Grave findings and references in sagas provide evidence that falconry was practiced in Scandinavia at least by the 6th century. It is believed that falconry originated with the nomads of the eastern steppes and spread first to Sweden and Gotland, and finally to Norway and Denmark with the Viking age. Picture stones and mythology illustrate…
Perhaps the most iconic symbol of the Viking era, this exquisite burial ship was discovered by a farmer in 1904 in the Slagen River Valley south of Oslo where it had been buried beneath a mound of clay for over a thousand years. At first thought to be the grave of a powerful…
The sagas and histories of Viking times tell many tales of astral travel. The Vikings believed that a person had two parts, a hamr (literally: skin, shape, body) and a hugr (mind, spirit). A person who could travel astrally was said to be hamramr, (shape strong). The ability to leave the body and enter an…