I'm trying to reconcile the significance of red cloth to the natives in Eirik the Red's Saga. Can anyone point me in the right direction? [more inside]
posted by Edelweiss on May 19, 2008 - 9 answers

Homeworkfilter: Help me figure out some clever viking themed titles and advertisements. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on Jan 1, 2008 - 11 answers

When was this football game and how can I get a copy of it? The game was Minnesota Vikings vs. Dallas Cowboys, sometime in the the mid 1970's, I think. It remains the most unusual game I have ever seen, with Minnesota doing many innovative and strange things to confuse Dallas, like lining up all to the right of center, passing on all four downs, etc. Anyone who saw this game would remember how unusual it was.
posted by gnossos on Oct 6, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for books or articles in English on the city of Luna, founded in Italy in 177 BC and destroyed in AD 1016. Specifically I'm trying to find information on the AD 859 sack of Pisa and Luna by viking raiders under the command of Hastein (or Hásteinn), but additional information on the city would be good too.
posted by Kattullus on Jun 10, 2007 - 6 answers

Which Viking torture / punishment involved progressively severing segments of the limbs? [more inside]
posted by Black Spring on Dec 8, 2006 - 13 answers

Can you identify this Viking stronghold in the Netherlands? The caption for the picture is "Reisverk Viking stronghold in the Netherlands (Zeeland) ca. 1000 A.D." [more inside]
posted by 6550 on Nov 30, 2005 - 9 answers

Are there any good Viking movies? Total cheese OK.
posted by argybarg on Mar 11, 2005 - 22 answers