April 2012
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“I adore You, Devourer of Knowledge.
I adore You, Master of Runes.
I adore You,...”
– 148 Adorations of Odin By Galina Krasskova (via runicbasso)
Wyrd Designs: Musings on Hella.
rokkatru:
When it comes to Hella I’ve seen a range of theories… some that she may be a much older Goddess (connecting back to Frau Holle, perhaps even older), some that she may not have truly been a Goddess at all but simply just a ‘personification’ of Hel, as some scholars point to the fact she’s not really written about until late in the Viking Age after Christianity had already become the...
Viking-era 'piggy bank' yields silver treasure
archaeologicalnews:
A bronze, Viking-era “piggy-bank” containing thousands silver coins dating from the 11th century has been unearthed on the Baltic island of Gotland in what Swedish archaeologists have described as a “fantastic” treasure find.
The silver treasure was found last Thursday during an archaeological examination of a field in Rone, on southern Gotland. “We had an expert out there...
