Certainly! Here are fascinating facts about the Vikings:
- The word “Viking” means “a pirate raid” in the Old Norse language 1.
- The age of the Vikings lasted for just under 300 years between 900 A.D. and 1066 2.
- Vikings were known for their fantastic hygiene. Archaeologists have found tweezers, razors, combs, and even ear cleaners at excavation sites 2.
- Viking chieftains were sometimes buried with an actual longboat, so they could use it to sail to the afterlife 3.
- The English names for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday come from references to three Viking gods: “Odin’s Day,” “Thor’s Day,” and "Frigga’s Day" 3.
- Viking halls were the largest structures built in northern Europe during the Middle Ages 3.
- Icelandic poets were considered the most gifted in Viking culture 3.
- Viking warriors referred to the defeat of an enemy as "feeding the raven" 3.
- They used the labor of female servants and slaves to make woolen sails for their ships. It took thousands of hours to weave the woolen sail for a single Viking ship 3.
- Viking traders traveled all over Eurasia, bringing back wares from lands as far away as Russia and China 3.
- Five hundred years before Christopher Columbus, the Vikings sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, making them the first Europeans to discover the New World 3.
These fierce seafarers left an indelible mark on history! 3 2 1 4.
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