See that? Thor’s holding his mighty hammer up above his bushy red head, getting ready to bring it crashing downwards into the Midgård Serpent’s gnarly skull, since that’s simply what Thor does when he goes fishing with giants. But alas, he isn’t perfect, and he lets this catch get away. […]
Bengtsson’s Long Ships Finally Reaches Vinlandic Shores
The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson is amazing and I get all excited each and every time I pick it up. It’s a solid adventure story worthy of being read even by people who don’t get all knocked off kilter when it comes to Vikings. Michael Chabon thinks so, […]
Medieval Magical Mystery Tour
Roll up, roll up, roll up for the medieval magical mystery tour! The medieval magical mystery tour’s Vikings are dying to take you and everything that you hold dear away… So I just had a chance to see this quirky, little animated movie with a neat visual style called The […]
Viking Booze Burial Mound
Hail and skål! A substantial update to the Viking Brews and Booze directory has been made, and just in time for Friday night and Midsommar, no less. Besides the two new sub-directories of Fruity Booze (wines and ciders) and the Viking Booze Burial Mound (which celebrates the Einherjar of Viking […]
Hammer of the North
Bang your head to the sound of the Hammer of the North with Grand Magus! These Stockholm guys have a traditional type of metal sound, so that should comfort those of you who are batty and don’t much care for the death metal growl (you know who you are!). Their […]
Hans Gude and His Viking Ships
Back in the 1800s when he was still alive, Hans Gude had a fetish for painting the Norwegian landscape. And one time he even gratified himself with Vikings, as shown above. The painting’s now hanging out at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo.
Hollywood Sucks the Balls of Unoriginality
I’ve been thinking this for a while now and finally got irate enough to sit myself down and vent, because Hollywood really sucks hard. Hard like the sharply inhaling gusts of Njord hard. Not that this is really anything new, but it seems to me that the powers-that-be in Hollywood […]
Norse Marauders Wreak Mayhem
Here’s a badass painting of Norsemen conducting some intensive slaughter in Ireland by artist Tom Lovell: Good Tom apparently dealt mostly with cowboys, but when he decided to take on the Vikings, he did so with all the glory of a stark raving mad berserker, only he was armed with […]
Gothic Metal at Millesgården
Behold Katatonia’s The Longest Year music video! It features eerie images of Carl Milles’ sculptures from Millesgården, located on the island of Lidingö, just outside of Stockholm. If you pay close attention, you’ll even notice a replica of his Poseidon, which resides in Gothenburg. And as we all know (or […]
Hail to Norwegian Neo-Norse Architecture
Behold the Dalen Hotel: Wow, right? Or maybe just eh, depending on your mood and how much you like buildings that imitate medieval Scandinavian stave churches like the one at Borgund, which is probably the most famous of them. But you can’t sleep overnight in a stave church, and that […]
Irish Glory
Normally I don’t condone Viking defeats, but I’m always willing to make an exception when it involves beer, especially when it involves Irish beer during this particular time of year! Legbiter Ale is brewed by Strangford Lough Brewing Company and is dedicated to King Magnus Barefoot of Norway, who sailed […]
Norwegian Scientists Find That Monkeys Are Precisely 3 Times Better Than Leprechauns
Those Norwegians are at it again! Norwegian Scientists Find That Monkeys Are Precisely 3 Times Better than Leprechauns This time hails and skåls go out to Cavalier Literary Couture. And yes “couture” may just be one of the least-Viking words out there, but we won’t hold that against them. Their […]
The Voyage of the Short Serpent
Rather than epic and badass, I would describe The Voyage of the Short Serpent by twisted Frenchman, Bernard du Boucheron, as short and quirky. It’s a funky little story about an Icelandic mission sent to Greenland during its final days of Norse inhabitation. Lots of gruesome ongoings take place in […]
Celebrate the Solstice with John Bauer
“Holy shit, Tyr just stuck his hand in the wolf’s mouth!…Sweet.” That, I think, is the effect John Bauer was going for in this piece. He was really good at this sort of thing, and it’s unfortunate that he’s dead. But then that’s just one of the natural side effects […]
Dress Up Like a Viking and Eat Candy Day
Leaves’ Eyes provide a good example of how to do the dressing up part: Maybe if I stop being totally worthless I’ll post something that isn’t a music video next time.