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Norse / Vikings - Coggle Diagram
Norse / Vikings
Beliefs
Viking funerals
Longships
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Horse, dog, slave girl.
Slave girl killed by 'angel of death' - oldest slave girl available. Girl (after 7 days of partying) given poison, stabbed through the heart and garrotted. Shield lifting and what she could see. I can see paradise!
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Ceremony - marched around the longship, blew the horn
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Gods and Goddesses
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Freyja
Fertility, love, battle and death
Four dwarves under the tree who make the necklace that Freyja desperately wanted. She married them each for a day as payment but this led to her getting into trouble because of Loki.
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Thor
God of thunder and lightning, the sky and agriculture
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The Viking Warrior
Weapons
Bow and arrows. Vikings had non-barbed arrows so that wounds could be healed. Arrowheads - some bobin to pierce armor, and also spiral design to carry burning coal to set fires
Swords
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Anklebiter
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How they fought
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Attack legs because against the round shield that was the best target. Attacking upper body could mean sword gets stuck in shield and can then get snapped. Some good swords but some bad! Finish by stabbing the thigh - ephemeral artery - 8 meters blood spurted
Hand behind the shield, including the one holding the weapon to keep it protected
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Games
Tafl
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Be on opposite sides to capture or one on every side if the king, unless at the wall, then only three.