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Freydis Eiriksdottir: Evil Woman or A Brave Shieldmaiden?
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Freydis Eiriksdottir was the sister of Leif Eriksson who was the first to discover North America 500 years before Columbus. Freydis was quite a complicated Viking woman. It was hard to tell that she was a brave shieldmaiden or a cunning woman in the Viking age.
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The Nine Noble Virtues: 9 Life-Changing Codes Revealed
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Nine Noble Virtues is a set of moral guidelines and life-changing codes for those who need. Scholars extracted the Nine Noble Virtues after studying and researching the major sources of Norse mythology and Viking sagas.
L'Anse aux Meadows: Viking Settlement Proved Sagas Real?
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L'Anse aux Meadows is among the famous UNESCO World Heritage. Cool thing is that this spot is located in North America but it belongs to the Vikings. According to the Viking Sagas, this place is connected with the American discovery of Leif Erikson who found out North America approximately 500 years before the Spanish.
Viking Graves with Beheaded Skeletons Suggested Slave Sacrifice
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The archaeologists excavated Viking graves in Norway. What excited and terrified them the most was the finding of headless skeletons inside the graves. After studying on the skeletons, the archaeologists concluded that the headless skeletons might have belonged to the slaves in their community.
The Giant in Norse Myth Was Not Really Giant and Cruel
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In Norse mythology, not all of the giants were enormous. And not all of them were the villains in the mythology. The misunderstanding toward the Norse giants took place when the word "Jotun" was translated into "giant".
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