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  2. Blood eagle - Wikipedia

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    The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry. According to the two instances mentioned in the Christian sagas , the victims (in both cases members of royal families) were placed in a prone position , their ribs severed from the spine with a sharp tool, and their lungs pulled through the opening to create a ...

  3. 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash - Wikipedia

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    The 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash (Norwegian: Holtaheia-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain incident on 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand, Norway.The Eagle Airways (later, British Eagle) Vickers 610 Viking 3B Lord Rodney was en route from London Heathrow to Stavanger Airport, Sola on an AIR Tours charter flight taking a school group for a camping holiday.

  4. Hræsvelgr - Wikipedia

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    Snorri adds that Hræsvelgr sits at the north end of heaven, and that winds originate from under his gigantic eagle’s wings when he spreads them for flight. [3]

  5. Ælla of Northumbria - Wikipedia

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    In the fourth season, he executes Viking leader Ragnar Lothbrok by throwing him into a pit of snakes, and he is executed in retaliation by Ragnar's sons via the blood eagle. In The Last Kingdom, a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell, Ælla appears very briefly as a minor character at the beginning of the book. He, along with Osberht and Uhtred ...

  6. Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit - Wikipedia

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    The Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit at Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, Dorset, was a mass grave of 54 skeletons, including 51 skulls, of Scandinavian men executed some time between AD 970 and 1025. The men are believed to have been Vikings executed by local Anglo-Saxons .

  7. What Is the Spiritual Meaning of Seeing a Bald Eagle? - AOL

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    “A flying eagle may be showing you that it’s time to rise to a higher perspective, to get beyond your own limited beliefs and thoughts and consider the issue at hand from other points of view ...

  8. Flaying - Wikipedia

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    Flaying is a method of slow and painful torture and/or execution in which skin is removed from the body. Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact. Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact.

  9. List of methods of capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    Blood eagle: Cutting the skin of the victim by the spine, breaking the ribs so they resembled blood-stained wings, and pulling the lungs out through the wounds in the victim's back. Possibly used by the Vikings (of disputed historicity). Boiling: Carried out using a large cauldron filled with water, oil, tar, tallow, or even molten lead ...