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In Norse myths, the god Odin often visits the wise goddess Sága in her hall, where she brews mead that they joyfully share in golden cups. Some scholars think that Sága is a distinct goddess of brewing and prophecy while others think that she is actually Odin's wife Frigg.
🎨 Lorenz Frølich
#FolkyFriday #31DaysofHaunting #Mythology #NorseMythology #VikingMythology #ScandinavianMythology #Folklore #NorseFolklore #VikingFolklore #ScandinavianFolklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Brewing
Last Autumn I spent a couple of days in Creetown. So, let's have a look at some of its Gaelic and Viking history.
#Creetown #Galloway #DumfriesAndGalloway #Gàidhlig #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #ScotsGaelic #Scotland #AilsaCraig #Vikings #VikingScotland #Goidelic #Celtic #History #VisitScotland
As t-Fhoghar chuir mi beagan làithean seachad ann am Baile a' Chrìch. Mar sin, nach toir sinn sùil air eachdraidh Gàidhealach is Lochlannach ann an Gall-Ghàidhealaibh
#Creetown #Galloway #DumfriesAndGalloway #Gàidhlig #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #ScotsGaelic #Scotland #AilsaCraig #Vikings #VikingScotland #Goidelic #Celtic #History #VisitScotland
Loch Long, an t-Àrchar agus trusgan de cheò bhon t-seana ionad Chabhlach Rìoghail.
Loch Long - "lake of ships" - Arrochar and mist as seen from the disused Royal Navy depot. The loch takes its name from the Norse raiders that plundered near here before the Battle of Largs.
#Argyll #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Scotland #Scottland #Vikings #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #abandoned #MastoDaoine
Did you know that to the #Vikings names REALLY mattered?
When a child was born healthy & the family could afford it, it was washed, dressed & named.
The latter sealed a social contract, as killing a named child was murder.
Furthermore, to protect your child against curses in a god's name, you would give them that god's name!
E.g., a boy named Steinn (stone) could be dedicated to #Thor and thus be Þorsteinn (Thor's Stone).
Now a curse including Thor wouldn't take.
Did you know a slave's freeing could be a #ritual occasion?
A thrall, a #Vikings #slave, could buy their #freedom.
They had to pay 1/2 of their value (~€168) upfront & then invite their owner to drink a strong ale.
The thrall slaughtered a sheep by slicing off its head, symbolically killing their old status.
The mutton & ale were served by the thrall one last time, then he'd be adopted into the master's family.
A thrall becoming a freedman was equal to property becoming sentient.
A new online course: Life in the Viking Age - pre-order it at https://medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/viking-life #Vikings #medieval
Viking MUA
Viking-age treasure came to Scotland from West Asia.
Ten years on from the discovery of the Viking-age Galloway Hoard in south Scotland, experts have revealed that part of the collection came from West Asia.
The collection - described as one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century - was found by metal detectorist Derek McLennan in 2014.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8wj8g5yjo #Vikings #history #Treasure #Scotland
The Battle of Mældune was fought today in 991CE, during the reign of Æthelred the Unræd (poorly advised). Jarl Byrhtnoth led the Anglo-Saxons against a large Viking force commanded by the Norwegian Olaf Tryggvason.
The Vikings won the battle.
In Norse mythology, Odin made Loki his blood brother long ago and swore he would never drink ale unless it was also served to Loki. Nothing else is revealed about their bond; Frigg (Odin's wife) says that whatever the two had done together shouldn't be made public.
🎨 Hellanim
#MythologyMonday #31DaysofHaunting #BookChatWeekly #Folklore #Mythology #NorseMythology #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Odin #Loki
A new exhibition at Denmark’s National Museum uses the figure of the völva, a female oracle and sorcerer, to explore how pre-Christian Scandinavians thought of time, religion, and destiny.
#Voluspa #heathen #volva #TheVikingSorceress #Copenhagen #vikings #ragnarok #odin
The resulting cry of pain alerted the sleeping Scottish warriors to the Viking's presence and they rose up and defeated them. For this act, the thistle was rewarded with the honour of becoming the symbol of Scotland.
#glasgow #thistle #scotland #battleoflargs #vikings #scottishhistory
