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Vikings are well-known in modern culture as raiders whose longboats helped them cross seas to pillage, plunder and generally make off with whatever wealth they could obtain. Where exploration, trade and settlement are addressed, the principal contacts mentioned tend to be with the English, the Franks, and the Rus'.The southern Baltic coast is rarely considered, yet there is much evidence to suggest well-developed interactions between the Vikings and their Slavic neighbours during the 10th – 11th centuries.
There were several cases during the Scottish witch trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth century that included collaboration and collusion with a ghost and/or the fairy world.
It's one of the great taboos of the academic world but Lily asks: If people are interested and engaged, and willing to take on new knowledge- aren’t we doing our jobs if we engage with reenactment?
Meme of the month.
Meme of the month.
Thank you Lily for the submission!
Description of the meme:
There is a Viking Age image of Thor with his hammer, with one foot through a boat as he grapples with a beastie. Above the image there is black text: "poking your toe out of the blanket because the demons can't get you if you take your hammer to bed".
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