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[5] [17] Nevertheless, of the more than 3000 viking swords found in Norway alone, only some 170 swords are of undisputed frankish origin. (ref TP) Many of the most important Viking weapons were highly ornate—decorated lavishly with gold and silver. Weapons adorned as such served large religious and social functions.
The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages.. The Viking Age or Carolingian-era sword developed in the 8th century from the Merovingian sword more specifically, the Frankish production of swords in the 6th to 7th century and during the 11th to 12th century in turn gave rise to the ...
Pages in category "Mythological Norse weapons". The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
For the character from the ".hack" franchise, see Balmung (.hack). In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse Gramr, meaning "Wrath"), [ 1 ] also known as Balmung or Nothung, is the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir. [ 2 ] It is primarily used by the Völsungs in the Volsunga Saga. However, it is also seen in other legends, such as the ...
List of valkyrie names. "Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries ...
Skǫfnungr was a type of weapon, e.g. skǫfnungs-ǫx (an axe). The name is a later form of the word skǫflungr which meant "the skin". [ 53 ] A sword belonging to Hrólfr kraki (Hróðulf) in Hrólfs saga kraka, in which is "bound the souls of twelve berserkers", and its sharpness is unnatural. [ 35 ]
Skofnung (Old Norse: Skofnungr) is in medieval Icelandic literature the sword of legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki.According to Hrólfs saga kraka "The best of all swords that have been carried in northern lands", [1] it was renowned for supernatural sharpness and hardness, as well as for being imbued with the spirits of the king's 12 faithful berserker bodyguards.