Vladimir II, Prince of Kiev 215
Volga, River 101, 106, 112
Wagner, Richard 41
Wales, Viking raids on 124, 163
war-bands 28, 30, 52, 59, 78–9, 80, 122, 125, 127
Wareham 76
Wars of the Irish with the Foreigners 69
Waterford 69, 71
weaponry 29
Wends 119, 124, 160, 161, 162
Wessex 6, 75–6, 77, 79, 163, 166, 169, 175
West Saxons 6, 75, 77, 169
Westmeath 72
Westminster Abbey 167
Wexford 71
Wicklow 69, 71
Widukind 60
Wight, Isle of 163
Wilde, William 71
William the Bastard (the Conqueror) 206, 213, 215
William Longsword 86
Wilmington, Delaware 222
Wiltshire 166
Winchester 173
winter bases 51
Wisconsin 222
witchcraft 72, 91
Woden/Wotan see Odin
‘wolf-skins’ 26
women
grave goods 28
nicknames of 56
role of 56–7
World Serpent 45
World Tree 17, 20–2, 46
Wulfnoth, Bishop 178
Wulfnoth (West Saxon leader) 169, 175, 177
Year of Battles 75
Yggdrasill 20, 46
Ymir 19–20
Ynglings 23
Yngvie see Frey
York 48, 74, 209–10, 211
Yuletide 95, 97
Zanj Rebellion 106
Zealand 24, 94
zodiac 18
Zoe, Empress 191, 193–4, 195
The Gokstad longship
Fragment of a painted stone showing Odin on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir
Carriage from the Oseberg grave
Oseberg ship
Wooden post with carved animal head
Trelleborg Fortress
Reconstruction of the Viking barracks at the fortress of Trelleborg. It is considered to have been built by Harald Bluetooth
Interior reconstruction at Trelleborg, built following the pattern of the original foundation post holes
St Olaf, patron saint of Norway
Smith’s mould for casting both Christian crosses and Thor’s hammers
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park, Newfoundland, Canada
A berserker, chewing on his shield, from the Lewis chess set
The Lindisfarne stone, depicting a raiding party of Vikings
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