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A braided Viking beard closed with a single plain bronze ring, against an undyed wool tunic

Viking Beard Beads and Hair Beads: What the Fin...

Beard beads are largely a modern look. Norse graves are full of combs, so grooming clearly mattered, but there is no attested object type that archaeologists call a beard bead....

Viking Beard Beads and Hair Beads: What the Fin...

Beard beads are largely a modern look. Norse graves are full of combs, so grooming clearly mattered, but there is no attested object type that archaeologists call a beard bead....

Two silver bands with the same knotwork on grey stone, one wide and one narrow

Matching Viking Wedding Rings: His and Hers Wit...

The usual problem with a matched pair is that a band which suits one hand rarely suits the other. The Norse answer is to match the pattern rather than the...

Matching Viking Wedding Rings: His and Hers Wit...

The usual problem with a matched pair is that a band which suits one hand rarely suits the other. The Norse answer is to match the pattern rather than the...

Three wedding bands on slate, a plain gold band, a blackened gothic ring and a Norse knotwork band

Medieval, Gothic and Fantasy Wedding Rings: Whe...

Medieval, gothic, fantasy and Norse get used interchangeably in alternative wedding ring listings, and they are four different things. Two are real historical periods, one is a Victorian invention wearing...

Medieval, Gothic and Fantasy Wedding Rings: Whe...

Medieval, gothic, fantasy and Norse get used interchangeably in alternative wedding ring listings, and they are four different things. Two are real historical periods, one is a Victorian invention wearing...

A Celtic stone interlace panel beside a carved oak panel of Norse animal interlace

Celtic Knot vs Viking Knotwork Wedding Rings: T...

The quickest way to tell them apart: Celtic interlace is a knot, and Norse interlace is an animal tied in a knot. Look for a head, a jaw or a...

Celtic Knot vs Viking Knotwork Wedding Rings: T...

The quickest way to tell them apart: Celtic interlace is a knot, and Norse interlace is an animal tied in a knot. Look for a head, a jaw or a...

A woman's hand from a wool cloak sleeve wearing a slim silver band with fine knotwork

Viking Wedding Rings for Women: What Norse Wome...

Norse women did wear rings, but finger rings were never the piece that mattered. The paired oval brooch and the arm ring carried status and wealth. Knowing that changes what...

Viking Wedding Rings for Women: What Norse Wome...

Norse women did wear rings, but finger rings were never the piece that mattered. The paired oval brooch and the arm ring carried status and wealth. Knowing that changes what...

A heavy twisted silver oath ring lying on a worn stone step in a dim hall

Are Wedding Rings Pagan? Where the Wedding Ring...

Wedding rings are older than Christianity, so in the loosest sense yes. But they came from Roman civil custom rather than from any pagan rite, no god was involved, and...

Are Wedding Rings Pagan? Where the Wedding Ring...

Wedding rings are older than Christianity, so in the loosest sense yes. But they came from Roman civil custom rather than from any pagan rite, no god was involved, and...