Norse Legends

Healing the Norse Way: Medicine and Healing in the Viking Age

Healing the Norse Way: Medicine and Healing in the Viking Age

By The StormCrow May 29, 2025

Long before modern hospitals and pharmaceuticals, the Vikings relied on a unique blend of herbal remedies, spiritual rituals, and early surgical practices to treat illness and injury. Viking Age medicine...

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The Surprisingly Healthy Ancient Norse Diet

The Surprisingly Healthy Ancient Norse Diet

By The StormCrow Nov 19, 2021

Only a good balanced diet could have helped fuel the Viking Age, and that is exactly what the Norsemen had. A surprisingly good diet, significantly better than most of the world had during...

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