#viking

[thecabinsixwitch]

how to train your dragon aesthetics: 1/?

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

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“They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them.”

[blogtib]

[merovingian-marvels]

Terp/Thorp/Wierde/Warft/Værft

Most commonly known as “Terp”, by origin a Frisian word, Terps are actually known in a few places. Hang on tight, this is a long one.

The water rich lands of Dutch provinces Zeeland/Frisia (Terp) and Groningen (Wierde) - German regions Nordfriesland and Ostfriesland (Warft) and southern Denmark (Wærft) were in need of such constructions for basic quality of life.

Because the tides could freely enter the lower lands beyond the shoreline, life was to be lived intermittently. When the land was dry, sheep could graze the salt marsh. When water rose, people would retreat to the Terp.

A Terp can be made up out of a single church or farm/house to an entire small village. Concentrations of small Terps making up a village also exist. They are often surrounded by a salt marsh rampart (Kwelderwal).

Terps were made by plaggen. The top of sandy soils was taken out in little cubes, including the vegetation. The plag was then dried and compacted and stacked on top of each other, which causes an artificial hill allowing to build on.

Terp is also the Old-Frisian word which originates the Dutch word for village. Frisian culture allowed to spread because of their specialization in sheep’s wool. With most agricultural crops not being suited for salt marshes, and with the land flooded half of the day, lots of time was spent in producing high quality and highly sought after wool. This made the Frisians and especially the Terp people very rich, as seen in treasures, burials and clerical art.

Lots of Terps have been destroyed for peat mining or lost after abandonment.

Image above: Hogebeintum (Hegebeintum (Frisian), formerly known as Westerbintheim).

The largest known Terp in the Netherlands and Germany with 8,80 m above sea level.

Central is the church, on the right the historic village, the sheep pastures during floods and the encircling salt march rampart. Everything outside the rampart used to flood.

[longing-for-rain]

I’ve been rewatching HTTYD and Astrid is my beloved as always ⚔️🛡️

[mooreaux]

A Viking is just as dangerous on the boat as in the water….

Happy Maudmay! Mermaud? Mermaudmay??? Anyway. It’s Maud!

Pt 1/ Pt 2 with dear Caliban mermified

[zegalba]

The Viking Age ring with the Arabic inscription

“for Allah” The Birka Ring

Featuring a pink-violet colored stone with an inscription that reads “for Allah” or “to Allah,” the silver ring was found during the 1872-1895 excavations of grave fields at the Viking age trading center of Birka, some 15.5 miles west of Stockholm.

[toastchild]

All the (completed at last) How To Train Your Dragon illustrations I made for uni!

[thecabinsixwitch]

how to train your dragon aesthetics: 2/?

Astrid Hofferson

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“Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it."

[artofmaquenda]

Slay

Little Ulfheðnar inspired piece and wanting to try out some dotwork :)

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[blogtib]

[aleksandracoffan]

Остерегайтесь силы молодости в песчаном эквиваленте! Beware of the power of youth in the sandy equivalent!

[forestshadow-wolf]

So Viking!Soap... with blue war paints streaking across his left eye, leather and fur war kilt (because he's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿), and battle axe

You guys see my vision right? I mean Viking!Simon Riley certainly does.

Viking!Ghost... with a sheep skull war-mask, he wears thick, dark furs under his pauldrons and leather gauntlets, ulfberht sword he made himself at his side at all times

You- you guys see my vision right?