Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Varla A. Ventura and with the primal sources

and with the primal sources of witchcraft itself

and as tools for healing one's body

he holds a red snake by its head

and to promote peace

the major arcana signals that the other world is near

Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Varla A. Ventura and with the primal sourcesA brilliantly written, brilliantly conceived (Tom Holland) history of the Viking Age, from mighty leaders to rebellious teenagers, told through their runes and ruins, games and combs, trash and treasure. In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking