Seidr Burials from Viking Age 

Provenance (History)

Used as a learning object for Archaeology 2494, Game of Genders: Sex and Society in the Medieval North, taught at Memorial University with Dr. Shannon Lewis-Simpson.

Subjects/Keywords

Gender,History -- Norse,Archaeology -- Norse

Language

en

Related Item

Beowolf - an excerpt
Gender Binary in Medieval Norse Society
Guta lag: Concerning Assaults on Women
Guta lag: Concerning Rape
The Shield Maiden, The Hårby Figurine
Repton Grave, Derbyshire, England
Discussion : What gender might be like in the Viking world
Anglo-Saxon Carver
Anglo-Saxon fighting re-enactment
Anglo-Saxon medicine making re-enactment
Myths Often Loom Larger Than Life
Viking Age Slaves - Gender
Age and gender - Museum Interpretations
Roles in Anglo-Saxon life
Eve-Mary duality expressed in Medieval Northern European Christian iconography
Presenting gender roles in archaeological museum presentations
Reconstruction of a Chamber Grave of a Norse King
"Gendering" objects from the medieval north
Reenactment of creating a medical supplies of the medieval north
Sutton Hoo Helmet
Icelandic woven sail
The Ideal Viking Man - Museum Exhibit
The Ideal Viking Woman - Museum Exhibit
Modern day interpretations of gender

Type

Video

Is part of a series

Archaeology 2494

Rights

©2016 Shannon Lewis-Simpson and Memorial University of Newfoundland

Creative Commons License Name

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Title

Seidr Burials from Viking Age

Creator

Shannon Lewis-Simpson and Memorial University of Newfoundland, Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)

Description

Archaeology of seidr, or a practitioner of a certain type of magic from the Viking Age. This video shows several reconstructions of burial sites from medieval Viking Age.

Learning Design

Discuss how conclusions are made based on material evidence found in a burial site, without skeletal evidence.

Date Created

2016

Format

Video/mp4

Duration

10:24 minutes/seconds