ANST - Viking Answer Lady Webpage Has Been Updated

[C. L. Ward]

The Viking Answer Lady Webpage 

http://www.realtime.net/~gunnora 
has recently been updated with several new articles:

NEW VAL ARTICLES
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* On-line Viking Resource Bookmarks. Where does the Viking Answer Lady look
on-line for information about the Vikings?  [GENERAL]

* Viking grooming and hairstyles. Did the Vikings bathe? How did they wear
their hair? [DAILY LIFE]

* Hólmgang and Einvigi - Scandinavian Forms of the Duel. Did the Vikings
fight duels? [WARFARE]

* The Beasts of Battle: Raven, Eagle and Wolf.  [ART & LITERATURE]

* Women and Magic in the Sagas: Seidhr and Spa. Were there witches in the
Viking Age?  [ART & LITERATURE]

* Salt Legends of Finland and Scandinavia. How did the sea become salty?
[MYTH & RELIGION]

COMPLETE LIST OF VAL ARTICLES
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GENERAL VIKING AGE INFO AND HISTORY
* Definition of the term "viking". 
* A time line of Viking history. 
* On-line Viking Resource Bookmarks. [NEW]

DAILY LIFE IN THE VIKING AGE
* Viking foods and cooking.
* Viking women's clothing. 
* Viking clothing ornamentation. 
* Viking grooming and hairstyles. [NEW]
* Viking games.
* Viking weddings and divorces. 
* Homosexuality in the Viking Age. 
* Amber, golden gem of the Vikings. 

VIKING AGE TECHNOLOGY
* Viking ships. 
* Viking navigation. 
* Viking astronomy. 
* Viking calendaric reckoning.  [Recently updated!]

VIKING AGE AGRICULTURE
* Viking pets and domestic animals. 
 * Horses in the Viking Age. 

WARFARE AND COMBAT IN THE VIKING AGE
* Viking arms and armor. 
* Viking shock troops - the berserkers. 
* Holmgang and Einvigi - Scandinavian Forms of the Duel. [NEW]

VIKING ART & LITERATURE
* Viking poetry. 
* The Beasts of Battle: Raven, Eagle and Wolf.  [NEW]
* Women and Magic in the Sagas: Seidhr and Spa. [NEW]

VIKING MYTH & RELIGION
* Viking Ghosts: Draugr, Aptergangr, Haugbui. 
* White Christ and Red Þórr. 
* Salt Legends of Finland and Scandinavia. [NEW]

VIKING RAIDS AND SETTLEMENTS
* Viking raids and settlements in Wales. 
* Vikings in Russia. How accurate is Michael Creighton's Eaters of the Dead? 
* North American Runestone Hoaxes.

BOOKS, ARTICLES & OTHER RESOURCES
*  Bibliography of books about the Vikings for children.
Wæs Þu Hæl (Waes Thu Hael)

::GUNNORA::

The Viking Answer Lady

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