THE NORSE WORLD: Viking History, Saga and Myth in Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland
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This collection from Viking history, saga and myth brings the Norse world vividly to life, from Norway and Iceland to Scotland and Ireland. Raids, battles, feasts and skaldic verse; runes, ritual practices, exploration and settlement. Páll Thormod Mac Alpin Morrisson examines the warrior cult dedicated to the god Óðinn, the power struggles in the Orkney jarldom, the grisly blood eagle sacrifice, Ibn Fadlán's account of a funeral and ship burning, an age old curse from a rune stone inscripti...






















