Vikings
082 vikings -'Norseman landing in Iceland'
Creator: from the book by H. A. Guerber (Hélène Adeline) (1909). 'Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas' 1909, after Oscar Wergeland's painting 1877©: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyrbyggja_saga
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079 Vikings -'Viking ships arriving in Britain'
Viking ships arriving in Britain; English illuminated manuscript, ca. 1130."During the prosperous and slightly warmer, Viking Age, the rich resources of the North Atlantic (stretching from coastal Norway to the shores of eastern Canada) encouraged many to seek opportunities abroad, including the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands. Here the goal was not raiding or even trading, but rather permanent settlement.
Farmers first and foremost, Vikings in the North Atlantic islands recreated the daily life of their homelands. They kept pigs and tended sheep, cattle and goats for needed wool, leather, meat and milk. Climate permitting, Norse grew crops such as peas and cabbage, but primarily harvested grains for producing bread and beer. Wild animals, especially sea mammals, supplemented their diet and provided skins, ivory and oil - important trade commodities back home.
In addition to being the fierce warriors of popular stereotype, Vikings were master craftsman, shrewd businessman, and fearless explorers. Their activities stimulated political changes in Europe and Russia; created lasting new societies in Iceland and Greenland; and led to the discovery of North America 500 years before Columbus." Pinterest
©: text: www.mnh.si.edu/vikings (with many interesting facts and images); here is another great resource on (Viking) pictures: the Granger collection, New York
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ref. # 079a Vikings -Yggdrasil
In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology, in connection to which the nine worlds exist.Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urõarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm (dragon) Níõhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and DuraprOr. ©: Wikipedia
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