Floki is one of the main characters in the Irish-Canadian production ‘Vikings’ on History Channel. Although he might be simply made up by the writers and producers of the show, he can be at the same time loosely based on a certain Fl쎳ki Vilger쎰arson, who is known to have been the first Norseman to have…
This brief article showcases the correct semantic usage of the term ‘Viking’. Many people tend to mistake the term ‘Viking’ for the broader sense of all Norsemen (i.e. the early medieval Scandinavians). In fact, the term only denotes the occupation of a Norseman and not the ethnicity of the respective individual. Regarding the etymology of…
쎆thelstan is one of the main characters in the Irish-Canadian TV series ‘Vikings’. Of all of the main characters (i.e. Rollo, Ragnar Lothbrok, or Lagertha), 쎆thelstan might be the most inaccurately portrayed from the historical point of view. While in the show he is depicted as a monk at the monastery of Lindisfarne when the…
Lagertha is one of the main characters in the Irish-Canadian TV series ‘Vikings’ from History Channel. From all of the main characters (i.e. Ragnar Lothbrok, Rollo, Bj쎶rn, or Aslaug), she has been the most accurately portrayed in the show (from the historical point of view) thus far. However, there are still certain inaccuracies which stem…
One of the customs of the Norse culture was the death ceremony in which the deceased were laid in a boat and given various grave offerings (mainly of material nature, but in some cases even human sacrifices represented by slaves) depending on the departed’s social status or occupation during his or her lifetime. Archaeological discoveries,…
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