Norse and Viking Ramblings

The church at Orphir. Photo © Judith Jesch As I noted in a festive blog post a few years ago , the Old Norse word jól can refer ei...

Reproduction dice and a gaming piece made by Adam Parsons (c) University of Nottingham CC-BY-4.0 In my previous blog post , I looked ...

MM131 Andreas II Viking Age runic cross from the Isle of Man, commemorating a certain Arinbjǫrg I never for a moment thought the fasci...

Rune-stick N B644 (late 12thc.) from Bryggens Museum, Bergen. Photo Judith Jesch It's quite common for various media and/or in...

Lighthouse at the Point of Ardnamurchan As I have previously pointed out , many of the poetic-sounding names of the shipping forecast h...

Viking ship model in Repton. Photo Judith Jesch This blog started off as a light-hearted romp through some of my interests, mainly to do...

In a blog post last year , I questioned whether the meat of the polar bear was especially edible. Well, travel is educational and I got so...