the vikings
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The VIKINGS
UNSCRAMBLE THESE WORDSfrjdo
opsoentsa
otodle
zyBineatn
Norse
sreoenNm
lnDgdeae
kseeBrre
Ynlignag
fjord
soapstone
looted
Byzantine
Norse
Norsemen
Danegeld
Beserker
Ynglinga
THE VIKINGS–VISCIOUS SCANDALS
fierce
BLOODTHIRSTY
TERRORBurnt building
Loot treasures
WERE THEY MORE THAN JUST VISCIOUS SCANDALS???
From about 2000 BC, the Vikings lived in today's known
as…
SWEDENDENMARK
NORWAY
Their CultureMOSTLY FARMING
SOME CARVE WOOD
SOME MAKE BOATS
Viking boats could carry >50 men The boats have shallow draught, so they can move to river
GOING BERSERK
It happened in 793 in Lindisfarne
English rules have to pay Danegeld to avoid being attacked (upto 10.000 kg silver)
What’s in a name
• Influence pf Viking placenames: -ness, -borough, -holme, -htorpe, and –wick
• The 24 character runic alphabet for writing, casting spells, and fortune telling
GIANTS, GODS, & CREATION
The texts of Viking Creation story were written after they became Christians in 20th century
Elder Edda
HeimskringlaProse Edda
How the viking world began
3 realms: Niffleheim (cold- north) Ginnunggagap (empty)
Muspellheim (hot- south)
The Viking Realms
How the viking world began
3 realms: Niffleheim (cold- north) Ginnunggagap (empty)
Muspellheim (hot- south)
I survived by licking the salty
frost
I survived by sucking
his milk using my 4
mouths
I survived by licking the salty
frost
I survived by sucking
his milk using my 4
mouths
How the viking world began
3 realms: Niffleheim (Ginnunggagap
MuspellheimYmir gave birth to 2 giants &
Buri
2 giants from the sweat of
his left armpit & his
leg
1 deity (Buri) when Audhumbla was licking and
uncovered Ymir’s hair
How the viking world began
3 realms: Niffleheim
(Ginnunggagap Muspellheim
Ymir gave birth to 2 giants &
BuriYmir gave birth to 2
giants & Buri
Odin
Vili
Ve
How the viking world began
3 realms: Niffleheim
Ginnunggagap Muspellheim
Niffleheim met
Muspellheim and created
Ymir & Audhumbla
Ymir gave birth to 2 giants &
Buri
Ymir gave
birth to 2 giants & Buri
Buri got married & gave birth to Odin, Vili, &
Ve
The gods killed Ymir &
bring his body to
Ginunggagap
Ymir’s body turned into land,
his bones into mountains, and
bones into rocks, brains become
cloud
The Gods turned the trees neaR
the sea of blood into Ask (man) & Embla (woman)
that become HUMAN IN
Midgard
Thor – God of Thunder
Thursday
Odin – God of Wisdom, War, Death & Poetry – Chief GodBalder-God of Light