{"id":467,"date":"2014-11-05T22:31:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T06:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musingsandmosaics.wordpress.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:13:41","slug":"vikings-and-what-i-didnt-know-about-them-until-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.ca\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Vikings and What I Didn’t Know About Them Until Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lately I have become interested in the Vikings. It’s not just because they are quite trendy with a series on the History Channel and an exhibit at the British Museum. But I  learned fairly recently that I have Viking ancestry traced back to the Shetland Islands in the 1700s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my great-grandmothers was born in the Shetland Islands and her ancestors had names like Mary Erasmusdaughter, Erasmus Magnuson, and Marjory Magnusdaughter. This knowledge has opened up a brand new view into my family’s past. Thanks to my brother-in-law David for doing the digging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I went to the exhibit on Vikings at our local museum and here are five things I learned about them that I didn’t know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Viking means “to go on an expedition” in old Norse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Vikings didn’t have horns on their helmets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. They used curse tablets (thin sheets of metal inscribed with pleas to the gods for justice\/revenge) like the Romans did.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. They cruised down the rivers of Russia to the Black Sea and got as far as Constantinople (now Istanbul).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. They had slaves and were known as slave traders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now I think I’d like to do a viking to the Shetlands to have a look around. Perhaps via Iceland. Maybe on a boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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