The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate ... Rune Masters were also skilled in the art of rune casting, a method of divination. In one common rune-casting technique, the diviner carved ...

They believed that their runic alphabet could be used to work magic spells ... The practitioners were called Volva. The Vikings believed that the art of Seidr magic came from the Vanir gods. There ...

Rather than melting down all the plunder into bullion, this Viking lord set aside several pieces for his personal collection of exotic, foreign art ... the rune stone at Anundshög in Sweden ...

This was useful for helping to decide who could inherit land and wealth. Image caption, Viking runes were scratched on to the walls at the Maeshowe neolithic burial chamber on Orkney by Vikings ...

From exploring the royal mounds and rune stones of the Viking Age to discovering one of ... archaeological and historical objects including art and coins through to the wider history of science.

The National Nordic Museum is an internationally recognized museum and cultural center where people of all backgrounds are welcomed to be inspired by the values, traditions, art, and spirit of the ...

Prominent exhibits include Viking runes, the Gundestrup Cauldron ... The Statens Museum for Kunst (official website) is the largest art museum in Denmark. This National Gallery of Denmark features ...

Vikings conjure up images of an idealized masculinity ... Its leader was called the Imperial Wizard; his deputies were Grand Dragons. The Nazis used medieval runes as symbols of their might and noble ...

Players take on the role of Amicia de Rune and her younger brother Hugo de ... For in the land of Hermes, the people became obsessed with the art of Alchemy. They thought it would be the answer ...

From the crest of the mountain the land splays out before me like a ruffled green rug, its pudding-bowl curves carpeted with ...