When important Vikings died, they would be placed with all their clothes, jewellery, even their animals, in a burial ship. Fenrir Grayback, the werewolf in the Harry Potter books, was named after a ferocious giant wolf from ancient Viking mythology.Ĩ. The Vikings were eco-pioneers – sort of! The ‘long houses’ where families lived would have turf roofs to help keep in the heat.ħ. Keels – central spines along boats’ bottoms – made their 16 to 37m ‘longboats’ easy to steer, and because these were designed to float high in the water, landing on beaches was easy.Ħ. The Vikings were expert boat builders and sailors. Among the many gods Vikings believed in were Thor, the god of thunder, and Loki, a cheeky mischief-maker who could shape-shift to become all different kinds of animals. Around 500 years before Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the American continent, Vikings had visited its shores, landing in what is now Canada in around AD 1000.Ĥ. The name ‘Viking’ means ‘a pirate raid’ in the Old Norse language.ĭid you know that we have a FREE downloadable Vikings primary resource? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!ģ. The Vikings were famous for sailing huge distances from their home in Scandinavia between AD 8 to raid and plunder, but they also traded with people from other countries.Ģ. After the Anglo-Saxons, came the vicious Vikings! Join the National Geographic Kids gang as we learn to live like a Scandinavian sea-warrior, in our ten fierce facts about the Vikings… Viking factsġ.
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