Who Chooses Who Goes to Valhalla?
The Mythology site at StackExchange has a great question on the topic of who, exactly, gets the pick of the litter from the heap of fallen warriors: https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/929/does-odin-choose-who-enters-valhalla
Vikings in Ireland in 795AD
http://www.yourirish.com/history/medieval/vikings-invade-ireland Time line of Vikings in Ireland 795AD – The Vikings arrived in Ireland and performed small raids 806AD – The Vikings raided Iona Abbey, all 68 occupants were killed 832AD – 120 Viking ships arrived in Ireland’s north eastern coasts 836AD – The Vikings began to attack deeper inland 841AD – Dubhlinn (Dublin) was created as a Viking settlement […]
Runes, Glyphs of Power & Spirit
http://www.northernway.org/school/onw/teutonic/runes.html Prior to 200 BCE, certain purely magikal symbols such as the swastika, the cross, and the Sun-wheel were engraved on rocks in Northern Europe for ritual purposes. During the next four hundred years, these proto-runic symbols were adapted into the Germanic Elder Futhark alphabet composed of 24 characters. This is the oldest extant runic system (thus the name “Elder”), […]
Great 2-Minute Video: Viking – Animated Saga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKfigz52UA