Rowdy Geirsson

The Wildling quest to separate Viking Age fact from fiction both confounds and confuses

”The Modern Viking Movement began with a…BANG!”

Johan Hegg reads part of the introduction of The Scandinavian Aggressors on the Grimfrost podcast.

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Glorious! Happy to see it already arrived, and in tact too. Hope you enjoy it!

A mighty gift arrived in my mailbox today! Can't wait to tear into it. Thanks, @rgeirsson.bsky.social and thanks, @barbarianlord.bsky.social for the rad picture

Wyrdlings!

This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:

'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'

We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!

”Sitter som på vakt
På en väg förutan ände
Vakar över allt som blivit sagt
Skådar över hav
Land och vida stränder
Blickar over skepp som gå i kvav”
—Emma Härdelin | Garmarna
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This round’s for the Burgundars.
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For all the Bronze Age grave lovers out there

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The grandeur of Ymir’s dying hair follicles

Today is a good day to admire the swords found in the mid-8th century Salme II ship burial in Estonia.

Ha! So it must dredge both wondrous and horrifying memories!

Here’s Erik the Victorious offering himself to Odin in ten years’ time if granted victory at Fyrisvellir, courtesy of Jenny Nyström. Kind of makes you wonder if he had offered nine years instead of ten, maybe Odin would have let him die in battle instead of in bed.

Wildling describes the Battle of Stiklestad at Stiklestad

Disclaimer: I fully expect that number to approach zero faster than the rapidly shrinking limit of an arbitrary calculus equation, but social media exists and so here we are. Skål!
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Everything goes better with a dead subarctic bird parody of a British literary giant! Also, all Scandinavian Aggression / Puffin Carcass merch is 20% off through October 5th for anyone who cares about such things.
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This pint’s for Odin and the vikings who rode the rivers of the eastern trail, deep in the land of the Rus.

Here’s Grettir the Strong wrestling Glam to death, courtesy of Halldór Pétursson. Glam is a draugr which means he died but won’t stay in his grave. He becomes a major nuisance by doing things like riding roofs at night and killing people.
#WyrdWednesday

It’s Tuesday, so here’s a reminder about the time when Tyr got kicked out of a Týr concert for moshing too hard.

The full text of this rare myth can be found in English in The Impudent Edda (the first two pages are shown here). The untranslated version appears on McSweeney’s.

Wyrdlings!

This week marks the 57th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” premiering and since it’s the season, we give you:

“Walking after Midnight – Shambling, Shuffling, Lumbering Undead!”

As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s take a walk on the dead side! 🧟

Thoroughly enjoyed the latest episode of the Vikingology podcast. Check it out!
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Watch Johan Hegg handle The Impudent Edda on the Grimfrost Podcast

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Riding the rivers of the eastern trail.

Today is a good day to admire the ring brooch from Birka in Sweden the Great 🇸🇪

Just a screenshot of a Norwegian program I’ve been watching but still quite a moment ;)

Gunnlöd is Odin’s candy girl, and she’s got him wanting mead.
🖼️ Katharine Pyle

Intense Wildling study of Viking Age history texts in progress

Never forget Uppland’s burial mounds.

Ah good to know. I couldn’t remember the tale just it was Bauer

Of course a Swedish troll just had to have an entire herd of reindeer in its subterranean lair. Such are the wondrous worlds of John Bauer.
#wyrdwednesday

Pondering the atrocities