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Gifts and Reciprocality

A look a gifts from the Elder Futhark and Havamal

Weapon Maintenance

A brief guide to keeping your swords and axes in battle ready condition.

Eat Like A Viking

A look at what Viking’s like Odin’s Aett who had settled in England would have been eating during the 10th Century.

Shields

Odin’s Aett’s Master of Arms talks about shields

So you want to be a Viking re-enactor

Getting started is easy with Odin’s Aett Viking Reenactment

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Being a reenactor is always changing as we learn more about the Vikings

This time of year we would usually be getting organised for Wintersnight feast. The Viking’s didn’t think of seasons the way that we do, for them it was simply Summer or Winter. Summer was the easier part of the year, there was plenty of food to be had, travel was easy, there was plenty ofContinue reading “Wintersnight”

Playing with fire – Odins Aett try forging

Odins Aett Viking Re-enactors visit Oldfield Forge to try their hands at forging

Viking Medicine

Herbs for healing, a brief look at viking medicine

Book Review – The Mead Hall

Stephen Pollington’s “The Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England” is a fascinating read. Using Old English texts, including Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Pollington explains the importance of communal meals and how they shaped early English society. This is backed up with archaeological evidence showing how halls were structured, what their feasting gear lookedContinue reading “Book Review – The Mead Hall”