Which Five Norse Gods Do You Consider Were Most Important To The Vikings?
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Short answer questions Q1.Why did the Vikings go on raids? Because their cities/towns were very over-populated so when food got scarce they would go raid others people for their food and sometimes land; They would also raid them for their jewelry and treasure so they could sell and/or trade it for other resources. Q2.Why were Vikings so successful at raids? Well, Most of their attacks were surprises. Vikings were very good at navigating because they had good knowledge of the coasts of Europe, They also planned their attacks very well. Their longships were good because they had durable strength, speed and maneuverability. Q3.Which five Norse Gods do you consider were most important to the Vikings? Explain why. Odin: Because Odin was
In this essay, the author
- Explains that over-populated cities raided other people for food, land, jewelry, and treasure, so they could sell and/or trade it for other resources.
- Explains that erik thorvaldson, born in norway, founded the first norse settlement in greenland around the years 982-986.
- Opines that they didn't wear the horned helmets because if they did, that would have been pretty cool.
- Explains that over-populated cities raided other people for food, land, jewelry, and treasure, so they could sell and/or trade it for other resources.
- Explains that erik thorvaldson, born in norway, founded the first norse settlement in greenland around the years 982-986.
- Opines that they didn't wear the horned helmets because if they did, that would have been pretty cool.
- Explains that vikings were very good at navigating because they had good knowledge of the coasts of europe. they also planned their attacks very well.
- Explains that thor was the god of thunder and the strongest warrior. balder was associated with beauty, light, love, and happiness.
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- Explains that the frankish rule in pannonia had vanished by 900 ad.
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- Explains that the word "vikings" conjures up a specific and powerful image in the minds of those who hear it.
- Explains that research discredits erik the red's discovery of greenland, but the ship of gunnbjorn ulf-krakason has the first recorded sighting of it.
- Explains that leif eriksson, erik the red's son, is credited with the discovery of the new world, even though research shows the contrary.
- Explains that the word "vikings" conjures up a specific and powerful image in the minds of those who hear it.
- Explains that research discredits erik the red's discovery of greenland, but the ship of gunnbjorn ulf-krakason has the first recorded sighting of it.
- Explains that leif eriksson, erik the red's son, is credited with the discovery of the new world, even though research shows the contrary.
- Analyzes how the 19th century romanticism played a major role in erik the red's and the vikings' image shift.
- Analyzes how research can contradict itself, as is the case with erik the red and those who are associated with him. logan claims that there is no evidence to support that erik's son, leif, brought christianity to greenland.
- Opines that erik the red's achievements are only partly truth due to years of romanticization and christian influences but there is no way to find the full truth.
1282 wordsRead More - The Vikingexplanatory essayThe Vikings were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but they also plundered places such as the Iberian peninsula and northern Africa. Vikings did not always settle into the places that they found, for instance after exploring North America they left the place never to return again. Even so, after landing on Greenland they colonized themselves there, and ancestors of the Vikings still live there today. So now that you know a little about the history of the Vikings lets go into detail about the specifics of the Viking age. (Peter Sawyer, Oxford Ill. History of the Vikings p. 1-19)
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- Explains that the vikings were a group of scandinavian raiders that attacked the british islands, the frankish empire, england, and plundered places such as the iberian peninsula and northern africa.
- Describes how irish monks built a monastery on the holy isle of lindisfarne, where they wrote many holy and beautiful books. they were chosen by the vikings to be the first major victim of one of their raids.
- Describes the vikings' first major attack on the british north sea coast in 799. they set up a coastal watch to warn citizens of the area.
- Explains that the vikings were a group of scandinavian raiders that attacked the british islands, the frankish empire, england, and plundered places such as the iberian peninsula and northern africa.
- Describes how irish monks built a monastery on the holy isle of lindisfarne, where they wrote many holy and beautiful books. they were chosen by the vikings to be the first major victim of one of their raids.
- Describes the vikings' first major attack on the british north sea coast in 799. they set up a coastal watch to warn citizens of the area.
- Explains that the vikings in the 8th century centered in places along the dutch coast, but the norwegians were settled in orkney and shetland islands. they expanded their empire to engulf ireland, and northwestern england.
- Explains that the first viking attack on ireland was in 820, and like the monks attacked in 793, the people of ireland had no chance against the powerful viking army.
- Explains how the vikings organized attacks well, set extravagant goals, and soon met them. their attacks on england were successful mostly because no one expected them
- Explains how ragnar lodbrok conquered paris by defeating half of charles the bald’s army and hung 111 of his men as a sacrifice to the another viking god, woden.
- Explains how harald bluetooth collected tax money to build four well-defended forts in the late 10th century.
- Explains that ingolf anarson and leif hrodmarsson are the two adventurers credited with discovering and inhabiting the island of iceland.
- Narrates how a viking voyager named the gunnbjorn islands after himself after being banished by the vikings for killing two sons of one of his enemies.
- Narrates how bjarne herjulfsson, a viking looking for his father, took his boat from iceland to greenland, where he found many islands, but none of them matched the description.
- Describes how leif ericsson, eric the red's son, learned of this new unexplored land from bjarn and jumped on the chance to venture unto it.
- Analyzes how the vikings' relationships inside the family show how households gender roles and life-cycle rites and rituals all work together.
- Explains that the family was the most important thing to the vikings. they valued their ancestors and knew about them through the generations.
- Explains that ity in the family never overpowered their children, but helped them through their life. the man stuck by his family no matter what happened, and in return received the same.
- Explains that most children were raised at home, but boys were sent to other families when the other family was in need of help.
- Explains that boys were taught how to farm and do other household tasks from their parents. if a child showed talent in any tasks, he was sent somewhere where they could perform it to his best ability.
- Explains that the vikings family did not tolerate lazy children. a viking child was respected if he had a bold spirit and stood up to their elders.
- Explains that relationships were important and played an important role in the viking life. giving and receiving gifts was more than politeness; it bonded a relationship.
- Explains that a woman was not forced to marry and choose who would be her husband. a man could have many wives, or he could only have one.
- Explains that divorce was an easy task in the viking culture. all you had to do was make your complaint, and of the intention to divorce before witnesses.
- Explains that when a baby was first born, it was shown to its father and if it deformed he could have it killed. if the baby lived then it would be sprinkled with water, custom in the viking society.
- Explains that the vikings strong political system helped them control and please the people in the culture. the three classes were thralldoms, freemen, and the aristocracy.
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- Explains that the aristocracy was the highest and most class to be in.
- Explains that the vikings lived in tribal communities, which were independent and joined together only on special occasions. each community had an assembly called a thing.
- Explains that earls had almost as much land and power as the kings, but many were very powerful and sometimes had a rivalry with the
- Explains that laws kept the vikings under control and in safe communities. the people knew the laws from the passing down of them in the family.
- Explains that trade gave the vikings resources to stay healthy and strong within the communities. from the north, they collected timber, iron, furs, whale skins and bones, and walrus ivory.
- Describes the viking market towns that grew to become important trade centers for the world.
- Explains that the vikings used silver and coins for their system of money. the first coins were made in the ninth century, but weren't produced massively until 975.
- Explains that vikings lived in traditional long houses or farmhouses, supported by two long rows of pillars and a roof made of thatch or turf with the sides made out of wooden tiles or flat stones.
- Explains that educating the young scholastically was not a high priority, it was more of how to be fit to survive. the boys worked in the fields with their fathers so they could learn what to do when they had their own family.
- Explains that old norse was the language the vikings used and it has other languages were derived from it. the runic alphabet was invented 2888 years ago.
- Explains that vikings had simple clothes, but warm, to with stand the harsh weather conditions they lived in. men wore trousers or knee-length tunics made out of wool, animal skins and furs.
- Explains that the vikings were involved in animal husbandry, hunting for food, and conquering and destroying other cities with their large dominant army.
- Explains that the vikings ate two meals a day consisting of breakfast and dinner. they were farmers and sheep and cattle ranchers as one resource of food.
- Explains that viking art was popular during the 5th through 8th centuries. they used animal, skins or patterns, interlace decoration, intricate jewelry, horse harnesses, and weapons.
- Explains that the ships were artistically crafted and designed with many beautiful details. the early viking musical traditions are lost but it is believed they were similar to other scandinavian cultures during the 1st century.
- Explains that viking religion was polytheistic. they believed that the gods resided at osgard, the olympus of the nordic mythology.
- Explains that the scandanavian lands are mountaineous in norway and sweden, where the vikings live. during the winter, little land is availible for cultivization and grazing.
- Explains how vikings used vegetables, herded cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry for food and hides. they hunted reindeer and polar bears in the north.
- Explains that vikings were farmers, even those who went on raiding parties to attack western europe or sailed to the east, returning with their loot and profits. fishing played an even larger role than agriculture throughout the viking's economy.
- Explains that danish deciduous woodlands provided oaks to build the framework of houses, hazels and willows for weaving the wickerwork bands that filled the spaces between the upright posts of the walls. vikings lived with their animals, the animals kept their houses warm, and it secured them from being stolen.
- Opines that there was not much wood in sweden and norway except in the south where softwoods like conifers were used for building.
- Explains that viking family life did not include much free time for personal enjoyment. they ate, slept, and worked in one room of their house.
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- Analyzes how snorri sturluson's "prose edda" shed light on the viking myths and legends, pointing out that most stories of the "gods" were muddled fables about half-forgotten ancestors.
- Explains that there are many different versions of how the earth was created, such as scientific reasoning, and “otherworldly” reasoning.
- Explains that vikings were brave warriors that pillaged and destroyed villages. they wanted prosperous farmland, a successful life, travel the world, and to know that someone of higher power was looking out for them.
- Analyzes how snorri sturluson's "prose edda" shed light on the viking myths and legends, pointing out that most stories of the "gods" were muddled fables about half-forgotten ancestors.
- Explains that there are many different versions of how the earth was created, such as scientific reasoning, and “otherworldly” reasoning.
- Explains that odin is the god of magick, wisdom, wit, and learning. he hung himself to the world tree yggdrasil to gain more knowledge and power of the runes.
- Explains that thor is the most barbaric of all the vikings due to always being in battle with the giants. thor summons great strength.
- Explains that frigga is the wife of odin and is known for being the goddesses of home and the mysteries of women.
- Explains that loki, the god of mischief, is the mother to odin's eight-legged horse sleipnir.
- Explains that heimdall is the watchman of the gates of asgard, and has a keen sense of hearing that he can hear if someone is blinking.
- Explains that the vikings worshiped the different gods and goddesses to keep the world out of chaos. the majority of heathen worship involves gifting, or making offerings.
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- Opines that the vikings have been played upon as savages, heartless and hungry, a long with animated versions of brave warriors for children's sake.
- Explains that vikings were merchants, warriors and industrious. they settled in scandinavia, ireland, england, france, and spain from the late ninth century to the eleventh century.
- Explains that militant leaders had been to europe and brought back new ideas from christian leaders on power. by the twelfth century each tribe was placed under an economic and political power structure based on benefits and law.
- Opines that the vikings have been played upon as savages, heartless and hungry, a long with animated versions of brave warriors for children's sake.
- Explains that vikings were merchants, warriors and industrious. they settled in scandinavia, ireland, england, france, and spain from the late ninth century to the eleventh century.
- Explains that militant leaders had been to europe and brought back new ideas from christian leaders on power. by the twelfth century each tribe was placed under an economic and political power structure based on benefits and law.
- Analyzes how lavished gifts found in graves reflect the influence rome had on such places far north. this evidence has to be looked at along with the ideology of dane culture, which was base on spoils from warfare.
- Explains that scandinavia was home to two culturally different societies due to the interaction between the two cultures. the scandinavian people became unified during the viking age.
- Analyzes how vikings impacted europe without mentioning their conversion to christianity. viking invasions on monasteries have been counted as attacks on christianity, but the classic view of paganism is negatively associated with them due to the early christian movement in rome.
- Explains the pre-christian beliefs as a belief system, rather than an institutional set of beliefs like christianity.
- Explains that many early graves prior to the invasion were simple, possibly a small weapon would be provided for either sex. the sense of heaven did reside in norse mythology called vahalla.
- Explains that conversions were a process that stretched over several centuries. the first king to convert was harold bluetooth of denmark.
- Explains that in rimbert's vita anskarii, king of the svear asked the frankish emperor, louis the pious, for a missionary to visit his country as many wanted to adopt the christian faith
- Explains that scandinavian kings viewed christianity as a way to legitimize their rule.
- Explains how scandinavian towns gave a name to vikings, as merchants and craftsmen. the foundation of urban markets and international trading ports was intrinsically linked to the growth of royal power.
- Argues that growth of population may have played a factor in the need to find resources elsewhere. the slavic people already had an economic and social structure before the swedish arrived.
- Analyzes how the anglo-saxon chronicle captures a one-side story of seafaring raiders in the bulghar area. scandinavian settlement allowed hybridization of language and culture between english and norse folk.
- Explains that scandinavian culture assimilated with anglo-saxon culture and language to create a hybrid identity that would last the next two hundred years.
- Explains that scandinavian settlers were less appreciated in ireland as new neighbors than in england.
- Opines that vikings were lacking a pure viking identity due to norsemen accommodating to western tradition which has celtic elements, and the development of hybrid cultural identity. however, accommodations were different between invaders and settlers.
- Explains that vikings are encountered under a different personality in each condition, and that historians cannot distinguish one single cause for their drive to travel. urban marketing and trade are the most common needs among these groups.
- Explains how vikings spread expansionism, urban development, trade, and climate change, bred new hybrid identities for the future and created new cultural norms that broke the boundaries of segregation.
1894 wordsRead More - There is More to Vikings than Violenceanalytical essayThere was a lot more to the Vikings than their reputation would suggest. For example, Vikings had their own beliefs and religion. Before the Vikings resettled in other countries, they had their own religious beliefs and worshipped many different gods. The stories they told are known as ?Norse Myths?. The majority of them are about competitions between the gods and giants. The god of thunder, Thor, who was also ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that history typically describes the vikings as the fiercest, most brutal of all the barbarian groups that invaded europe.
- Explains that the word 'viking' has been used to identify people who lived in sweden, norway and denmark in early medieval times.
- Explains that the vikings sailed to other foreign countries because they weren't able to do many profitable things in their own homes. the soil was infertile, and the land was rocky and covered in ice and snow.
- Explains that history typically describes the vikings as the fiercest, most brutal of all the barbarian groups that invaded europe.
- Explains that the word 'viking' has been used to identify people who lived in sweden, norway and denmark in early medieval times.
- Explains that the vikings sailed to other foreign countries because they weren't able to do many profitable things in their own homes. the soil was infertile, and the land was rocky and covered in ice and snow.
- Explains how the vikings travelled extensively across the baltic, black and mediterranean seas. they sailed england, ireland, france, greenland, iceland, and north america.
- Explains that vikings had their own beliefs and religion, and worshipped many different gods, including thor, odin, loki and freyja.
- Explains that england, scotland and wales were christian countries, and when the vikings resettled there, many of them converted to christianity.
- Explains that the vikings used wool to make their clothes and dyed the cloth with mineral and vegetable dyes of red, green, yellow, brown and blue.
- Explains that viking men would wear woollen shirt and long cloth pants held up by a drawstring or sash, jerkin or three-quarter coat with belt, socks and soft leather shoes or long leather boots.
- Describes a viking woman's linen dress and woolen tunic, held up by brooches, sometimes joined by chain or string of beads, and their legs and feet covered with thick woolly socks and soft leather shoes.
- Analyzes how the vikings wore fur or woolen hats and cloaks in cold weather. viking food reflected their lifestyle.
- Explains that the typical viking meal contained fish, shellfish, seals, and whales. they also ate bread spread with butter, wild boar meat, red deer, elk, or bear.
- Explains that the vikings drank skim milk, buttermilk, whey, beer, or mead (a strong drink made from honey), instead of drinking from cups. the poor could not afford horns and had to drink from wood mugs.
- Argues that the vikings were not purely bloodthirsty and worshipped many gods. they were well-dressed and frugal with their food.
- Explains that vikings were seen as bloodthirsty outside their homeland and acted viciously towards foreigners, but at home, they led normal lives like people living in britain and other countries in that era.
991 wordsRead More - Was Christianity the key to the downfall of the Vikingsexplanatory essayThe Bible was began to be followed at the end of the Viking era.(The total structure of this sentence is messed up.) I wonder how much Christianity affected the downfall of the Viking’s, below I did some research on the topic. The Viking era existed from 800 BC to 1200 BC (“From Viking to Crusader”). (This is supposed to be cited with the author name and page in brackets.) The Vikings have three main religions throughout there period of existence. Each of the religions affected the character of the Vikings in a big way. Polytheism was the belief the Vikings had in the beginning of there existence. Paganism and Christianity came towards the end of the Viking era. Christianity arrived during the 10th and 11th BC (“The Viking to Crusader”). Polytheism was the most heavily practiced religion the Vikings had. The main god of the Vikings was Odin who was the god of war wisdom and poetry (“Viking Fury”). There isn’t much documentation from history about Odin and other gods of the Vikings. Odin was mirrored by the Vikings to be a great warrior, and be poets. Vikings felt it was an honor to die in battle because Odin would be grateful (“Viking Fury”). Paganism was another religion of the Vikings.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the words that describe vikings are barbaric, having no mercy, and great explorers. they describe christians as trustworthy, considerate, helpful and peaceful. the process of conversion of christianity happened slowly.
- Explains that the viking era existed from 800 bc to 1200 bc. the vikings had three main religions: polytheism, paganism, and christianity. odin was a great warrior and poet.
- Explains that viking women followed paganism before the viking men did.
- Explains that the words that describe vikings are barbaric, having no mercy, and great explorers. they describe christians as trustworthy, considerate, helpful and peaceful. the process of conversion of christianity happened slowly.
- Explains that the viking era existed from 800 bc to 1200 bc. the vikings had three main religions: polytheism, paganism, and christianity. odin was a great warrior and poet.
- Explains that viking women followed paganism before the viking men did.
- Explains that vikings conquered europe in 863 bc and became influenced by christian missionaries.
- Explains that the sentence structure in this research paper was awful but when they wrote this rough draft they focused on where they were going with the research topic.
- Opines that vikings followed paganism first, and that christianity and paganism conflicted with each other.
693 wordsRead More - Norse Mythology Research Paperexplanatory essayThe Mythology of the Norse is a very intriguing subject. I was surprised to find that Norse mythology was not simply the ancient beliefs of the Norwegians but all the Nordic Countries. These include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Even more surprising to me was the fact that these beliefs also encompassed the Netherlands, Germany and the areas in which the Saxons and Franks inhabited. Which, was a good portion of Western Europe. This amount of geographic coverage is the reason that I chose this specific Mythology to research. As I have great deal of English and German blood in me.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the mythology of the norse is a fascinating subject. they were surprised to find that it encompassed all the nordic countries, including denmark, finland, iceland, norway and sweden.
- Explains that iceland was the last of the celtic countries to become christianized and as a result did not lose their native religious stories as quickly as some of their neighboring countries did.
- Explains that the mythology of the norse is a fascinating subject. they were surprised to find that it encompassed all the nordic countries, including denmark, finland, iceland, norway and sweden.
- Explains that iceland was the last of the celtic countries to become christianized and as a result did not lose their native religious stories as quickly as some of their neighboring countries did.
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