Vikings Burial Practices

& Beliefs

By Mark

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Viking burials often used boats like we use caskets today.

How did the Viking bury dead people?

Vikings were buried with some of their belongings to help them in their afterlife.

When Vikings died they were buried in a ship or in the ground depending how rich they were, If they were rich they

were buried in a boat and if they were poor they were buried in the ground.

What did the Vikings put in their graves to help them in the after life?

The Vikings put a lot of stuff and objects into their grave to help then in their afterlife such as…..

Food & water so they were kept healthy

A Horse for transport

Clothes so they were well dressed and kept warm

Jewellery so they looked good

weapons to help them in danger

And a lot more……

Who found the Viking Bodies?51 headless Vikings were found in Weymouth England they were around the mid twenties and all of them were male. David score Oxford Archaeology who made the discovery and helped dig the 51 headless Viking bodies out of the ground was amazed and had a few more questions about his discovery.

What sort of beliefs did the

Vikings have?

Vikings believed in a few things they also had traditions that they followed but their main belief was in Odin and his son Thor who apparently protect them from harm. Odin was the main god who had a spear that never misses and Thor was the god of thunder who had a very heavy hammer.

http://www.experts123.com/q/how-did-the-vikings-bury-their-dead.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090728-headless-viking-execution-pit.html

Strange histories the Vikings-Peter Chrisp -2003- UK-Belitha

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http://www.lore-and-saga.co.uk/html/viking_burials.html

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