Runes No, it’s not a Norse rune called “Odal” 3 Mar 20213 Mar 2021 Image from YouTube Since Saturday February 27, 2021, news has been circulating about the American Conservative Union’s convention, “CPAC,” which was held in Orlando, Florida. Internet observers claimed that the CPAC’s stage…
Germanic mythology… Heavy metal and Viking myths 26 Jul 201926 Jul 2019 This interview with Dr. Benjamin Teitelbaum, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, is about the use of Vikings, the Viking Age, and Nordic mythology in…
The Viking Age What I think of the show “Vikings” on the History Channel Part One 1 Jun 20191 Jun 2019 In this video (part 1 of 2), I'm discussing the historicity of the show "Vikings" on the History Channel. What's good? What's bad? How does it hold up to the…
The Viking Age What was the Viking Age anyway? part two 25 May 201925 May 2019 This is the second part of the video on what the Viking Age was. In this video, I go in depth with the relationship between Scandinavians and Eastern Europe, and…
The Viking Age What was the Viking Age anyway? part one 23 May 201925 May 2019 In the video below, I discuss what the Viking Age actually was. Did it begin with the attack on Lindisfarne in 793? Did it end with Harold hard-ruler's death in…