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The Nine Worlds were: Asgard (home of the Aesir); Vanaheim (home of the Vanir); Alfheim (home of the Elves); Midgard (Earth); Jotunheim (home of the Giants); Svaltalfheim (home of the Dwarfs); Muspelheim (home of the Fire Giants); Niflheim (Emptiness and a possible afterlife?) and Hel (a grim place for the unworthy dead). It is thought that slaves may have been named after physical features or the task they typically performed. We won’t give examples for fear of offending! Watch Horrible Histories songs about the Vikings, the Vikings & Garkunkel Song and The Vikings - Literally

So we’ve spent months researching the biggest & best list of interesting, random facts, all for you – for free!Larry the Cable Guy’s real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney. His notable Southern accent is fake – he was born and raised in the midwest, not the South. In winter, Vikings brought their cattle and poultry into their longhouse (which they could share with children, slaves and their own parents)! Bifrost was a rainbow bridge which connected Asgard to Midgard (Earth) and can still been seen on rainy days when sunshine follows! Because of the expansion of the Vikings across Europe, a comparison of DNA and archeology undertaken by scientists at the University of Cambridge and University of Copenhagen suggested that the term "Viking" may have evolved to become "a job description, not a matter of heredity", at least in some Viking bands. [95] Motives

Other social structures included the communities of félag in both the civil and the military spheres, to which its members (called félagi) were obliged. A félag could be centred around certain trades, a common ownership of a sea vessel or a military obligation under a specific leader. Members of the latter were referred to as drenge, one of the words for warrior. There were also official communities within towns and villages, the overall defence, religion, the legal system and the Things. The Vikings kept long benches in their homes that they’d use to sit on during the day, and then to sleep on at night. Only rich people had beds. Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” in 2010. Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his Harry Potter glasses. The southern coast of the Baltic Sea was ruled by the Obotrites, a federation of Slavic tribes loyal to the Carolingians and later the Frankish empire. The Vikings—led by King Gudfred—destroyed the Obotrite city of Reric on the southern Baltic coast in 808 AD and transferred the merchants and traders to Hedeby. [94] This secured Viking supremacy in the Baltic Sea, which continued throughout the Viking Age.Vikings is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), [2] [3] [4] [5] who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe. [6] [7] [8] They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland (present-day Newfoundland in Canada, North America). In their countries of origin, and some of the countries they raided and settled in, this period is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a whole. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Estonia, and Kievan Rus'. [9] Many of the days of the week are named after Viking gods and goddesses. For example, Thursday is named after Thor as 'Thors-day'. Erik the Red was so violent even fellow Vikings objected; exiling him from both Norway and Iceland.