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• Middle Ages-6th Century to the 14th or 16th
• Vikings-From Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland
• As Roman became Christianized, so did the Celts
• Vikings weren't part of the empire, so they didn't practice the religion
• Weren't afraid of death; If you died on battlefield..you would go to Valhalla
• Fearless

Viking Religon/Norse Mythology

The nine worlds:

• Midgard-(where we are)
• Alfheimr-(north)-elves
• Svartalfaheim-(south)Black elves
• Vanaheimr-(East)
• Muspellheim-(East)-world of fire
• Jotunheimr(southeast)-Land of giants
• Nilfilheium-(World of Ice)-
• Asgard-(Above us)-Where the God's live
• Hel-regular afterlife
• Ginnungapap- land farthest away and no one has been there

Edda

• 2 of them
• one in prose
• story of the God's

Runes

• The alphabet
• Used them on documents and stones, diminution

Ragnarak

• The world was going ot have a huge fire and from the ashes a new city will be born

Heimskringla

• About the kings
• Written by Snorri Surlson

• River journeys and open water- Designs for ships