December 2010
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Frats
College “fraterneties” amaze me. Hey, i have nothing against some good ol´BDSM, but when these worshipped jocks congregate to dress up in togas and paddle eachother i´m thinking there should be a “Norse” fraternety, “Algiz-Uruz-Tir”, where all pledges are hanged and impaled by a spear for 9 days.
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Gudvangen Folk University of Nordic (Iron Age)... →
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God Jul !
– The Norwegian “Nisse”
The Norwegian “Nisse” differs from both the american Santa Claus and the belgian St-Nicolas. In fact, “Nisser” (plural) are mythical elves (or gnomes) coming from a long time before the birth of Christ.
There are several types of “nisser” in Norway. The...
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When you´re angry, you will make the best speech...
Winston Churchill
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Pseudo History (reactions) →
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Sutton Hoo II - Similarities with Vendel and other...
Similarities with Vendel and other east Sweden burials
Helmet from a 7th century ship burial,Vendel.
In 1881-1883 a series of excavations by Hjalmar Stolpe revealed 14 graves in the village of Vendel in east Sweden. Several of the burials were contained in boats up to 9 metres long, and were furnished with swords, shields, helmets and other items. In 1828 another gravefield with princely burials...
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Sutton Hoo (England. Anglo - Saxon)
The restored ceremonial helmet is one of the most iconic finds from Sutton Hoo,[1] Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century. One contained an undisturbed ship burialincluding a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, which are now held in the British...
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One thing...
…one must do to get an understanding of history, self evedent as it might seem, is to remember that the Norse, or whatever culture one studies where people like you and me, with smelly feet, freezing, sad, happy. getting diarrhea, having a beer, enjoying hobbies and falling in love.
There would be pious people and those with no interest of spiritual things, pragmatic, greedy, political and...