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Slavery was a great source of wealth to Scandinavians during the Viking Age. There are accounts of thralls being traded as far afield as Dublin and Byzantium. Norse literature contains several references to slave revolts, such as those in Egil's Saga and the Book of Settlements.

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The Battle of Svolder was a naval battle fought between Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and the kings of Denmark and Sweden, along with the earl of Lade. The battle is said to have occurred in the western Baltic Sea (c. 1000). This conflict is mentioned in the Old Norse King's sagas.

The Wild Hunt is a concept of pre-Christian Germanic religion that denotes ghostly riders leading a ghostly army through winter storms during the Twelve Nights of Yuletide. This concept appears across European folklore but is chiefly linked to Germanic regions of northern Europe.

The Viking longship enabled the mobility and aggression of raids and campaigns throughout the Viking Age. Longships were sail-and-oar vessels which were clinker-built (with overlapping planks). This design allowed them to withstand heavy seas and shallow rivers alike.

The Viking longship enabled the mobility and aggression of raids and campaigns throughout the Viking Age. Longships were sail-and-oar vessels which were clinker-built (with overlapping planks). This design allowed them to withstand heavy seas and shallow rivers alike.

Slavery was a great source of wealth to Scandinavians during the Viking Age. There are accounts of thralls being traded as far afield as Dublin and Byzantium. Norse literature contains several references to slave revolts, such as those in Egil's Saga and the Book of Settlements.

Brynhild is an Old Norse heroine who is a central character in the Saga of the Volsungs. She is a valkyrie and orchestrates the death of Sigurd. She later regrets her role in his murder and asks to be burned with him on a funeral pyre.

The Battle of Svolder was a naval battle fought between Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and the kings of Denmark and Sweden, along with the earl of Lade. The battle is said to have occurred in the western Baltic Sea (c. 1000). This conflict is mentioned in the Old Norse King's sagas.

The Viking longship enabled the mobility and aggression of raids and campaigns throughout the Viking Age. Longships were sail-and-oar vessels which were clinker-built (with overlapping planks). This design allowed them to withstand heavy seas and shallow rivers alike.