VIKINGS

Vikings invade from the North: From about 800-1000 C.E. invasions destroyed

the Carolingian Empire The Vikings (Northsmen/Norsemen) were a

Germanic people from Scandinavia, Northern Europe

The Vikings worshiped warlike gods and took pride in names like Eric the Bloodaxe and Thorfin Skullspliter

Came through Europe pillaging and looting villages all over Europe

Vikings in Europe

Viking ships were the best of the timeLong and narrow; carried about 50 menAllowed Viking invaders to travel further inland

Ships of War

Vikings Invade from the North Vikings are not just invaders Also farmers, traders, and explorers Leif Ericson a Viking explorer reached North

America in 1000 C.E. nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus

Around 1000 C.E. the climate in Scandinavia grew warmer making farming much easier

New generations of Vikings stayed to farm bringing an end to most Viking raids

More than Raiders

Norse MythologyOdin

Major god, father of the gods

God of war, death, poetry and wisdom

Rules over Asgard with his wife Frigg

Father to the mighty Thor

Asgard and ValhallaAsgard is the capital city of

the Norse gods, similar to Mount Olympus (Greek)

Inside Asgard is the great hall of ValhallaValhalla is a majestic hall

that serves as a way to celebrate great Viking warriors. Odin selects men who die in battle to live eternally in Valhalla with all others who have died bravely in battle.

Fallen Vikings are brought to Valhalla by Valkyrie's

ThorGod of thunder and

lightning, also protector of man-kind

Son of OdinWields a giant

hammer

LokiLoki is a shape

shifter

Can take on the appearance on many other people and creatures

Trickster god, god of mischief

Ragnorok Prophecy in Nordic

mythology that describes several events that will lead to the destruction of many god including Odin

Natural disasters will result in the earth being submerged in water and will return new and fertile.

Then the world will be repopulated by two humans…