Notes 3/16- Vikings

• People living in Gaul were the Celts.
• Gaul is modern day France.
• Middle ages- 6th century through the 14 into the 15th century
• The vikings were the people who lived in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.
• The Vikings were not Christianized in the early middle ages, unlike the Celts. This was because the Vikings lived outside of the Roman empire.
• The Vikings attack england, and go right down through Ireland, and are probably there the 7th through 9th centuries.
• There are nine worlds in Norse mythology:
• Midgard- this is where we lived(middle)
• Alfheimr- this is the north of us, where the elves live(north)
• Svartalfaheim- elves live here, and this is behind us(South)
• Vanaheimr- (east)
• Muspellheim- The world of fire, where the sun comes up in the morning((east)
• Jotunheimr- (eat)
• Niflheim- (west)
• Asgard- (up)
• Hel- (down) netherworld
• Ginnugagap- (across?)

• The Edda- There are two, the old and new. They contain the stories of the Gods (they are books)
• Yggdrasil Tree.
• Runes- the alphabet
• Ragnarok- kind of like the end of the world
• Heimskringla- Another book. It is about the great Kings and heros of Norse culture. Written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century
• Viking stories are called Sagas.
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