Weeks 1 & 2
This language was spoken by Scandinavians during the Viking Age.
What is Old Norse?
This non-Norse author is an important eye witness for Pagan Norse funerals.
Who is Ibn Fadlan?
This band of warriors was formally bound to kings and jarls during the Vendel period.
What is a hirð?
This script constitutes the earliest form of alphabetic writing in Scandinavia.
What is the Elder Futhark?
This season is the time of scarcity in the Norse yearly cycle.
What is summer?
This is the English translation of the Old Norse term, Viking.
What is "to go raiding"?
This goddess received half of the Einherjar (the honored dead).
Who is Freya?
This term is used to describe the influence of climate change and natural disasters on religious beliefs and storytelling.
What is geomythology?
This half of the gender binary was seen as more rigid and deeply connected to conceptions of honor.
This tasty beverage is a refreshing drink and also a solution for pickling meat.
What is whey?
This body of prose literature (12th-14th) century was composed by Icelandic authors and recounts the deeds of famous Icelanders during the Viking Age.
What are the Sagas?
This practice was performed by individuals and communities seeking to venerate gods, goddess, and "the Others" through sacrifice.
What is blót?
This structure was considered the heart of social, economic, religious, and political life.
What is the Hall?
This object symbolized the authority of women in the household.
What is a key?
This term refers to the precarity of household production in early medieval society, particularly on small farms.
What is the subsistence-based economy?
This non-Norse culture is native to the northern areas of Scandinavia.
Who are the Sámi?
This terrifying dead Icelander, Glám, is an example of what undead Norse creature?
What is a draugr?
This culture was closely related to the Scandinavian Norse and underwent similar cultural and political changes during the Vendel Period.
Who are the Anglo-Saxons?
This form of connection between a man and a woman was viewed as less formal than a marriage.
What is concubinage?
This type of jewelry (two objects) were worn by elite women in Norse society, usually over top of the apron dress.
What are tortoise brooches?
This region was the home of the giants in the Norse cosmology.
What is Jötunheim?
This Vanir deity is associated with fertility and is depicted with an erect phallus.
Who is Freyr?
This archaeological gravesite is the most important Vendel period find in Britain.
This term is used to describe the way honor works in a feuding society.
What is an honor economy?
This motif is characteristic of art in the Viking Age.
What is the gripping beast motif?