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Category: Viking History

These posts explore the history of the Vikings! Need I say more?

Viking History

The Norse Homeland

by Fjorn
Posted on May 18, 2018January 10, 2019

Viking History

The Vikings and Their Era

by Fjorn
Posted on May 6, 2018February 20, 2019

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Contemplating this new logo for the Hall—what do you guys think? Comment below! The hall used in the picture above was adapted from an illustration of Grelutótt in Jesse Byock’s book Viking Age Iceland. ‪I may draw my own to avoid the guilt of using it, though.‬ . . . #norse #viking #blog #logo #history #medieval #iceland #icelandic #sagas #fjornshall #blogging #podcast

I was drinking a cup of Wanderer’s Blend tea from @thenorthernherbalist this morning, so I decided to share one of my favorite lines from Hávamál (Sayings of the High One): “Wits are needful for those who wander widely.” . . . Picture credit is my own. I took this one near Dýrafjörður in Vestur-Ísafjarðarsýsla last summer. . . . #odin #havamal #norsemythology #poeticedda #pagan #heathen #asatru #norse #nordic #viking #wanderlust #wander #travel #iceland #icelandtravel #westfjords

I cannot help it, but all of these pictures from @sagathingpodcast’s recent trip to Iceland has me reminiscing about my own trip from around the same time. Looking at this picture, however, most people see a dreary and barren landscape from the depopulating region of the Westfjords. At the time, I was standing on a great mound in Haukadalur (or so that’s what I deemed it to be at the time) looking inward towards the surrounding mountains. . . . The air had grown cold with the coming clouds, but my eagerness kept me warm as I hiked—my mind’s eye did not see an empty land. Instead, my mind imagined the events of Gisli’s Saga, for this was very spot (according to the saga itself as well as local lore) where Gisli Sursson and his family once lived. More traumatic events happened here, of course, but I’ll save such stories for another time, since I do plan to write a blog post about my pilgrimage to this location someday soon. For now, I just wish to remember the fresh, cool air and awe that I experienced while standing there looking upon Haukadalur. . . . #Iceland #Westfjords #travel #Icelandic #sagas #nordic #norse #history #literature #medieval #saga #wanderlust #tb #viking #pagan #heathen #asatru

I just learned about this today while preparing a new tea over @thenorthernherbalist called Frigg’s Comfort. At least based on Clemens saga, the Old Icelandic term for Venus was ‘Friggjar stjarna,’ or Frigg’s Star. Considering the source, it’s probably influenced by continental practices (at least partially), but it’s still pretty neat! . . . #oldnorse #oldicelandic #language #linguistics #frigg #norsemythology #venus #star #astronomy #night #stars #norse #pagan #heathen #asatru

Although our sources are a bit scarce about medical practices in the medieval North, this is one of my favorite topics to explore. We spend a lot of time talking about how the Vikings raided and plundered across Europe and beyond, but time is seldom devoted to how the Norse healed themselves and others. If you’d like to learn a bit about healing, though, head over to the Hall: https://fjorns-hall.com/2018/03/31/fireside-history-healing-in-the-medieval-north/ . . . The cover picture for this post was taken by myself in Reykjavík last summer. . . . #norse #vikings #medieval #healing #norsemythology #runes #iceland #icelandic #scandinavian #germanic #nordic #middleages #runes

The beginnings of a new digital map project following Nikolas Bergsson’s pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land in the 1150s. Nikolas was the abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Thvera in northern Iceland during that time, but his vernacular pilgrim itinerary (called Leiðarvísir, or “Guide”) survives now in manuscripts from the later medieval period. This map (along with the blog post and podcast episode that will accompany it) will discuss the importance of pilgrimage in medieval Iceland, how it is treated in saga literature, and how it fits in the broader discussion of crusading during this period. . . . #iceland #icelaneic #germany #medieval #middleages #pilgrimage #pilgrim #map #digitalhumanities #norse #nordic #germanic #scandinavian

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