Viking-Norse – Oceanic-Visions

1221. Ellsbeth’s Norse Sea-Legend

Frances HennesseyMarch 19, 2019April 12, 2022

[caption id="attachment_14435" align="alignright" width="150"] "Peasant Children," Vladimir Makovsky, 1890, WikiArt[/caption] Coastal storm battering Hebrides outer isles, Children taking shelter in our stone cottage. Around flickering candlelight, Ellsbeth, elder Woman of...

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785. Mirrored Days

Frances HennesseyNovember 28, 2016April 12, 2022

[caption id="attachment_13462" align="alignright" width="150"] "Mirrored days reflecting clouds..."[/caption] Secrets of Maine islands, life working Lobster traps, mirrored days reflecting Clouds, gazing into still water, appearance Of another me. At first,...

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624. Maine Viking Settlement

Frances HennesseyApril 16, 2016April 12, 2022

[caption id="attachment_10332" align="alignright" width="150"] Viking habitation on spruce-clad Maine islands.[/caption] Nor’easter overnight, longship oak ribs Sand and surf emerging, upward curved To daylight, Norse boat discovered on Maine Harbor Island...

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398. He Who Resurrected Me

Frances HennesseyMarch 20, 2015April 12, 2022

[caption id="attachment_4744" align="alignright" width="150"] "The Household Gods," John William Waterhouse, 1880, Wikimedia photo. Brithe standing, Thera on bended knee.[/caption] My family thought I was dead, limp body Wrested from Isle...

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81. Legends of Seafaring Muriel

Frances HennesseyDecember 21, 2013March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_13915" align="alignright" width="150"] "Boats," Nicholas Roerich, 1901, WikiArt.[/caption] Listen now to legend-might of folk-kings! Eldest daughter of Styrmir, daughter of Hræfna, Muriel was able seafaring maiden. Born of blacksmith...

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65. Grim Tale Shieldmaiden Hervor

Frances HennesseyDecember 2, 2013March 17, 2021

Battle-felled, Shieldmaiden Hervor lies dead, mortally wounded by Huns. Painting "Hervor død" by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892).Raiding seafarer, daughter of Heidrek The Wise, Shieldmaiden Hervor protected Hearth-fires, defended Viking clans. Armored...

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53. Triumphed Agonies

Frances HennesseyOctober 21, 2013March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_3000" align="alignright" width="150"] "As married brides, weaccepted each other...another lifetime twained."[/caption] When our eyes first met, my love, we Heralded a mystical epic of concealed love, Courage and sacrifice,...

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48. Crucible Sword +ULFBERH+T

Frances HennesseySeptember 27, 2013March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignright" width="150"] Crucible Sword +ULFBERH+T. Photo courtesy of National Geographic Television.[/caption] Conceived by Nordic gods, hand-wrought from Flaming iron-earth and burned-black ancestral Bones, Ulfberht sword possessed magical powers:...

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46. Greenlandic Vikings Remembered

Frances HennesseySeptember 18, 2013March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18238" align="alignright" width="150"] Ruins of Greenland Hvalsey Church, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson photo, Wikipedia.[/caption] Song I sing of ancient Hvalsey Church, Witness frozen demise of Greenlandic Viking habitation. Enduring monument,...

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5. Heroic Vinlander

Frances HennesseyApril 13, 2013March 17, 2021

On a bluff above the Labrador Sea My pointed trowel plies ancient earth, Revealing secrets held a 1000 years ago, When courageous Vinlanders, mighty seafarers, Braved the threat of ocean swells...