In another set of four Viking-era monuments, known collectively as the Bække-Læborg group, two runestones mention a woman named Thyra. Those stones are associated with a carver named Ravnunge ...

Viking warriors harnessed the arcane powers of the runes even in war. Runic inscriptions on swords entreated the gods either to protect the sword's owner or bring pain and misery to his enemy.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are baffled by a set of Viking-age stones discovered in the UK that appear to be "earlier than similar monuments in Norway". By Callum Hoare 05:29, Wed, Jul 14, 2021 | UPDATED: 13: ...

OSLO, Norway, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A researcher at Norway's University of Oslo said his research found Vikings sometimes used coded runes to send each other romantic messages. Jonas Nordby, a Ph.D ...

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? ... The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state. 31 October 2022. Share Save. Heide Brandes. Features correspondent.

Write Your Name in Runes. By Nicole Sanderson; Posted 04.28.11; NOVA; Runes are the characters of the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples from about the second to the 15th ...

One set of runes came from a pair of monuments known as the Jelling stones, ... In another set of four Viking-era monuments, known collectively as the Bække-Læborg group, ...