daniels

Frank Daniels — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:00:36 +0000

Horns and wings on helmets originated with the costumiers of Wagners operas and then became Victorian mythology.

By: Alia Mohamed

Alia Mohamed — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 20:19:40 +0000

Wow !! That’s Interesting Thank You So Much You Helped Me Alot In My School Project And I Got A + Thanks!!🥺🥺🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

By: Eirik

Eirik — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 08:46:34 +0000

In reply to lauren. You might be thinking about Skaði. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C3%B0i

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:19:15 +0000

In reply to lauren. Ullr was the son of of the grain goddess Sif, and the stepson of Thor.

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:55:01 +0000

In reply to Alex. wow, that's interesting!

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:54:06 +0000

A favorite ski run here on Jay Peak in northern Vermont, is called “Ullr’s Dream.” I never knew why. Now I do. But I have also read somewhere recently that Ullr was a goddess, a female deity. I will hunt down my source.

By: Bern

Bern — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:49:52 +0000

There were women raiders, known as shield maidens

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 05:18:56 +0000

Further to the last point, there is Norse rune “graffiti” etched into a stone slab in the famous Agia Sofia mosque (then Christian cathedral) in Istanbul. It’s theorized that this was done by one of the viking guards.