Norse Legends

The Viking Silk Road: Trade Networks You Didn’t Know About

The Viking Silk Road: Trade Networks You Didn’t Know About

By The StormCrow Jul 3, 2025

Discover the surprising connection between Viking trade routes and the Silk Road. While Vikings are often seen as fierce raiders, they were also skilled merchants who built extensive trade networks...

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Viking Navigation: How Norse Explorers Sailed Without Compasses

Viking Navigation: How Norse Explorers Sailed Without Compasses

By The StormCrow May 1, 2025

Discover how Vikings navigated the open seas without compasses using sunstones, stars, bird patterns, and ancient oral traditions. Explore their remarkable techniques and legendary voyages

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The Viking Longship: A truly Engineering Marvel

The Viking Longship: A truly Engineering Marvel

By The StormCrow Apr 24, 2025

Discover how Viking longships revolutionized medieval seafaring. Learn about their innovative shipbuilding, unmatched speed, and role in exploration, trade, and raids across Europe and beyond.

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Raids and Beyond: Viking Influence Across Europe

Raids and Beyond: Viking Influence Across Europe

By The StormCrow Apr 10, 2025

Discover how Viking culture shaped Europe beyond the raids—exploring their lasting influence on England, Ireland, France, and Eastern Europe through language, cities, trade, and royal dynasties. A fascinating look at...

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The Saga of Erik the Red

The Saga of Erik the Red

By The StormCrow Mar 13, 2025

Erik the Red's Saga stands as a testament to the adventurous spirit of the Norse people and their remarkable voyages across the Atlantic. It not only narrates the discovery and...

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Viking Traders: From Scandinavia to Byzantium

Viking Traders: From Scandinavia to Byzantium

By The StormCrow Jan 30, 2025

The Viking trade routes were far more than mere pathways for goods—they were bridges between worlds. By connecting Scandinavia to Byzantium and beyond, the Vikings helped shape the economic and...

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Freyr, the Lord of Plenty

Freyr, the Lord of Plenty

By The StormCrow Mar 7, 2024

Freyr is the God of virility, peace prosperity and good harvests. He is called the “Foremost of the Gods” in the Poetic Edda, a true Lord of Plenty!

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Some of the most Famous Types of The Viking Longships

Some of the most Famous Types of The Viking Longships

By The StormCrow Mar 3, 2023

Discover more about the great vessels the Norsemen used for trade and raids. The Vikings' longships are one of the greatest symbols of the era and remain an icon of...

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The Viking Longship

The Viking Longship

By The StormCrow Jan 27, 2023

Seafarers by nature, the Norse build the most advanced ships of their time. Used both for trading and for Viking Raids, the Longship was the most advanced vehicle of its...

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The Rich Story of the Viking Economics

The Rich Story of the Viking Economics

By The StormCrow Jan 6, 2023

Wealth in the Viking world came in many forms, from pillaging to trading. It is common knowledge that the people from the North were accomplished traders and explorers, but their...

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The Viking Funeral

The Viking Funeral

By The StormCrow Jul 29, 2022

Find out what really happened on Viking Funerals. Read the historical description of a high-chief funeral arrangements, straight from an eyewitness, the X Century Ambassador from Baghdad Ahmad Ibn Fadlan.

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The Viking City of Dublin

The Viking City of Dublin

By The StormCrow Jul 15, 2022

The Vikings settled in Dublin from 841 AD onwards. During their reign Dublin became the most important town in Ireland as well as a hub for the western Viking expansion...

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