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Viking Age Denmark

Mara,


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Karoliina
 
Oh I see Skarphedinn. Most interesting. I never knew about that before. It's a bit like the ancient Chinese and Egyptian royalty's practise of being entombed with their possessions and servants, or later miniature representations of their possessions and servants.


Mara, good luck and most interested in anything else that comes to light. You never know. What makes you think the other memories/flashes are just 'rubbish'? There seem to be some experts here who may be able to either confirm or contradict anything you may remember. Also, it happens that people can sometimes remember things that are only later confirmed by the experts.
 
Yes, it could have been something like Chinese and Egyptians, and as far as I know it was done also by the commoners to be buried with their personal belongings, until about the late 9th century. In Iceland this custom was in use even later on, as Heathen religion had followers in the early 11th century. Officially Iceland took Christianity in 1000 AD.


Skarphedinn
 
I´ve posted this to flashback memory sharing circle in May 2nd:

I also had a "flash" yesterday. This happened when I was at my boyfriends place. Maybe this vision has something to do with him, maybe not.
However, I saw medieval cavalry in their armours. They were obviously getting prepared for a battle, but in my flash the atmosphere was still quite peaceful, although I have to say that the guys were pretty harsh looking. I got a really good glimpse of the suit of armour and by googling I found an exact match. They were normans. In this link there is a picture of how they looked like:


http://members.tripod.com/Preachan/knights1.html


I didn´t see myself, so I´m not sure, if I was also a norman warrior, but it´s very possible.
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Now I´m sure I got a glimpse of the battle of Hastings, but I haven´t been sure, if I was a warrior or for example a stable boy or a family member.


Well, today I was having coffee downtown and something odd happened. I was in the toilet, washing my hands in the front of the mirror and when I glimpsed myself I accidentally had exactly the same look in my eyes as the cavaliers in my vision. I just thought that "Oh my God, I was one of them."
 
The things that happen in bathrooms! :laugh:


Interesting Lila P. Have you tried any meditation to see if you can get any more info about this? I for one am not surprised if you were one of the soldiers. It seems to be a common thread with you.
 
How odd to read a reference to Else Roesdahl here :) Are you an archeologist too Skarphedinn? Where are you from?


Sorry to be off topic : angel .


In the Viking Age it was the rich women who were buried in wagons (without the wheels). Rich men were mainly buried in ships. The burial in the Oseberg Ship *was* a ladies burial, however there was also a wagon there. Bottomline is that men weren't buried in wagons, at least not here in the North.


However, moving back in time to the European Celts there is a different picture. Here both (rich) men and women were buried with wagons. I'm thinking of the Hochdorf grave and 'the Princess of Vix' in particular. The Hochdorf-man was lying on a couch-like arrangement, the wagon on the opposite site of the room, but the Vix-woman was lying on the wagon, the wheels taken off and put along the wall. Both were very, very rich graves.


Interpretation of this should be done with great carefullness. At university our teachers make a great deal about telling us that we'll never know the truth, so any interpretation is well, just guesses :eek: :(
 
Hail to Thee, Sunniva!


'The Vikings' by Else Roesdahl is an excellent work to present the Viking Age Scandinavia, I am glad that I could read it. It was the first professional archeological work I have read on the topic, full of valuable information. Unfortunately I am not an archeologist, although I have shown interest towards archeology since early childhood. My special field of interest is Saga Age Iceland and 15th century France and England, towards the end of the Hundred Years' War. I managed to have been born in Hungary. Well, I could have imagined a better choice, but God knows... :D


I think I have hinted being buried in waggons was reserved for ladies, referring to Ms. Roesdahl, but I don't know if it was only for them.


Yes, your teachers are right, science is history of hipotheses ('The Truth is out there!'), and as people either 'ordinary ones' or men of science thought radically differently a few decades ago, they will within a few decades. Thomas Kuhn wrote about it - his work was one of the most inspiring ones that led me to this forum.


Skarphedinn
 
How interesting! :) I've had the pleasure of meeting Else Roesdahl once - actually it was at the above mentioned lecture. She is a very, very nice lady and one of our only experts on the Vikings in Dk.


The problem with the wagon burials is that so far we haven't found any male graves with wagons in them. I can only speak for Dk of course, but it does seem to be a ladies choice.
 
That's nice to hear! She did a real good job with her book, you can be proud that she is your teacher.


Finding out truth is not an easy mission, as we know 'Truth is out there.' I think concrete evidence-based archeology is still more reliable than random memories in themselves. We know exactly - first of all from Frederic Bartlett - how memories are being (re)constructed, and they can easily be modified, especially if later elements interfere with the original memory.


Concerning your studies/job - where are you doing excavations or which sites are you visiting for information and case studies? I am interested in the latest news of Danish archeology.


Skarphedinn
 
Absolutely! :)


We mustn't forget that the vikings weren't just raiders, but also merchants and they travelled far to sell and buy - the Muslim world was one of the best places to do that :)


We have so many arabic coins in the Danish material from this period - most of them from, well yes, raids, but we also have accounts (from muslim sources) of arabic merchants going up north.


There is a splendid account of a viking-king's funeral in Novgorod as seen by one of these arabic merchants (I can't remember his name though) and there is also an account of the same merchant going to the Haithabu (Hedeby). As far as I remember there has been found things there that could be connected to him, both there in Haithabu, but also in Tissoe, which is another important seat of a king from the period.


And in Denmark we have found graves that very much points towards being muslim (the way they're oriented and also quite recently DNA-tests).


Gosh...I should write a book :laugh:
 
Right, but towards the end of the reign of Harald Blåtand they started running out of it. As far as I remember it were rather the Danes to travel South to meet Muslims and trade with them, but it was not uncommon to see Muslims in Scadinavia either. In those centuries majority of the coins found were of Islamic origin.


Well, it is still more convincing if you tell the same, Sunniva, I only use secondary sources.


Skarphedinn
 
Hey :)


Hm, I'm afraid I can't help you with the words. Although for some reason I found that especially Tua'namm seemed gaelic. Problem is though that if this pl took place in the Roman Iron Age we have no idea what language was spoken. Or rather, we have an idea what language was spoken (it was most like an Indoeuropean one), but the language itself is completely lost. All there is left are a few words or names written on fibulas and swords. The earliest inscription we have is on a comb and it says simply 'Harja'. Whatever that means :rolleyes::cool
 
This thread may be of interest to members, who suspect a past life during the viking age :)


Do you have anything to add?
 
Sunniva said:
Hey :)
Hm, I'm afraid I can't help you with the words. Although for some reason I found that especially Tua'namm seemed gaelic. Problem is though that if this pl took place in the Roman Iron Age we have no idea what language was spoken. Or rather, we have an idea what language was spoken (it was most like an Indoeuropean one), but the language itself is completely lost. All there is left are a few words or names written on fibulas and swords. The earliest inscription we have is on a comb and it says simply 'Harja'. Whatever that means :rolleyes::cool
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Really? There was actually a Viking-Age comb found which said the word ''harja'' on it? ''Harja'', in Finnish, means a brush or comb. For hair. :eek:
 
I'm quite late on this, but it was a fascinating thread.


On page 1 of the thread, someone asked how Harald Bluetooth ended up lending his name to a technology.


Harald united several kingdoms (of different languages) under one king for a time...the Bluetooth technology "unites" several different devices using a special wavelength/frequency.


And there ends all I remember from an early IT course in college ;)
 
That's interesting!! :thumbsup: Thanks for that info - I would never have guessed it, but it makes sense :)
 
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