Tag: Vikings

• Treasure

  

  Somewhere in or around the small Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær lies buried a large hoard of silver coinage… treasure! Egill Skallagrímsson, was the anti-hero of a millennium old saga, and, as the story goes, an Icelandic berserker, sorcerer and poet who waged a blood-feud lasting many years against Viking King Eiríkr Bloodaxe and his Queen (Mother of Kings) Gunnhildr. On retiring he…

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  4th Jan 2023

  art, bloganuary

  Skald, Treasure, Vikings