{Edit: In case this wasn't clear enough, this is me fangirling. About Hetalia. OBVIOUSLY.}

I started reading Tacitus' Germania, and figured that quite a lot of social structures have not changed that much (granted, Tacitus does not delve as deep as he could have - but the few limited views he grants us, I find quite telling). They coincide with ( Read more... )

Omigud, you guys. YOU GUYS. I got my BA-paper topic, finally. Guess what it is? That's right.

FOR HONOR & GLORY

- The Sense of Honor during Viking Times: Dealing with the thickheadedness of super machos

You know what that means!!

Jomsvikings: check √
Skaldic poetry: check √
Sagas: check √
Nordic Mythology*: check √
Furious berserks: check √
Wimpering, ( Read more... )

1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Feel free to go ahead and add some questions yourself.

Characters: Stig, Garm, Sigmund, Hemming, Ælfric

Who are you?
Sigmund: Sigmund.

Stig: You look different.

Ælfric: He’s from Nordalbingia. We're cousins.
Sigmund: Distant.. ( Read more... )

Palnatoke, or how I learned it (read about it) as Palnatoki. Or even Toke Palnasson. Either way, he "was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the island of Fyn. He raised Harald Bluetooth's son Sweyn Forkbeard and was a staunch supporter of the old pagan faith. He consequently convinced Sweyn to wage war on his own father, and Palnatoke slew ( Read more... )

The Saxon Wars are my new favourite thing *_ ( Read more... )

While reading a book about Swedish history, I stumbled over the expression "Streitaxtleute". So I looked it up, heh P: Lets educate ourselves:

Swedish-Norwegian Battle Axe cultureThe Swedish-Norwegian Battle Axe culture, or the Boat Axe culture, appeared ca. 2800 BC and is known from about 3000 graves from Skåne to Uppland and Trøndelag. While ( Read more... )

Etterdi at Norges rike nu så forringet er både av makt og formue, og Norges rikes innbyggere ikke alene formå at underholde dem en herre og konge...da skal det herefter være og blive under Danmarks krone, liksom et av de adnre lande, Jylland, Fyn eller Sjælland er, og herefter ikke være eller hete intet kongerike for seg, men et ledemot av Danmarks ( Read more... )