Despite their origins more than 1,000 years ago, both the Viking Age and Norse mythology have a massive cultural impact today.
From the growing popularity of viking names to the reenactment societies all across the world and major movies and TV shows, Norse history is everywhere.
Viking tattoo inspiration
The mystique surrounding Viking culture and what we know about how they lived still remains relevant today. Many people of Norwegian heritage choose to get a tattoo to show their pride.
Ideas enough on the internet, my favs are on my Pinterest profile:
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Also check out my previous post about tattoos:
There's no hard evidence that tattoos were commonplace in the Viking age. Because skin is so fragile, it almost never survives in burials.
We do know from Arabic observer that the Rus, a Swedish Viking tribe that are believed to be the ancestors of East Slavic people, had tattoos.
He wrote:
Each man has an axe, a sword, and a knife and keeps each by him at all times.
The swords are broad and grooved, of Frankish sort.
Every man is tattooed from finger nails to neck with dark green (or green or blue-black) trees, figures, etc.
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