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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BP&O Collections • From Scandinavia • https://t.co/VnSGfcjbDG
Featuring work by , , &

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«The Rossland God» is a stone idol, presumably from the first few centuries of the Common Era. Despite being one the most enigmatic artifacts of Scandinavian prehistory, its existence and story remains obscure. Here's my attempt at raising awareness:
https://t.co/RYnUsel53O

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I love thinking about the times nonavian dinosaurs evolved gliding flight alongside primitive birds

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This did physic damage to me!

TBF I usually think of HS or the Scandinavian folklore kind if I'm not on twitter and someone brings them up

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The theme of today's is work.

Scandinavian folklore has quite a few beings that have been known to help farmers, lumberjacks, hunters and others out during their often arduous and solitary work, but the most beloved is probably the tomte, who look after farms.

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Thank you for the chance! My name is Lise, I'm an illustrator from Norway Scandinavia! I like to draw colorful things, and I do fan art mostly ^-^ I tag and !

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A Huldra, or skogsrå, is a Scandinavian forest spirit whose back is a hollowed out tree trunk. Sometimes beautiful and kind, sometimes frightening and pernicious, in Sweden she has the tail of a fox.

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New artwork for sale! - "Scandinavian Art Design" - https://t.co/5AXcALBu3G

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A new book! The Modern Cottage Collection Coloring Book is now on amazon and available for purchase. This coloring book is a collection of new Scandinavian-inspired pages along with some familiar artwork from my Time to Hygge, Scandi Nature and Garden Gnomes coloring books. My fa

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Hi im Noha! I love to draw cute furries, kpop boys and streamers! Im from Denmark (scandinavia), neurodivergent and 22 years old~🎉🧣

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Remember when I told you a bit about my Changeling warlock, Miri? I commissioned the wonderful to bring her to life! They were such a pleasure to work with.

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Looking at it again, I'm def. leaning towards it symbolizing the main target of their hunts.

Like the one in this amazing painting by 24K守望君

(Also, I completely forgot about the Kraken, despite making connections with Scandinavian and Lovecraftian stuff, my bad)
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fernfolk, a fantasy race inspired by scandinavian trolls 🍃🍄
they are little free spirited adventurers and explorers!!
as nonbinary beings they go by any pronouns they like.

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T is for Thor is the perfect alphabet book for young readers / fans of the God of Thunder! Learn about Scandinavian mythology, history, culture, and religion in an A-Z format ⚡ https://t.co/qAtQymKdmw

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