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Category Archives: Odin

How Did We Get Mead? And other Viking oddities…Part 3, Viking Beginnings

...Or Mead came from WHAT?  (click to tweet) Mead's origins falls squarely between "ick and "odd."  The honeyed wine began with Odin and a battle, of course.  Isn't it ironic that the beverage that makes men…
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July 25, 2013
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Aesir, Asgard, dwarves, giants, mead, Norse, Norse mythology, Odin, poetry, Vanir, Viking Origins

What About Heaven? With the Vikings, that is…Part 2

You can't have Earth (Midgard) below...  (click to tweet) ...and not have a heaven above!  That is heaven of Norse mythology, Asgard.  And no heavenly city would be complete with loads of silver and gold, right?  Odin…
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July 18, 2013
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Asgard, gods and goddesses, Gold ring, Huginn & Muninn, J.R.R. Tolkein, Middle Earth, Midgard, Odin, Odin's wolves, Sagas, Sleipnir, Valhalla

Where Did Life Begin? With the Vikings, that is… Part 1

The title could be "In the beginning..." or "Watch out!  Driftwood ahead!"  (click to tweet)     Huh, driftwood?  A little strange, I know. I'll come 'round to that later. Find a comfy spot. Icelander Snorri Sturluson liked a good…
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July 12, 2013
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Ask and Embla, flaming sword, frost giant, Ginnungagap, Iceland, J.R.R. Tolkein, Middle Earth, Norse, Norse pantheon, Odin, Sagas, Snorri Sturluson, Vili and Ve, Ymir

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