What Role Do Women Play In Viking Society

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Viking Life Men, women and children each had different roles in Viking society. Men had a variety of jobs to help out in the community. About a handful of men were handymen, helping out with any little job they could find, others were potters and leather workers. Some were able to get a job as smiths or boat builders. Though the most unpleasant jobs, such as, dunging the field were left to the slaves, which were acquired during rais or battles which mos men fought in protecting their chief and family. Women's jobs, though, were much different. Women in viking society took charge of spinning, weaving, and making clothes for her family. If the family lived on a farm the women take charge of milking cows and making cheese. The biggest role women played in Viking society was watching over …show more content…

Children didn’t have much of a role, just more of what they did for pastimes and how parents treated them. Viking babies were given a Thor’s hammer charm to protect them from sickness and evil spirits. The passing down of names was common with Viking culture, girls generally got their mother or grandmother’s name passed down to them, and boys generally got their father’s names passed down to them. Once the children were old enough to help out they went with their father or mother to work and learned from them how to do each job. Since Viking children didn’t go to school they were taught in stories and songs, which taught them morals and general knowledge. Once children reached the age of 15 or 16, they were considered an adult which meant they would get married. Girls fathers usually chose their daughters husbands. Sadly, 30 - 40% of children died before they reached adulthood, due to disease,

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