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Berserker The Norse sagas describe a fearsome, elite warrior known as the berserker, associated with the wolf and the bear. |
Viking Longship Diagrams The Viking longships gave the Scandinavian raiders and traders an incomparable advantage in early Europe. |
Landvættir - the Guardians of Iceland Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla describes the four great Guardians of Iceland, the landvættir or landspirits, who protected the country against harm. |
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Beowulf The Old English poem Beowulf describes a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf the Geat, come with his warriors to Denmark to do battle with monsters. |
Celebrate the Viking Discovery of North America Leifr Eiriksson became the first European in the New World in 1000AD. In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Oct. 9 Leif Ericsson Day. Celebrate the man who was before Columbus! |
The Völva The shamanic völva told the future and part of her gear was the staff. This Bronze Age staff-head predates the Vikings but suggests an idea of what the völva's staff might have been. |
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Sigurðr the Dragonslayer These modern carved panels depict scenes from Völsunga Saga, the tale of the hero Sigurðr the Völsung. |
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