Still time to book for this FREE lecture next week 4th Sept. I've also persuaded my co-author Trix Randerson to say few words about Viking Army & his research on Torksey material, so don't miss it!
Still time to book for this FREE lecture next week 4th Sept. I've also persuaded my co-author Trix Randerson to say few words about Viking Army & his research on Torksey material, so don't miss it!
Viking objects put up for adoption under Yorkshire Museum scheme.
Fundraiser invites members of the public to sponsor star artefacts like the Vale of York Hoard
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/08/viking-objects-put-up-for-adoption-under-yorkshire-museum-scheme/# #globalmuseum #museums #vikings #fundraising
On November 11, 1979, Robin Williams made NFL history by becoming the league’s first male cheerleader during a Denver Broncos game against the New England Patriots at Mile High Stadium. In front of a crowd of over 70,000 fans, Williams took the field in full character as Mork from the hit TV show Mork & Mindy, which was set in Boulder, Colorado.
900-year-old Viking-era carved head unearthed in Orkney
An unexpected discovery during a summer excavation on the Orkney island of Rousay has fascinated archaeologists—a carved sandstone head, possibly more than 900 years old, was unearthed at the site of Skaill Farm, surprising the excavation team with its quality of craftsmanship and mysterious origins...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/900-year-old-viking-era-carved-head-orkney/
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Ullr is a Norse god linked with many athletic activities, including skiing, skating, hunting, archery, and dueling. His name is often referenced, implying he once was an important god, but he isn't featured in any surviving myths. Some sources say Ullr is Thor's stepson. W. Heine
KA reviews "The Long Winter of Miðgarðr" by Edale Lane, A Tale from Norvegr:
"The best part of this book was the amazingly complex character development... In highlighting these lifestyle differences between each protagonist, the author reveals the immensity of their writing talent. 5 stars."
https://www.queeromanceink.com/2025/08/01/review-the-long-winter-of-midgardr-edale-lane/
#Fantasy #HistoricalFantasy #Vikings #Review #BookReview #LesbianRomance #Lesbian #Demi #Ace #LGBTQBookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books
L'Anse aux Meadows. Where the Vikings hung out while exploring eastern North America 1000 years ago. Also the world's first UNESCO world heritage site. #vikings #newfoundland #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UNESCO #LAnseAuxMeadows
#Eugene #Criticalmass #biking #vikings #ride n #rave. 7/25 630pm Kesey then festive ride the streets of Eugene. ride ends w/ an EDM party w/ flow artists, DJs, campfire & snacks (BYOB) E-bikers, Roller-people & skaters welcome. Ride is Family friendly. After starts @ 830pm (outdoors). Ride ends @ After. Theme for the ride is Biking Vikings & we’ll pick the best dress-up & the winner gets a prize + mad props . Raffles at the After so make it till the end! 5 djs so music till 2am #biketooter
I'm #teaching for six hours this week, filling in for a colleague who's got surgery planned. Basics of #Norse mythology, cosmology, poetry, #runes, gender roles. US students, here on a DIS study-abroad programme. I'll be slightly out of my depth, but the students probably know very little at all about the subject.
Twelve years ago when my colleague Torun Zachrisson found the stump of runestone U 170, nobody had seen it in 300 years.
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upplands_runinskrifter_170?wprov=sfla1
Welcome clouds hang above
A chance to defeat the heat
If the droplets drop
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Spring #Summer #June #Hot #Heat #HeatAdvisory #HeatDome #Weather #Boys #Viking #Vikings #Norwegian #Norway #Ohio #Clouds #Storm #Thunder #Lightning
June 30, 2025
Heat Dome minsomer
More like a state of sauna
That never departs
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Spring #Summer #June #Hot #Heat #HeatAdvisory #HeatDome #Weather #Boys #Viking #Vikings #Norwegian #Norway #Ohio #Humid #Sauna #Misnomer
June 29, 2025
Really lovely to have a short version of mine and Trix Randerson's 'Nicked & Nicked' paper published in the YAHS magazine!
If you didn't see the original paper, you can read it here.
1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor's hammer https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/1-000-year-old-viking-age-hoard-has-a-pendant-that-may-be-a-cross-or-thors-hammer #Vikings #Archaeology #Germany #Science
Viking woman from over 1,100 years ago found buried with her dog and boat https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/viking-burial-boat-woman-pet-b2767093.html #Vikings #Archaeology
These are the dirham coin snips from Tune. The coins were struck in the Caliphate. They were cut up like this because the Scandies didn't read Arabic and paid no attention to the denominations. They were interested in the *weight* of silver when paying for something.
Greek DRACHM --> DRHM --> Arabic DIRHAM
Importantly, place names that referred to pagan cult were not apparently seen as problematic after Christian conversion around AD 1000. For instance, there is a parish in Småland named "Shrine of Odinn" to this very day!