#7 Jotuns were not "chaotic nature spirits". They were giants, and the origins of the myths about trolls. #9 Odins ravens were named Hugin and Munin. Runes were not magical, they were letters just like the abc we use today. #11 The wolf that tok Tyrs arm was named Fenris.
Runes were considered magical among people who did not know how to read. This is because the spoken word blows away with the wind and is gone, while the written word can be recalled years after. If you don't understand what text is that would seem quite magical. ;)
#1 & #2 : On the brutality of Vikings. In fact, Vikings weren't more or less brutal than other warriors of eastern Europe. They were described as if only because writtend sources were written by clergy, which were targeted by first raids, when Vikings were payen. Because no christian would attack a church and Christian church wealthy it explain why first sources talks about Vikings as calamity and stop at the moment Vikings convert themselves to christianism.
Viking Explorers made it all the way to Baghdad. Evidence is found in graffiti in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and by 988 AD Vikings were working for the Byzantine Emperor as members of an elite group of guards.
#7 Jotuns were not "chaotic nature spirits". They were giants, and the origins of the myths about trolls. #9 Odins ravens were named Hugin and Munin. Runes were not magical, they were letters just like the abc we use today. #11 The wolf that tok Tyrs arm was named Fenris.
Runes were considered magical among people who did not know how to read. This is because the spoken word blows away with the wind and is gone, while the written word can be recalled years after. If you don't understand what text is that would seem quite magical. ;)
#1 & #2 : On the brutality of Vikings. In fact, Vikings weren't more or less brutal than other warriors of eastern Europe. They were described as if only because writtend sources were written by clergy, which were targeted by first raids, when Vikings were payen. Because no christian would attack a church and Christian church wealthy it explain why first sources talks about Vikings as calamity and stop at the moment Vikings convert themselves to christianism.
#9 Odins ravens were named Hugin and Munin.
Runes were not magical, they were letters just like the abc we use today.
#11 The wolf that tok Tyrs arm was named Fenris.
In fact, Vikings weren't more or less brutal than other warriors of eastern Europe. They were described as if only because writtend sources were written by clergy, which were targeted by first raids, when Vikings were payen. Because no christian would attack a church and Christian church wealthy it explain why first sources talks about Vikings as calamity and stop at the moment Vikings convert themselves to christianism.