A mini ep of the podcast for you while we prepare our extended episode with a very special guest! Beothail & The Well of Bones! Check out Podbean or YouTube for a tale of love loss & messages from the afterlife! #vikings #LisMhor #Scotland youtu.be/Fyj6lcphss8?...

Today’s #Scottish #OldScots #wordoftheday!

Tapsalteerie - chaotic, upside-down, or topsy-turvy

Pic via Unsplash Florian Gagnepan

Today’s #Scottish #OldScots #wordoftheday!
#Whigmaleerie - a trinket, decorative object or ornamentation (also figmaleery - a whim or fancy)

Pic via Unsplash Eric Prouzet

Good morning! Our #Scottish #wordoftheday is…

Tumshie - a turnip, and in #OldScots a ‘tumshie-gowk’ is a scarecrow, and a ‘ram’ is a masher for said vegetable!

Pic via Unsplash Bozhin Karaivanov

Show your love for medieval literature with our Gawain and the Green Knight tee—get yours now! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/59443747-gawain-and-the-green-knight?store_id=3203342 #Tshirt #Merch

New Viking-period silver hoard found during unlicensed metal-detection somewhere in Jönköping county, 🇸🇪.

It was left anonymously to local authorities who describe it as "the largest of its kind" in the county.

More to come; meanwhile - here's a radio spot in 🇸🇪-ish:
sverigesradio.se/artikel/silv...

How about a daily dose of #runes, and we start with inscriptions on display at the Historical museum, as part of our permanent medieval exhibition ‘NOREGR – Medieval Stories’ that opened in February 2024: www.historiskmuseum.no/english/exhi... #runology

Tenth-century #Viking #sword fragment discovered in Frisian soil:

www.fryske-akademy.nl/en/news-and-...

#Norsevember

We usually see the 'Vikings' through the lens of the people they attacked or the places they went.

But not all Norse were Viking.

What was life like back in their homeland?

spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2020/11/13/n...

Do you have a favourite Norse myth?

Here are our favourites

Pieces by @bjornlarssen.com @masquereads.bsky.social @suebavey.bsky.social and myself:

spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2021/11/27/o...

🗡️ NEW REVIEW 🗡️

Arthur by Giles Kristian

I could have written and re-written this review all day and not do this book and series justice. It's been a privilege and an honour to experience this and I just want to shout from the rooftops about it:

spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2024/11/18/a...

COVER REVEAL!

The Shards of the Moon by @brendannoble.bsky.social

This is a gorgeous cover. Check out the post to see the series covers and an ARC sign up:

spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2024/11/25/c...

The MLL pod has returned with a marvellous episode featuring @rgeirsson.bsky.social Rowdy Geirsson & The Impudent Edda! We had a fantastic chat, join us again as we discuss the recent exploits of the #Norse gods! #Edda #Odin #Boston

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Angus McBride did some good work!
www.scandinavianaggression.com/2024/06/of-m...

The Impudent Edda episode of the Myth Legend & Lore Podcast is now alive on YouTube for anyone who needs to know more about Odin’s inappropriate use of his phone, Freyja’s tendency to adopt every stray cat she finds, and Loki’s involvement in Brady’s suspension: m.youtube.com/watch?v=3b_a...