Megan Tegman

What did it mean to give in the Viking Age?  For the Norse people, generosity was never a simple gesture; … Read More

Beads are small, but their journeys were not. Traders followed trade route shorelines, crossed cold bays, and, sometimes, waited days … Read More

The image of the Viking is often one of a wild, fearless warrior, driven by a thirst for plunder and … Read More

The harsh cultural legacy of Norse mythology is like no other. Viking mythology, unlike the Greek, is full of imperfections. … Read More

When most people think of Vikings, they imagine fierce warriors in longships raiding distant coasts. While raiding was indeed part … Read More

The Viking world is often imagined as a saga of warriors, longships, and endless raids across cold seas. But literature … Read More

Ubisoft fans have loved Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for a long time. The game takes players to 9th-century England, where Vikings … Read More

The Vikings were not only warriors but also thinkers. Some ran into battle with no fear. Others planned carefully and … Read More

There’s something undeniably captivating about the Viking Age. It was a time of warriors and castles, magic and superstition, quests … Read More

Centuries before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, Viking ships were already arriving in North America.  Stories of the Vikings in the … Read More