Vikings

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=VIKINGS CLOTHES= Vikings people see today are false Vikings did not wear horned helmets in battle they really wore round[| leather helmets.] Men Vikings wore tunics and trousers. Women wore long dresses. Vikings wore things similar to England and Wales(BBC primary history). There clothes were made from wool and animal skin mostly to keep warm.

=VIKINGS RELIGION= The Viking believed in gods. The one most people know the best, the superhero god Thor. The top three gods in Viking religion, Thor, Odin, and Freya the Viking did believe in many more gods. The type of Viking religion was polytheistic and the Vikings seriously disliked any other religion including Christianity. The Vikings were called Pagens by christian a Pagen is a non believer of Christ. The Vikings did finally adopt Christianity, but well after the Viking age.(Medievality. com).

=VIKING WEAPONS= The Vikings used a dangerous array of weapons while fighting and they fought a lot. Most common of these [| weapons]are sword, axe, and spear. Vikings had an array of dangerous weapons. Such as the javelin. Some vikings even used bows. believed in hand to hand combat up close and bashing heads together. They also used very large knives. Vikings were very good in handling these weapons because they very strong and could lift a sword no matter how heavy it was. =VIKINGS IN BATTLE= The Vikings loved and took pride in there fighting. The Vikings did raid a lot and they were very successful at it. Most of there raids were towards small towns to get cattle and steal jewelry from churches most of the cattle was for food. The Vikings were the very feared of most people to battle because of there large axes in battle. In this the Vikings believed in battle that they could beat anyone and everyone (Gods and creatures). =VIKINGS MEAL= The Vikings had to be hungry a lot after a long day of fighting after raiding people all day. So what did they eat? Vikings ate things such as the fish or shellfish. While waiting for the food to cook the men ate bread and butter because it was fast an easy like how people say that's are bread and butter. On a typical day the The Vikings main dishes were often sea creatures ate two meals instead of three (history on the net). =DAYS OF THE WEEK= The vikings gods are why we have some of the days of our week and the days of the week are named after them. Such as the Anglo Saxon Monandaeg the day Monday is named after them. The Norse god Tyr is for tuesday, tuesday is named after him. Wednesday is named after the god Wodan or Odin. Thursday is named after the norse god Thor. Friday is named after Freya. ( where the days of the week come from)

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http://www.darkknightarmoury.com/c-1493-viking-daggers.aspx