Tag: Fáfnir

The Dragons of the North: What the Vikings Really Believed

Posted on by marauderbooks in archaeology, norse-mythology, Uncategorized, Viking Age

From Jörmungandr and Fáfnir to carved ship prows and Viking-Age runestones, dragons wound through the Norse imagination. But they did not always resemble the winged, fire-breathing beasts we picture today.