The Axe Ragnar Lothbrok Carries in Vikings, and What It Really Is
Most people who search for Ragnar Lothbrok's axe are thinking of one thing: the bearded axe that Travis Fimmel's Ragnar carries th...
Viking Symbols and Their Meanings
Search for Viking symbols and you will find the same dozen designs on pendants, tattoos and axe heads, each with a confident one l...
What Is a Bearded Axe? The Viking Axe Shape Explained
Ask ten people to draw a Viking axe and most will sketch a bearded axe without knowing the name for it. The long lower lip that ha...
Ulfberht Swords: The Mystery of the Best Viking Blades
Around 170 Viking Age swords carry the Ulfberht inscription. What made their steel special, and why medieval fakes were common.
Mjölnir: The Meaning of Thor’s Hammer
What Mjolnir means in Norse mythology and Viking life: the name, the forging myth, hammer pendants, and the symbol today.
The Seax: The Knife Every Viking Carried
The seax was the single-edged knife every Viking carried. Its history, types, construction, and role in daily Norse life.
Viking Axe History: Bearded Axes, Dane Axes and How They Were Used
How Viking bearded axes and Dane axes were made and used, from farm tool to battlefield legend, based on real archaeological finds.