Norwegian and Swedish Vikings
Norse Mythology
Two majors works or Norse literature
Elder (Poetic) and Younger Edda (Prose)
Tells of the myths of the Gods
Cosmology- your concept of the unvierse
Heimskringla
Written by Snorri Sturluson
Tells the legends of the kings
**AREN'T WRITTEN UNTIL AFTER THE VIKINGS
9 worlds
The one we live in is Midgard
To the north is Alfheimer (Elves)
To the south is Svartalfaheim (Black Elves)
To the east is Vanaheimr (world of the Vanir)
Muspellheim (world of fire)
Jotunheimr (Giants)
To the west is Niflheim (world of ice)
Up is Asgard (where the Gods are)
Below is Hel (world of the netherworld)
Very far away is Ginnunagagap
Ruins- pieces of wood that have symbols carved on them that tell something when you flip three over. They were used by soldiers before going into battle
Vikings become Christians
Regnarok- the battle that is going to happen at the end of the world. The entire world will be put up into fire and new lives will come out of the ashes
Vikings had no fear of death
Vikings were a blood kin
o If they were raided and someone died. They were under blood honor so that they would go and kill that person that killed their Viking.
o Born and bred as warriors
1888 in Norway
Archeologists found out information on how the Vikings lived
They found a ship filled with goods its owner would need in the afterlife
The Viking Ships were evolutionary. They had incredible design and construction.
793 AD: the first major Viking sea raid in northern England
Christians are the victims of the Vikings' plunders
Eric the Red and his son Leif Ericson
Great leaders of the Vikings
They conquer much of Europe
Link the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
A king asked Leif to go to Greenland and Christianize it
The Vikings were then Christians.
Becoming Christian helped the Vikings consolidate power
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