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Viking
Books about Vikings or set during the Viking Age (approx, late 8th century to mid 11th century). Also includes Fantasy based on the Viking Age or Norse Mythology.
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I bit back a shout as my fresh burns burst with pain. The bars dug into my back—the only part of my body that remained unharmed. Despite that, she was not touching any of my wounds. She knew where all of them were, yet she wasn’t digging into them to get me to submit—like her red-cloaked companion surely would have if their places had been reversed.
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― Forbidden Captive
― Forbidden Captive
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The other sources, even when they mention Hel, rarely describe it. But when they do, it's cast in neutral or even positive terms. For example, the mention that the land of the dead is "green and beautiful" in Ibn Fadlan's account is mirrored in a passage from Saxo (The medieval Danish historian, as you likely recall). In Saxo's telling of the story of Hadding, the hero travels to the "Underworld" and finds a "fair land where green herbs grow when it is winter on earth." His companion even behead
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― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
The term Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) is customarily used to refer to the Norse (Scandinavian…more
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In this group you will find a daily post of a chapter from the Viking and Norse sagas. This grou…more
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