dilluns, 31 de març del 2014

If we tend to imagine the Vikings as an unkempt lot, many of the Viking finds contradict our preconceptions.  The Vikings produced elaborate earpicks, for example, made out of bone, bronze or even silver!  Set the scene of a Viking back from a long sea journey being groomed.  Tell us about what is wild about him and how it is tamed again. 
Photo:  MMB Exhibition "Beyond the Legend"

divendres, 28 de març del 2014

Vikings used to play tug of war, known as toga hönk, with muscle movements that were similar to those of rowing a ship.  Describe a tug of war with a difference.  
Image:  www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/games_and_sports.htm

dijous, 27 de març del 2014

Odin, god of rune-magic, wisdom, gods and war, was strolling along the sea-shore with his brothers Vili and Ve when they came across two tree-trunks that had drifted down a river. Odin thereupon turned them into a man and woman, then stopped to wonder what was missing. He decided to give them life and breath, while Vili offered them sense and movement, and Ve endowed them with faces, speech, sight and hearing. "Askur" and "Embla" (“Ash” and “Elm”) the first man and woman were born. Imagine their awakening...
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