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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋**What did the Vikings really think about pregnant women?**"_Archaeologist Marianne Hem Eriksen has been searching for traces of pregnant women in the Viking Age. The fact that she found almost none tells its own story._"🔗 <a href="https://www.sciencenorway.no/viking-age-pregnancy-vikings/what-did-the-vikings-really-think-about-pregnant-women/2533760" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.sciencenorway.no/viking-age-pregnancy-vikings/what-did-the-vikings-really-think-about-pregnant-women/2533760</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeodons</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a>

Bevan ThomasAccording to Norse myths, the immortal squirrel Ratatoskr runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil. He is delivering messages (often insults) between the huge eagle who sits at the top of the tree and the dragon Níðhöggr, who dwells beneath one of the roots. 🎨 Jarle Nystuen<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Squirrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Squirrel</a>

Martin RundkvistOh cool, I get to teach Old Norse religion and cosmology for two hours as an improvised lecture from memory. I've decided to show the various <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> articles on the screen. Here we go!<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paganism</a>

Beware The CheeseWhile watching the show <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a>, I decided to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sketch</a> a quick version of my own.<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/wjVOYt4d_6E?si=-1UngH2I6bskVJRR" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/wjVOYt4d_6E?si=-1UngH2I6bskVJRR</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/procreate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#procreate</a>

Martin RundkvistI'm <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teaching</a> for six hours this week, filling in for a colleague who's got surgery planned. Basics of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> mythology, cosmology, poetry, <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/runes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#runes</a>, 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.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Bevan ThomasUnlike the gods of many other mythologies, those of the Norse do get old and would die of old age, except that they regularly eat the Apples of Youth guarded by the goddess Idunn. King Gylfi of Sweden suggested that this perhaps makes Idunn the most important Norse deity. 🎨 James Doyle Penrose<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a>

Bevan ThomasIn Norse mythology, Loki's father was the little-known jötunn Fárbauti. Some scholars feel Fárbauti's name ("Cruel Striker") evokes lightning, suggesting he was a storm giant. An intriguing idea considering Loki's complicated relationship with the thunder god Thor.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkyFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Loki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Loki</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Thor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thor</a>

Martin RundkvistLuciano Pezzoli just submitted this analysis drawing of the interlace on four 10/11th century belt mounts that we found at Tune in April. It will go on the front cover of the report. Luciano, let me remind you, is the current reigning King of Animal-art and Interlace analysis.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>

Martin RundkvistTwelve years ago when my colleague Torun Zachrisson found the stump of runestone U 170, nobody had seen it in 300 years.<a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upplands_runinskrifter_170?wprov=sfla1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upplands_runinskrifter_170?wprov=sfla1</a><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/runes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#runes</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a>

Bevan ThomasThe Norse god Odin transformed himself into numerous creatures (humans, elves, giants, etc.) to learn their specific secrets. According to the "Lokasenna," Odin also transformed himself into a woman to learn the secrets that women tell each other, such as prophecy. 🎨 Georg von Rosen<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Odin</a>

Cornovia Postcards (Old)Wharf, Jorvik Viking Centre, York, Yorkshire, c.1980s - ETW Dennis Postcard<a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/wharf-jorvik-viking-centre-york-yorkshire-c-1980s-etw-dennis-postcard-222879581.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/wharf-jorvik-viking-centre-york-yorkshire-c-1980s-etw-dennis-postcard-222879581.htm</a><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/York" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#York</a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Jorvik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jorvik</a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Postcards</a>

Bevan ThomasAccording to Norse mythology, the first mead was the Mead of Inspiration - created by wicked dwarves who murdered the wise good Kvasir, and then mixed his blood with honey. Anyone who drank from this mead would possess great wisdom and become a great poet. 🎨 Rim Bitik<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a>

titaniumbiscuitI remember how this video's style and creativity floored me around 2003: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtYEz4OKCn8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtYEz4OKCn8</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/musodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musodon</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animation</a>According to the description on YT: director - Joel Trussell animators - Darin Bendall, Gene Blakefield, Chris Fox, Doug Gordon, Leo Riley

Martin RundkvistSaltvik church. The lawn covers the culture layer of a Viking Period trading site. <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medieval</a>

Archaeology News :verified:Viking-era boat burial unearthed in Norway reveals 1,100-year-old remains of woman and her dogArchaeologists from the Arctic University Museum of Norway have uncovered a rare Viking-age boat burial on Senja Island, along Norway’s northern coast. The grave, dated to around 900–950 CE, contained the skeleton of a woman with her dog...More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/viking-boat-burial-remains-of-woman-and-her-dog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/viking-boat-burial-remains-of-woman-and-her-dog/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeologynews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/boatburial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boatburial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vikingage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikingage</a>

Martin RundkvistHammaren / Norrängarna, Näs hamlet, Saltvik parish, Åland. Österhopen mound cemetery, AD 500-1100. Distinct ring ditches.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a>

Bevan ThomasDuring the Middle Ages, many Christian Scandinavians believed that their old gods, the Æsir, had actually been humans from Troy who had fled their city's destruction. These Trojans had supposedly come to Scandinavia and used sorcery to convince the local people that they were gods. 🎨 Lorenz Frølich<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Troy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Troy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trojans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trojans</a>

Gmina Brwinów[FB] - Mazowiecka Drużyna Wojów Weles - Każdy wie, że w prawdziwym wojowniku zawsze jest trochę z romantyka;) dlatego, gdy otrzymaliśmy zaproszenie na piknik historyczny, który odbywał się na Plaża Romantyczna Wawer i dodatkowo jego motywem przewodnim była koronacja Bolesława Chrobrego na króla....to nie mogliśmy przepuścić takiego wydarzenia 🙂 Dziękujemy AMATUM Agencja Artystyczna za zaproszenie, Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Wawer m.st. Warszawy za organizację oraz najemnikom z Vaettir, że stanęli z nami w linii! <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/slavic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slavic</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/wikingowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wikingowie</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/s%C5%82owianie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#słowianie</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/reenactment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reenactment</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#viking</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/weles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weles</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fight</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/rekonstrukcjahistorycznadzieje" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rekonstrukcjahistorycznaDzieje</a> się tak zwykle, gdy właściciel udostępnił zawartość małej grupie osób, zmienił jej widoczność lub ją usunął. <a href="https://info.brwinow.gmina.pl/tags/brwin%C3%B3w" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brwinów</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🇩🇰 **‘Very rare’ Viking grave uncovered in Denmark by accident**"_Discovery points to Danish town being seat of power during reign of famous king in 900s_"🔗 <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/viking-grave-denmark-aarhus-rare-b2772109.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/viking-grave-denmark-aarhus-rare-b2772109.html</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeodons</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denmark</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a>

Martin RundkvistHere's the fieldwork report from Tune on Gotland in April of this year. Loads of finds from an important and previously quite enigmatic site. In Swedish but richly illustrated.<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pH5UTbMN5eiUMhByhNR8n3C2JCBiFH2_/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pH5UTbMN5eiUMhByhNR8n3C2JCBiFH2_/view?usp=sharing</a><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vikings</a>

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