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Shared Horse and Human Burials Show How Deeply the Vikings Cared for Their Animal Companions

Illustration by Mirosław Kuźma. Copyright: Leszek Gardeła

Viking Names and Nicknames

With names like Ragnar Shaggy-Trousers and Eystein Foul-Fart, the world of medieval Scandinavian naming is a lot more interesting, more...

What Does Viking Law Look Like?

Vikings are so often portrayed as marauding, lawless invaders – and yet the very word 'law' comes from Old Norse. There's a lot more law...

Don't Blame the Vikings

Early in Donald Trump's presidency, far-right sources claimed that the president's aggressive persona related to his distant Viking...