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RMDB1H50–Loki, Norse God, punishment, his wife Sigyn catches the spittle of a poisonous snake, wood engraving, 19th century,
RFC2P9C6–According to Scandinavian sagas, Hallgerda (right) is Hauskuld's daughter, and Gunnar (left) of Lithend is a strong, brave man.
RMDB8EJF–literature, Norse sagas, Ragnarök, the Fall of the Gods, wood engraving after drawing, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RFCNW49A–Frithjof and Ingeborg in Baldur's Temple, Frithjof's Saga, a Norse heroic saga in the style of a Fornaldarsaga or legendary saga
![. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MXB0Y9/english-cnut-king-of-england-denmark-and-norway-and-his-sons-harald-harefoot-and-harthacnut-cnuts-mothers-witosawa-sigrid-the-haughty-although-a-slavic-princess-daughter-to-mieszko-i-of-poland-in-accord-with-the-monk-of-st-omers-encomium-emmae-5-and-thietmar-of-merseburgs-contemporary-chronicon-6-is-likely-7-norse-sources-of-the-high-medieval-period-most-prominently-snorri-sturlusons-heimskringla-also-give-a-polish-princess-as-cnuts-mother-whom-they-call-gunhild-and-a-daughter-of-burislav-the-king-of-vindland-13-since-in-the-norse-sagas-the-king-of-vindland-i-MXB0Y9.jpg ". English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo")
RMMXB0Y9–. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i
RM2F312KM–GOTTERDAMMERUNG by Wagner conductor: Anthony Negus design: Kjell Torriset lighting: Ben Ormerod director: Alan Privett l-r: Catherine King (First Norn), Sara Wallander-Ross (Second Norn), Meta Powell (Third Norn) in GOTTERDAMMERUNG by Wagner at Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, England 17/07/2012 conductor: Anthony Negus design: Kjell Torriset lighting: Ben Ormerod director: Alan Privett
RMG15GAY–Leif Ericson off the coast of Vinland, photogravure by G. A. Wergeland, 1894. Leif Ericson (970 -1020) was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. According to the Sagas of Ic
RF2RE2896–Olaf Tryggvason (sometimes spelled Tryggvison) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken, and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He is numbered as Olaf I. Olaf is seen as an important factor in the conversion of the Norse to Christianity. This illustration by Gordon Browne dates to 1913.
RM2HH37Y9–Jane Morris 1873 Dante Gabriel Rossetti In the 1870s Rossetti and Jane Morris, the wife of his friend William Morris, became involved emotionally and are believed to have had an extended affair. In 1871 the two families jointly rented Kelmscott Manor, near Oxford, and Rossetti lived there between 1872 and 1874. In the summers, while Morris travelled to Iceland to study Norse sagas, Jane and their two daughters took up residence at Kelmscott. Rossetti's studies of Jane made during this period have a relaxed domenstic quality, showing her seated and reading or dreaming. Later, the artist used th
RFM26B9E–This illustrates dates to around 1846 and shows Biorn sending presents to Thurida and her son. The characters involved are Northmen or Norse Vikings. According to the sagas, it was in the 900s A.D. Biorn Asbrand was the hero of Breidviking and a brave soldier. He was said to have fallen in love with Thurida, whife of Thorodd, a Dublin merchant settled in Iceland. Biorn was driven away from Iceland and in a later meeting with Gudlief gave him a gold ring for Thurida and a sword for her son Kiartan. Gudlief took them to Iceland and delivered them.
RMAMBH08–Viking turf covered houses in Northern Newfoundland probable site of VINELAND Norse Sagas CANADA
RFEFFXFK–Manuscripts on display from Arni Magnusson's- 350th anniversary, Gerdarsafn art museum in Kopavogur, Iceland
RME8F69B–Illustration for The Edda: Germanic Gods and Heroes by Hans von Wolzogen. Artist: Stassen, Franz (1869-1949)
RM2HX2TJF–Thorvald Ericsson was the son of Eric the Red (founder of the Norse colony in Greenland) and brother of Leif Ericsson (who is said to have been the
RM2B02TMC–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RMP8D9J5–Figurine of a Norse god, probably Odin (from Staraya Ladoga). Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
RM2B02TN2–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RM2ANDXXT–An introduction to American history, European beginnings . e of their lives. The poetic language in which their sagas were writtenmakes clear that the Northmen were not untouched bythe beauty about them, that they could feel and expressthe wild and romantic splendor of their native land — ofits snowy mountains and green valleys, its dark pineforests and deep blue fiords, its bright rushing brooks andgleaming mountain pools, and, most of all, of the tossingsurf and the gray stormy billows of their northern ocean. We learn too from the Norse sagas, as well as fromthe English and French chronicle
RMG5WK6R–literature, Norse Sagas, the world, reconstruction after Friedrich Noack, wood engraving, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2F3D9F7–Flateyjarkirkja white Lutheran church with meadow is the only church on Flatey Island, Iceland
![. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MYJNKR/english-cnut-king-of-england-denmark-and-norway-and-his-sons-harald-harefoot-and-harthacnut-cnuts-mothers-witosawa-sigrid-the-haughty-although-a-slavic-princess-daughter-to-mieszko-i-of-poland-in-accord-with-the-monk-of-st-omers-encomium-emmae-5-and-thietmar-of-merseburgs-contemporary-chronicon-6-is-likely-7-norse-sources-of-the-high-medieval-period-most-prominently-snorri-sturlusons-heimskringla-also-give-a-polish-princess-as-cnuts-mother-whom-they-call-gunhild-and-a-daughter-of-burislav-the-king-of-vindland-13-since-in-the-norse-sagas-the-king-of-vindland-i-MYJNKR.jpg ". English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo")
RMMYJNKR–. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i
RM2F312KP–l-r: Catherine King (First Norn), Sara Wallander-Ross (Second Norn), Meta Powell (Third Norn) in GOTTERDAMMERUNG by Wagner at Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, England 17/07/2012 conductor: Anthony Negus design: Kjell Torriset lighting: Ben Ormerod director: Alan Privett
RMG15FWJ–Leif Ericson off the coast of Vinland, photogravure by G. A. Wergeland, 1894. Leif Ericson (970 -1020) was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. According to the Sagas of Ic
RFHREK5R–Norse God Odin isolated on black background,sagas, mythology, monuments, idols, Odin, Scandinavia, creation the supreme god
RMEP2H00–Battle of Bravellir. Legendary battle between Sigur Rirng, king of Sweden and Geats of West Gotaland, and his uncle Harald Wartooth, king of Denmark and the Geats of East Gotaland. 8th century. Swedish victory. Engraving.
RFM26BA3–This illustrates dates to around 1846 and shows Biorn sending presents to Thurida and her son. The characters involved are Northmen or Norse Vikings. According to the sagas, it was in the 900s A.D. Biorn Asbrand was the hero of Breidviking and a brave soldier. He was said to have fallen in love with Thurida, whife of Thorodd, a Dublin merchant settled in Iceland. Biorn was driven away from Iceland and in a later meeting with Gudlief gave him a gold ring for Thurida and a sword for her son Kiartan. Gudlief took them to Iceland and delivered them.
RM2F962NK–the Gods ascend to Valhalla in DAS RHEINGOLD by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 11/09/1980 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RF2RH3NT2–Olaf Tryggvason (960s –1000 AD) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Ranrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He is numbered as Olaf I.
RFEFFXFW–Manuscripts on display from Arni Magnusson's- 350th anniversary, Gerdarsafn art museum in Kopavogur, Iceland
RMD9GNE3–Pages of medieval manuscripts dated back to the 13th century. The Cultural House (Thjodmenningarhusid) Reykjavik, Iceland .
RM2GMW5GW–Snaefellsness, Iceland - 28 May 2005; Descended for the first Norse settlers of the 9th and 10th Century, the small and sturdy Icelandic Horse can be
RMKE3H1B–Interior wall face of Mousa Iron Age (1st millennium BC) broch tower, Shetland, looking NE, showing entrance (centre) to clockwise spiral stairway.
RMP793ER–Battle of Bravellir. Legendary battle between Sigur Rirng, king of Sweden ant Geats of West Gotaland, and his uncle Harald Wartooth, king of Denmark and the Geats of East Gotaland. 8th century. Swedish victory. Engraving.
RM2B02TMN–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RM2ANDY66–An introduction to American history, European beginnings . osed to have a magic power.For this reason they were carved for good luck on ringsand swords and drinking cups, on the lintels of doors,and, indeed, wherever a place could be found for them— sometimes even on great rocks or monumental stones. The Norse sagas. Thewritings of the North-men are in the form ofstories, called in the Norselanguage sagas. Thesesagas, or tales, were re-peated over and over dur-ing the long northernwinter nights, and handeddown from father to sonfor many generations be-fore they were ever putinto writing. The o
RMG5WK72–literature, Norse sagas, Valkyrie Hildr, wood engraving after frieze by Wilhelm Engelhard, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
![. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MWG1KN/english-cnut-king-of-england-denmark-and-norway-and-his-sons-harald-harefoot-and-harthacnut-cnuts-mothers-witosawa-sigrid-the-haughty-although-a-slavic-princess-daughter-to-mieszko-i-of-poland-in-accord-with-the-monk-of-st-omers-encomium-emmae-5-and-thietmar-of-merseburgs-contemporary-chronicon-6-is-likely-7-norse-sources-of-the-high-medieval-period-most-prominently-snorri-sturlusons-heimskringla-also-give-a-polish-princess-as-cnuts-mother-whom-they-call-gunhild-and-a-daughter-of-burislav-the-king-of-vindland-13-since-in-the-norse-sagas-the-king-of-vindland-i-MWG1KN.jpg ". English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i Stock Photo")
RMMWG1KN–. English: Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut. Cnut's mother's Świętosława / Sigrid the Haughty, although a Slavic princess, daughter to Mieszko I of Poland (in accord with the Monk of St Omer's, Encomium Emmae[5] and Thietmar of Merseburg's contemporary Chronicon[6]), is likely.[7] Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.[13] Since in the Norse sagas the king of Vindland i
RMJFFCAN–Statue of Viking woman, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir with her son Snorri Thorfinnsson, in Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
RFHREK5N–Odin is made of wood,sagas, mythology, monuments, idols, Odin, Scandinavia creation the supreme god
RM2F8JK0G–the Gods ascend to Valhalla in DAS RHEINGOLD by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 11/09/1980 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RF2RJ1HBT–The early 1900s caption reads:' Harald the Hardredy called his men together and showed them the axe.' Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada (Hardredy) in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. Additionally, he unsuccessfully claimed both the Danish throne until 1064 and the English throne in 1066
RM2F7M13G–Jean Cox (Siegfried), Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) in SIEGFRIED by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 29/09/1976 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RMD9GNEC–Pages of medieval manuscripts dated back to the 13th century. The Cultural House (Thjodmenningarhusid) Reykjavik, Iceland .
RFCPF021–This illustration shows the end of Brunhild. Wotan was a sky god. Brunhild was a shield maiden and a Valkyrie.
RM2EY60DD–Ulla Gustafsson (Sieglinde) with the shadow of Siegmund in DIE WALKURE by Wagner at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 14/10/1994 conductor: Bernard Haitink design: Nigel Lowery lighting: Pat Collins movement: Matthew Hamilton director: Richard Jones
RF2RMY4M4–The early 1900s caption reads' The sword Volund made for himself was so supple he could wind it around his body.' Völund is a mythical smith-god of the Nordic and Germanic peoples, whose shocking and brutal tale of revenge is relayed in the Völundarkviða, a poem in the Poetic Edda.
RM2B02TMT–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RF2RW00WM–The early 1900s caption reads: Sigurd stood with his sowrd uplifted—the serpent Fafnir was dead.' Sigurd or Siegfried is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon—known in some Old Norse sources as Fáfnir—and who was later murdered.
RMDB1H6J–literature, Norse Sagas, giants and dwarfs, wood engraving after drawing by Karl Ehrenberg, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B02TMB–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RM2CDXJNT–. Studio international . us than during thesummer, and when both the King and Queen andPrince Olav enjoy to the full the delights andinvigorating sports of a Northern winter. Within.the wood has been treated with a stain whicheverywhere allows the structure of the timber toassert itself, and the walls will, to a great extent,be covered with woven hangings, the motifs ofwhich are derived from old Norse sagas and fairytales, and which the flickering fire from the peise(the open fire-place) will endow with additionalfantastic weirdness. The style of Kongssiiter,in spite of its simplicity, allows
RM2EX718D–summoning fire: Anthony Raffell (Wotan) in THE VALKYRIE by Wagner at English National Opera (ENO), London Coliseum 22/10/1983 conductor: Mark Elder design: Maria Bjornson director: David Pountney
RM2F962P0–Jean Cox (Siegfried), Gwyneth Jones (Brunnhilde) in SIEGFRIED by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 12/09/1978 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RM2GMW5H0–Snaefellsness, Iceland - 28 May 2005; Descended for the first Norse settlers of the 9th and 10th Century, the small and sturdy Icelandic Horse can be
RMKC95M8–View S of Mousa Iron Age (1st millennium BC) broch tower on Mousa Island off E coast of South Mainland, Shetland: the best preserved broch in Scotland
RFHREK61–Odin isolated on the shore of fjord,sagas, mythology, monuments, idols, Odin, Scandinavia, creation the supreme god
RMPNX7A0–View NW of the foundations of a Viking-age building at Orphir, Orkney, Scotland, UK, thought to be the drinking hall (Earl's Bu) mentioned in sagas.
RMT9M9RT–The wild Hunt of Odin. Museum: Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo. Author: Peter Nicolai Arbo.
RMHT23NX–The wooing of Grimhilde, the mother of Hagen. Illustration for Siegfried and The Twilight of the Go Artist: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)
RMKC95M1–Looking down stairway of Mousa Iron Age (1st millennium BC) broch tower, Shetland, showing two of the six horizontal galleries formed by lintel slabs.
RMBGDH4N–Statue of Leifur Eiriksson (Leif Ericson) at sunset. In front of Hallgrimskirkja church, downtown Reykjavik, Iceland.
RF2RW00WH–The early 1900s caption reads: 'And well nigh mad was Signy for woe.' In Norse mythology, Signy was the only daughter of the hero Volsung and Ljod. She was also the wife of the ruthless King Siggeir. She had ten brothers, including Sigmund, the youngest. Their story is told in the Scandinavian epic ‘Volsunga Saga’.
RMDB1H6F–literature, Norse sagas, Yggdrasil, wood engraving after drawing by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B02TMF–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RM2ANBFH1–The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . rance. The Icelandic sagas furnish some useful evidence concerningthe horses used by the early Norse settlers in Iceland, whowere especially addicted to the pastime of horse-fighting (anamusement practised in modern Siam), and who, until theirconversion to Christianity by the simple but effective methodsof Thangbrand, the militant missionary sent by King Olaf ofNorway in 997, regularly ate horse-flesh on certain occasions. In the saga of Burnt Njal, the scene of which is laid inthe tenth century, there are constant allusions to horses andrid
RM2F962NT–Jean Cox (Siegfried), Gwyneth Jones (Brunnhilde) in SIEGFRIED by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 12/09/1978 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RM2GMW5GY–Snaefellsness, Iceland - 28 May 2005; Descended for the first Norse settlers of the 9th and 10th Century, the small and sturdy Icelandic Horse can be
RM2F962NP–Jean Cox (Siegfried), Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) in SIEGFRIED by Wagner at the The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 29/09/1976 conductor: Colin Davis set design: Josef Svoboda costumes: Ingrid Rosell lighting: William Bundy director: Gotz Friedrich
RFHREK5P–Odin isolated on white background,sagas, mythology, monuments, idols, Odin, Scandinavia creation the supreme god
RM2HX81X5–The view across the Menai Straights from Beaumaris on Anglesey. This narrow body of water of fast tidal currents looks onto the peaks of Snowdonia Nat
RMHT23NY–O wife betrayed I will avenge they trust deceived! Illustration for Siegfried and The Twilight of t Artist: Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)
RMD9GN8P–Pages of medieval manuscripts, known as Konungsbok Eddukvaeda, dated back to approx. 1270, Cultural House, Reykjavik, Iceland
RMKC95KN–Interior of Mousa Iron Age (1st millennium BC) broch tower, Shetland, showing original ground floor & rock-cut water tank overlain by a wheelhouse.
RM2G2CC88–High cirrus clouds are lit up by the last light of day over Red Wharf Bay on the Isle of Anglesey. This is the site of the slaughter of the Druids
RMW4ACJK–Viking age, clothing costumes & weapons at Heysham, Lancashire. July, 2019. Battle flags fly at Morecambe Bay as 70 historical heritage warrior re-enactors gather at a Medieval Living History Encampment to demonstrate era weapons, and do battle on the village green. The Gods Idin, Thor and Frey were celebrated together with other Vikings mythology.
RF2RW00WJ–The early 1900s caption reads: 'Sigurd eapt upon hus back and named him Greyfell.' In Norse mythology, Grani is the hero Sigurd’s powerful and fearless horse, descended from the chief god Odin’s own steed, Sleipnir, the fastest horse in the world. In the Scandinavian epic the ‘Volsunga Saga’, Grani is called Greyfell.
RMDB1HCY–literature, Norse sagas, Ragnarök, the Fall of the Aesir, wood engraving after drawing by Karl Ehrenberg, 1887, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B02TP8–The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
RM2AJ2DT6–History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . ical eye onour shores—but rather the Norsemen. In view of existingand verifiable traces, critical investigators admit that Hors-fords contentions are in the main fairly well proved. The Sagas tell us thatmainly in Vineland, were con-ducted the mercantile interestsof Norse explorers. Theirtrade was in furs, fish, masurwood and agricultural pro-ducts. Depleting the land ofmasur wood forced theirreturn. This traffic and barter ex-tended over a period of fullythree and one-half centuries,from the year
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