Thor's Hammer - Myth and Meanings

 The Vikings were an amazing persons, but life was very difficult for them. Each year, many Vikings died from influenza, or starved to death due to food spoilage or inadequate food stores to last through the long, harsh winters. The Vikings adapted their lifestyle to these winters. The "longhouse" was "long" because it was better to chop down a whole tree and move it into a extended, central fireplace opening, than to slice it into logs. Makes sense, doesn't it?

Residents of the longhouse had "sleeping cupboards" and long start benches along the sides of the longhouse. In winter, couples shut themselves up inside their resting cupboards - a loft type place with doors that closed - to gain heat from another's human anatomy heat. There is little solitude needless to say, but bodily intimacy was considered a schedule facet of everyday life Viking axes .

In the kitchen of a Viking longhouse, meals such as for example yogurt, grain, and dried fish were saved in boxes hidden in to the bottom and included with wooden tops that have been floor-level. The coldness of the ground helped to maintain the food, and being in the floor, much space was conserved in the kitchen. A problem several early persons had was getting food to last on the winter. What does one do with a big mammoth, for example? It can't be enjoyed all at once

The Vikings had a unique alternative: They drawn the mammoth into a pond or river, and measured it down so that it remained on the underside of the lake. The water temperature and the snow over maintained the beef until spring, when it absolutely was brought out and roasted for a massive celebration. The normal landscape of the Vikings - difficult lands, steep hills and fjords, and long winters - made agriculture a challenge.