The VIKINGS

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Norse

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lnDgdeae

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Ynlignag

fjord

soapstone

looted

Byzantine

Norse

Norsemen

Danegeld

Beserker

Ynglinga

THE VIKINGS–VISCIOUS SCANDALS

fierce

BLOODTHIRSTY

TERRORBurnt building

Loot treasures

WERE THEY MORE THAN JUST VISCIOUS SCANDALS???

From about 2000 BC, the Vikings lived in today's known

as…

SWEDENDENMARK

NORWAY

Their CultureMOSTLY FARMING

SOME CARVE WOOD

SOME MAKE BOATS

Viking boats could carry >50 men The boats have shallow draught, so they can move to river

GOING BERSERK

It happened in 793 in Lindisfarne

English rules have to pay Danegeld to avoid being attacked (upto 10.000 kg silver)

What’s in a name

• Influence pf Viking placenames: -ness, -borough, -holme, -htorpe, and –wick

• The 24 character runic alphabet for writing, casting spells, and fortune telling

GIANTS, GODS, & CREATION

The texts of Viking Creation story were written after they became Christians in 20th century

Elder Edda

HeimskringlaProse Edda

How the viking world began

3 realms: Niffleheim (cold- north) Ginnunggagap (empty)

Muspellheim (hot- south)

The Viking Realms

How the viking world began

3 realms: Niffleheim (cold- north) Ginnunggagap (empty)

Muspellheim (hot- south)

I survived by licking the salty

frost

I survived by sucking

his milk using my 4

mouths

I survived by licking the salty

frost

I survived by sucking

his milk using my 4

mouths

How the viking world began

3 realms: Niffleheim (Ginnunggagap

MuspellheimYmir gave birth to 2 giants &

Buri

2 giants from the sweat of

his left armpit & his

leg

1 deity (Buri) when Audhumbla was licking and

uncovered Ymir’s hair

How the viking world began

3 realms: Niffleheim

(Ginnunggagap Muspellheim

Ymir gave birth to 2 giants &

BuriYmir gave birth to 2

giants & Buri

Odin

Vili

Ve

How the viking world began

3 realms: Niffleheim

Ginnunggagap Muspellheim

Niffleheim met

Muspellheim and created

Ymir & Audhumbla

Ymir gave birth to 2 giants &

Buri

Ymir gave

birth to 2 giants & Buri

Buri got married & gave birth to Odin, Vili, &

Ve

The gods killed Ymir &

bring his body to

Ginunggagap

Ymir’s body turned into land,

his bones into mountains, and

bones into rocks, brains become

cloud

The Gods turned the trees neaR

the sea of blood into Ask (man) & Embla (woman)

that become HUMAN IN

Midgard

Thor – God of Thunder

Thursday

Odin – God of Wisdom, War, Death & Poetry – Chief GodBalder-God of Light