Old Norse lessons on friendship
Friendships where a cornerstone of Norse Viking society, valued as highly as courage and honor. The Norse people, known for their fierce warrior culture, also placed great importance on bonds of friendship, loyalty, trust, and mutual respect. Their wisdom on friendship has been preserved in ancient texts like the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and […]
Old Norse wisdom on wealth
The Vikings are remembered as raiders and explorers, but they were also shrewd traders, farmers, and craftsmen. They valued wealth not for it’s own sake, but as a means to security, status, and above all, honor. Old Norse literature, for example the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and the Icelandic sagas, offers numerous nuggets […]
Viking wisdom on women’s nature
The Norse men understood the nature of women in ways modern society has forgotten. Norse sagas and poetry reveal deep truths about women’s nature and femininity, not as weakness necessarily, but as a sometimes as a force to be managed. The Sagas tell epic tales of families and feuds, where women, mothers and grandmothers have […]
Old Norse values for men
The Old Norse people and their Vikings were more than just fierce warriors and explorers—they lived by a code of honor, courage, and resilience that shaped their society. These Old Norse values weren’t just about survival; they were about living with purpose, strength, and dignity. I am Icelandic and I am 53 years old […]
My mother
I love my mother. My mother is a good woman and has always been. Like my father, she was brought up in a small town in Iceland, during the depression of the 1930s and 1940s. Her father was a captain at sea and an owner of a small fishery from the 1930s to the 1950s. […]
Watching my sister loose her battle with cancer
My big sister was 22 when she was diagnosed with cancer in her right leg. She’s three years older than me, so I was 19 at the time. At the hospital they found the cancer wrapped around the nerves throughout her entire leg. The pain grew worse, especially at night. For a whole year […]
Falling in love for the first time, and the other times
Every boy gets a crush on a girl someday. This often happens in elementary school and you might get a few different crushes until you become a teenager. Or you stick with the same crush the whole time. It depends on the circumstances. Sometimes you get your first girlfriend, and you have a kind of […]