Vikings. Beyond the Legend.

The Vikings used to cremate their dead in ships. The funerary pyre needed to be huge, to help lift the deceased to the realm of the dead – a region that was either on the other side of the sea or the mountains, but could also be in the heavens or the underworld. From the point of view of the deceased inside his or her boat, tell us about your journey to the afterlife.

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