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Hann vá vÃg à véum ok varð útlægr - religious taboos against violence in early medieval heathenry
Popular depictions of heathen Germanic peoples are often rife with gore, aggression and violence. The "vikings" are often presented as...
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Jan 5, 202418 min read
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Over hill and under hill - towards understanding heathen cosmologies
Our world. In Old English it is called Middangeard and in Old Norse it is Miðgarð - the Middle Yard or Middle Enclosure. Our old lore...
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Sep 3, 202311 min read
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The Wælsing and the worm – living tradition and the tale of Sigurð Fáfnir's bane
An often overlooked assumption is that once something is written down, that account becomes the pure, correct form and that if anything...
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Jul 9, 202314 min read
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Ƿið Dƿeorgas: dwarf fighting in Anglo-Scandinavian medical practice
In 2015, a small lead plaque was unearthed near Fakenham in Norfolk in the east of England dating to the Early Medieval Period with a...
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Dec 10, 20227 min read
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