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i visited the Hungarian national Museum last March.
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• Góa •
“Velkomin sértu, góa mín,
og gakktu í bæinn;
vertu ekki úti í vindinum
vorlangan daginn”
According to the Old Icelandic calendar have just left behind the month of Þorri, and today we enter the month of Góa. Being among the last winter months, it might have been a difficult time with food supplies running low, but also a time filled with hope for an early and mild spring. This is illustrated by Icelandic proverbs such as "að þreyja þorrann og góuna” (to endure Þorri and Góa, that is, to overcome difficult times). Several aspects of the stories and traditions related to Góa are associated with hopes of fertility and growth.
Icelandic folktales describe how this month is the month of women, and that it should be greeted by the housewife on the farm. On this first day of Góa she should rise early and step outside before getting dressed, walk thrice around the farm, and speak the words from the top of this post. Let me translate them to English:
“Welcome, my dear Góa,
and come on inside;
don’t stay out in the wind,
on this long day of spring.”
#góa #viking #vikings #norse #norsecalendar #vikingage #vikingreenactment #vikingreenactor #vikingsofinstagram #vikinglife #vikingwoman #vikingbling #vikingdress #handsewn #historicalclothing #aprondress #vikingblog #valkyrie #valkyrja
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• Ýlir •
Ýlir ís the first of the two Yule months in the Old Norse calendar. It was also called Frermánuðr (frost month) in some sources. ❤️
Want to read more about the Old Norse months? Check out the blog post I wrote earlier this year: Valkyrja.com/norsecalendar.html
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♥️ Rauðr smokkr á bringu - gylltir dvergar á öxlum ✨
Have a good Saturday night everyone!
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The leaves are starting to turn from green to deep red and gold, and the air is cooler, crisper…
I got a new camera lens for my birthday this month, so I have been out capturing that autumn vibe.
New blog post with photography on my blog Valkyrja.com (link in profile)
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…can you feel that?
It’s Friday! ❤️
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Details…
One of the two blue/brown six-strand braids running down along the back of the apron dress (based on the Hedeby/Haithabu find), and the linen shoulder straps made by folding fabric fourfold and closing it with whip stitch.
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The shoulder straps/loops on apron dresses seem to have usually been made of linen, also when the remainder of the dress is made of wool.
This is for example seen in the rich Birka material where vast majority of findings of such loops were linen, even though plant fibres usually decompose rapidly under Scandinavian preservation conditions.
This may be surprising to some, since we more often see wool loops on apron dresses among historical reenactors (including myself)!
Why do you think that is? Do you find it prettier when the shoulder straps and dress are identical in color and material?
That has been the case for my part. But after having made and worn these, I can definitely get used to this! Linen straps are also more durable and less stretchy, so they do their job well holding the heavy brooches in place.
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• The blue aprondress •
Part 4/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE
The second garment in the grave was identified as an apron dress.
Underneath the tortoise brooches, there were pieces of both the upper and lower looped straps used to suspend the dress over the shoulders. These were made of plant fibre, specifically linen.
Apart from these straps, the findings do not reveal more details about the design of the apron dress. I therefore based my interpretation on the largest and best-preserved existing find, namely the Hedeby/Haithabu fragment, with a closed and fitted design flaring from the hips and six-strand braids running down along the back.
I used blue wool fabric in a plain tabby weave, handsewn with wool thread. This seemed like the most plausible alternative based on previous findings as well as those wool fragments that were indeed found in the grave (more about that in part 5/6)!
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• The beads •
Part 2/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE
Two dozen beads were found in the area around the brooches. One was a large discoid shaped amber bead measuring 22.6mm, and the remaining 23 were made of glass.
Originally, these beads had production sites spread across large geographical distances. For example, the segmented beads in blue and golden are believed to come from the Byzantine territory in the southeast, while the simple opaque ones may have been Scandinavian.
I did not have the beads made to order for this project, but simply tried to collect similar ones from brilliant vendors of handmade beads such as the ones tagged above. But recreating the bead row was challenging since all markets in my area were cancelled this summer, and especially because this grave find has not been recreated previously. The patterns and proportions of the individual beads are not accurate in all cases either. I aim to keep improving this as society and historical markets open up again!
Thanks to Søren Diinhoff at the University Museum of Bergen for access to the relevant reports as well as permission to use the second photo above, showing some of the original beads in situ.
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• The brooches •
Part 1/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE ✨
The bronze tortoise brooches found in the grave were double shelled. The open-work top shells were gold-plated and richly ornamented, with a smooth inner shell beneath. They are within type R652/654 (Rygh), categorized as P51 in Petersen’s classification of tortoise brooches.
This is actually the most common brooch design from the Viking Age, with findings spread from Norway (with about 50 findings in my county alone) to Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, the British Isles, Russia…
That makes you think, doesn’t it? I find it so interesting how these fashion designs managed to find their way to local farmsteads up hill and down dale, in a time where travel was done by foot, horse and ship.
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The woman at Spurkeland, early 900s CE
Some years ago, a friend of mine found a tortoise brooch on a farm here on the west coast of Norway, which led to archaeological excavations that revealed a woman’s grave from the early 900s. The finding remained unpublished and has not been recreated until now. I was up for the challenge. How often do you come across such a relevant finding so close to home?
I’ve been working on this project for the past months, and will be sharing it with you here in the days to come! You will find the whole story and all photos on my blog Valkyrja.com (link in profile) ✨
#viking #vikings #norse #vikingage #vikingtid #reenactment #vikingreenactment #vikingreenactor #livinghistory #levendehistorie #archaeology #spurkeland #vikingsofinstagram #vikingsummer #vikinglife #vikingwoman #vikingbling #vikingdress #handsewn #historicalclothing #aprondress #vikingblog #valkyrie #valkyrja
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• Lofotr •
As you may know I am half Icelandic, but my Norwegian half is actually from the north of Norway (not from Bergen where I live). This photo is from last summer when we went on a roadtrip north to stay in my fathers’ childhood home in Lofoten.
And of course we had to visit the beautiful Lofotr Viking Museum, with it’s large and magnificent longhouse! ✨
#lofotr #lofoten #longhouse #viking #vikings #norse #vikingage #vikingreenactment #vikingreenactor #vikingsofinstagram #vikingsummer #vikinglife #vikingwoman #vikingbling #vikingdress #handsewn #historicalclothing #aprondress #vikingblog #valkyrie #valkyrja (at Lofoten, Norway)
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This week I started my summer vacation! *happyface*
I normally don’t write much about my “modern life” here, but I am a senior researcher within the field of health psychology, coordinating a large international clinical trial. It’s a lot of fun but also a lot of work! I am very excited about having several weeks off, to relax and enjoy my hobbies and projects I’ll also be travelling to Iceland to finally visit my family there again
What are you doing this summer? ☀️
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It’s the weekend! ☀️
Do you have anything fun planned?
(I have no plans at all, and I find it absolutely glorious!)
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