Not just good at sword fighting! Stunning new book of Viking art reveals battling Scandinavians had
Not just good at sword fighting! Stunning new book of Viking art reveals battling Scandinavians had a sensitive side
From the 793 attack on Lindisfarne monastery that left the surrounding sea red with blood to the pirate raids so vicious Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready was forced to pay a yearly tribute to keep them away, the mention of the word Viking was once enough to strike terror into the stoutest of English hearts.
But the battling Danes, Swedes and Norwegians weren't just ferocious bearskin-clad warriors. As a new book, Viking: The Norse Warrior's Manual, reveals, the Scandinavian raiders also had a surprisingly creative side.
Along with huge caches of elaborately worked swords and jewellery, the period also yielded stunning tapestries, pottery and carving - including some that was executed not by the men, but by women.
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is a pic of a set of game pieces that where carved from both walrus ivory and another set in whale bone.
There was also a comb and washboard set that were incredible. I'm trying to find them again so that I can post them.
In the mean time here is an Odin's Eye I carved myself
