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[Tundra 793]

Did not know you were Norwegian bror, then again we don't exactly advertise it. A lot of my recent knowledge about Viking warfare actually comes from a Norwegian book I got for Christmas, very insightful.

[SlashingElbow]

Nice. What book is that? I have read most sagas. Im what u can say over average interested in our old history. Went to far got mjølnir tats and runes and bronzeage boats and sun symbols tatted all over my right arm down to half the hand

[Tundra 793]

Nice. What book is that? I have read most sagas. Im what u can say over average interested in our old history. Went to far got mjølnir tats and runes and bronzeage boats and sun symbols tatted all over my right arm down to half the hand

"Vikinger i Krig" by Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike. The Sagas are entertaining and fun, I own a stupidly expensive collection of books with them, but they're far from historical fact, so books by historians tend to be the most informative.
I'd love to see your tats dude, they sound awesome. Been meaning to get a full sleve myself, but I've yet to settle on a theme and style. I do wear a bronze arm ring, and silver necklace daily though, but I opted for a bear paw necklace rather than a Mjølner, though I do have my dad's old bronze Mjølner necklace as well.

[SlashingElbow]

oh i forgot i have Odin sitting on his throne with spear and ravens above a ship. I just built from there. Its my history arm lol. From bronzeage to viking age to a lil later icelandic with the vegvisir. Not done yet tho need some shadows and lightning and stuff around it. Can u post pics here? Yeah the sagas are written by christians mostly so a little biased. I read all history i can find about those times though. Have worn the silver mjølnir for years

[SlashingElbow]

Should have said gungnir instead of spear since u are one of the ppl here that probably k ows the name. Also have the exact copy of the runes they found in the oseberg ship. 'Mennesket vet lite'' roughly translated. Lol i have so many know i forget lol

[ChampionRuby50g]

^^ I'd also love to see them too. I have a sleeve full off Greek Mythology gods, and I reserved a special place for Odin on the inside of my bicep. He's overlooking a Viking longboat. I plan to get more Norse tattoos onto my body continuing on from my sleeve, but they are bloody expensive in Australia so I gotta save for a while.

[ChampionRuby50g]

You can post pics here, but only from PC and they have to be a certain type. You can upload them to a image sharing site then copy the link.

[SlashingElbow]

Sick bro i would love to see your greek god arm. Alot of the same mythology. Im thinking about getting Frøya and a cpl other gods also.

[Tundra 793]

oh i forgot i have Odin sitting on his throne with spear and ravens above a ship. I just built from there. Its my history arm lol. From bronzeage to viking age to a lil later icelandic with the vegvisir. Not done yet tho need some shadows and lightning and stuff around it. Can u post pics here? Yeah the sagas are written by christians mostly so a little biased. I read all history i can find about those times though. Have worn the silver mjølnir for years

Sounds pretty friggin' epic dude, and kudos for distinguishing between Viking age, and Icelandic art with the vegsvisir. A lot of folk think that's a "viking compass". Icelanders got a strange relationship with their heritage.
You can post pictures, you just gotta upload them to like, imgur.com first.
At least the Sagas were recorded by Danes and Norwegians, so they were painted in a slightly better light than previous accounts.

Should have said gungnir instead of spear since u are one of the ppl here that probably k ows the name

Or Gungner as we say in Scandinavian. It sucks that it's not represented better though, too much focus goes into Mjølner.

I plan to get more Norse tattoos onto my body continuing on from my sleeve, but they are bloody expensive in Australia so I gotta save for a while.

Hopefully, expensive equals high quality down under too. Let us know how it goes though dude. Or if you need inspiration/sources for some proper Viking art.

[ChampionRuby50g]

@Tundra Really depends on the shop tbh. Some are clearly better than others, but Aussie artists take their time with tattoos generally. So more time, better quality. But more costs for me aha. But I think I definetly will message you when I start to go for it, I'm still a bit stuck as to what to go for design wise really, so those sources would come in handy.