Fimbulvetr

Description:

A database separating myth from history yet not answering the questions: whether these myths shaped the historical Vikings or was it the austere post ice age landscape that gave rise to the myths as well as the Northmen themselves?

subjects: Aclea,  Archery,  Benty Grange Helmet,  Gylfi,  Jack and Jill,  Nibelungenlied,  Orkney,  Samso Island,  Tarnkappe.

People: Snorri Sturluson,  Celts,  Saxo Grammaticus.

Places: Scotland,  Ireland,  Caithness,  the Hebrides,  Shetlands,  Sutherland,  Uppsala,  Hlesey Island.

Times: 6th to 12th century.