A Viking Legend: The Descendants of Odin

"Cattle die, kinsmen die, what never dies is one's reputation." —Hávamál

This is a story of a legendary mythological family, a dynasty descended from the gods themselves. It has been told and retold over many centuries, kept alive in poems, stories, and songs that were memorized, chanted, and sung in the Old Norse tongue, the language of the Vikings of medieval Scandinavia.

As nomadic families travelled and migrated, they took their stories and poems with them, a strong link that connected th...