⭐ MUST READ: A Step Closer to the Mysterious Origin of the Viking Sword Ulfberht
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 793 the #VikingAge began with the #LindisfarneRaid. Well known for thefts, slavery, & sexual assault, the #Norse/#Vikings are less often credited with helping to revive long distance trade, the use of metal currencies, and stronger feudal states in Europe.

Drinking horn with a silver rim, Sweden, 800 AD - 1100 AD

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2121364/drinking-horn-with-a-silver-rim-sweden-800-ad-1100-ad

A pathfinder in dark and difficult times back in 2021...

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"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

(Henry David Thoreau, "Walden")

#norway #norge #norwegen #scandinavia #swords #fjord #nature #sea #water #coast #life #travel #travelingnorway #adventure #vacation #north #upnorth #norwegian #roadtrip #bucketlist #norden #norwaynaturure #norwaytoday #norway🇳🇴 #norway_photolovers #norwayraw #norway #norse #norwegen #scandinavia #nature #midsommar #midsummer #finnas

"Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”

(Emma Smith)

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“Watch the waves crash upon the shore. Feel the sea breeze on your face and smell the salty sea air.”

(Wendy Joubert, "Sea Witch")

A better outlook in 2021 where some things that seems to be broken these days were still fixed...

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„The more civilized man becomes, the more he needs and craves a great background of forest wildness, to which he may return like a contrite prodigal from the husks of an artificial life.“

(Ellen Burns Sherman)

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Often, symbols are the anchors grounding our lifes or standing for a certain meaning. Each symbol has its own origin and its own story. This year, two symbols got focused in my life besides the one of mighty Mjölnir.

„Mjollnir“, as the Norse say, is the hammer of the thunder god Thor in the local mythology, used both as a devastating weapon and as a divine instrument to provide blessings. The „life tree“, Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill), in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds so the meaning of „Life Tree“ stands for the mere foundation of everything.

Not to get lost is surely one of the most-demanding tasks in life and, sometimes, even beloved ones need a compass for an unknown and unexpected voyage: The vegvísir (Icelandic for „sign post“ „or „wayfinder“) is an Icelandic magical stave intended to help the bearer find their way through rough weather and situations.

#norway #norge #gods #norse #symbols

"The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel."

(Sydney J. Harris)

#norway #norge #norwegen #scandinavia #swords #fjord #nature #sea #water #coast #life #travel #travelingnorway #adventure #bridge #north #upnorth #norwegian #roadtrip #bucketlist #hordaland #norwaynaturure #norway🇳🇴 #tunnel #norse #norwegen #scandinavia #island #midsommar #midsummer #stord