Relevant to the subject, I’d say…
Relevant to the subject, I’d say…
Originally shared by Archaeology Rocks!
How Interconnected Characters May Reveal the Reality Behind the Stories of Viking Sagas.
The Icelandic sagas of the Norse people are thousand-year-old chronicles of brave deeds and timeless romances, but how true to Viking life were they?
#Archaeology #Icelandic #Sagas #Vikings #VikingLife
The photos at the wikipedia link are even more inspirational! Definitely using this in my next game.
The photos at the wikipedia link are even more inspirational! Definitely using this in my next game.
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Waterfall of the Gods, Iceland.
The Goðafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods or waterfall of the goði) is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. It is located in the Mývatn district of North-Central Iceland at the beginning of the Sprengisandur highland road. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters.
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Not exactly Icelandic, but visually perhaps visually inspiring.
Not exactly Icelandic, but visually perhaps visually inspiring.
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2013/gold-of-the-fimble-winter
Cool stuff.
Cool stuff.
” It is no longer tenable to ignore that occasionally, demonstrably female bodies were laid to rest with weapons and demonstrably male bodies with feminine article such as jewellery.”
http://thethegns.blogspot.se/2013/03/shield-maidens-and-cross-dressing.html
Originally shared by Elin Dalstål
Shield maidens were a real thing
Great article and discussion about findings of Viking graves with gender mixed grave goods and the other material and literal sources for the complex gender roles in Viking society
http://thethegns.blogspot.se/2013/03/shield-maidens-and-cross-dressing.html
http://thethegns.blogspot.se/2013/03/shield-maidens-and-cross-dressing.html
I’m not able to check the book at this time, so I hope this isn’t another case where I post something that was…
I’m not able to check the book at this time, so I hope this isn’t another case where I post something that was already listed in the bibliography…but I read this book back in grade school, and it’s an excellent example of how Sagas could play out, IMO. The crux of the story is an outlawry dispute resolved by a bowshot contest, and the Althing (as well as the general Icelandic legal system) plays a substantial role in the story. (There’s also a creepy-cool scene in a viking barrow. ^_^ )
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Viking-Living-History-Library/dp/1883937019
http://vikinghistorytales.blogspot.dk/
It’s a lot more action-y than standard Sagas gameplay, but there’s some really neat Icelandic settlement moments in…
It’s a lot more action-y than standard Sagas gameplay, but there’s some really neat Icelandic settlement moments in this volume. Plus: MANGA VIKINGS. (Not sure where the hardcover is, but this is the Kindle edition.)
Neat!
I totally want to put these in my net game, even though they would be anachronistic…
I totally want to put these in my net game, even though they would be anachronistic…
In Norway, not Iceland, but perhaps some useful material inspiration for your next game!
In Norway, not Iceland, but perhaps some useful material inspiration for your next game!