#rus vikings

[grayjoy15]

Day 24: Elisiv (or Elisaveta) of Kyiv. Potentially the eldest daughter of Prince Yaroslav, Elisiv married Harald Hardrada who had also been in exile at Yaroslav’s court. During his time in the Byzantine Varangian guard (and before they were married), Hardrada would compose love poetry addressed to Elisiv. She is sadly the sister we know least about despite her husband being by far the most famous of Yaroslav’s in-laws. The sagas say she accompanied her daughters and husband as far as Orkney in 1066, but even that is debated.

[northernnostalgia]

[vikings-valhalla]

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐠, 6𝐱01

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒃, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆

[ithinkwehitametaphor]

I bought myself some late birthday presents. Two necklaces made of glass beads based on actual Viking age beads. The neckalces are not replicas but the beads as such are replicas of existing ones. The first necklace is based on Rus-style beads, the second is made up of glass bead designs found at Birka, Sweden. A hint that tells you these are not actual replicas is their symmetrical organization. A lot of the historical neckalces lack the sort symmetry that modern eyes seem to prefer.

The artist who made these necklaces is on Instagram: Perlenmaid by Skata :)

[father-of-the-void]

Rurik Dynasty