What was the start of the struggle between the English and the Vikings?
AD 787
three Viking longships landed in southern England, fought the locals and sailed away/
What did the English people call the Vikings?
Danes
What are Norse?
Norwegian Vikings
Where did Norse sail?
Scotland
Wales
Explain the religion of Vikings
The Vikings had their own pagan religion. They worshipped many gods and told stories about gods, giants and monsters which were known as Norse myths.
how did the vikings treat dead people?
they buried or cremated them with some of their belongings, to take into the next world.
What were Viking stories about?
About how people lived in Midgard or Middle Earth along with giants elves and dwarfs.
What are some of the monsters in viking stories?
sea serpents
trolls
dragons
fierce wolf Fenrir
how did vikings worship their old gods
it's thought they had magic trees or wooden temples.
after they became christians, they founded churches and painted stone crosses.
what does
going viking
mean
raiding ships
what does
danes
mean
it's what the English called vikings
what does
norse
mean
Norwegian vikings
who is
thor
the god of thunder
who is
odin
the god of the gods
god of magic, poetry and war
who is
Freja
the god of love and fertility
cried golden tears
who is
loki
the trickster god
what is
Valhalla
a great hall where dead heroes feasted at long tables
what are
valkyries
odin's handmaids who conducted their warriors of choice to Valhalla
what is
midgard
middle earth
what is
asgard
the sky world where gods and goddesses lived
what is
Sleipnir
odin's 8 legged magical horse
what is the difference between greek and norse mythology
greek mythology has a dreamlike atmosphere and there is a tendency to escape the vileness of the barbaric world. whereas norse mythology presents the horrors of barbaric times and is gloomier and darker.