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77VIKING - 1: THREAT FROM THE SEA - Onset of the Viking Age on Mainland Britain
Northmen - pirates or colonisers? According to mediaeval sources they could be both, as witnessed by their campaigns in Normandy or England. Did they deserve their bad press? Well, they didn't exactly court favour from the Church in the early days of raiding Lindisfarne and Iona.
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64Freyja: Norse Goddess of Love - Based on Fact?
There is a good reason that "Freyja" means "The Lady" in the Old Norse language. In mythology, she is the ultimate woman: fertile, full of love, giving life where it is wanted and retracting life again when it...
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64Viking Warriors
Viking Explorers The term Viking comes from an Old Icelandic Norse word meaning "sea explorer." The origins of this group of Scandinavian Pirates are unclear. Historians have not been able to...
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56The Giant to End All Giants
This is part of a book I wrote and self-published. If you want to read it all, click at http://tinyurl.com/msk8kd Free at screen, or for pay at paper. I've also written a non-fiction book about Old...
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63norse mythology
Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse...
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