The Victorious Vikings

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The term ''Vikings'' also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Norse homeland. The Vikings had a profound impact on the history of Scandinavia, the British isles, France and Estonia

The word 'Norse' is the name of the Viking people

Vikings are incredible sailors! They sail the seas in a type of boat called a longboat. Vikings sailed up to the Mediterranean, North Africa and were the first Europeans to reach North America!

Did you know that the Normans came from the Norse colonies?!

CLOTHES

The clothes of a typical male Viking consists of trousers, a shirt and an overall tunic.

The clothes of a typical Viking woman consists of a long chemise and a strap apron overdress.

Shirts are usually made from linen, and the trousers are usually made from either linen or wool.

The chemise and the apron were usually made from linen.

The Vikings diet mainly consisted of meat and fish.

This meat consists of cows, horses, oxen, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks.

The fish they ate are; salmon, trout and eels

Hunting for the Vikings was quite the messy job! The Vikings would pursue their prey and when they catch it they would use their tools (next page) to cut open the animal and feast on the inside

LYRE The Lyre is basically a harp, and according to Norse legends, was a gentleman instrument. It looks a lot like a harp and is played like a harp, but only has six strings.

HORN Some horns were just used as blast horns, to alert when an enemy is near, but other horns are used in music. A type of recorder was also made by boring four or five holes into a cow or goat horn.

Viking Lur The Vikings Lur is one of the most talked instruments from the time of the Vikings. This trumpet like instrument was made from one piece of wood which was split lengthwise, the interior hollowed, and then the two halves bounded back together very tightly with some willow bands of different lengths.

The Vikings delighted in sports and games. They played indoor board games and outdoor sporting events. Here are some of the sports they played.

1. Swimming competitions 2. Skiing 3. Wrestling 4. Archery

FUN FACT 'Swimming' competitions actually means wrestling in water until the other person is drowned!

Here are some of the musical instruments that the Vikings used to play.

1. Viking Lur 2. The horn 3. Lyre

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Where the Vikings originated from, The Vikings originated from the three countries of Scandinavia; Norway Denmark Sweden

From the late 8th century to the late 11th century, Vikings raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe.

They explored both westward to Iceland, Greenland and Vinland, as well as eastward to Russia, Iran and Arabia.

In the countries they raided and settled, the period is called the VIKING AGE

Skiing The Vikings used one long ski and one short ski. The long ski is to glide the short one is to push off the ground with. Animal skin was fastened to the bottom of the short ski to make it easier to climb uphill. They also used one long pole to help them.

'SWIMMING' This was a wrestling match in the water. The idea was to keep the opponents head under water until they gave up. These matches often lasted up to hours and were the most popular form of swimming event

ARCHERY Archery was of course something all male Vikings needed to master. The bow and arrow was used in both battle and in hunting. Archery competitions were common. The arrows were made out of wood and steel and the bow was made out of wood and string.

WRESTLING There were different types of wrestling matches and they were greatly loved by the people. Boys began their training at 7 or 8 and continued wrestling until they were older. Free-style wasn't very different from today although it was more about strength and less about skill and balance.

The Viking tribe did not have fancy steel knives and forks like we do, they had stone and wood!

The axe was a very popular tool used by the Vikings and everyone that owned one used it on a daily basis.

The axe that was used specifically for fighting wasn't the same as the one used for chopping wood.

The Vikings carved stones into knives and used them to eat their food.

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