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Tag: Anecdote

20 Sep 201620 Sep 2016 thijsporck Anglo-Saxon anecdotes, Vikings

An Anglo-Saxon Anecdote: Dreaming of witch-wives, fiery pitchforks and the Battle of Fulford

The Battle of Fulford (20 September, 1066): prophetic dreams of fork-bearing witch-wives, Vikings hurling pitch-forks at Scarborough and bridges made of people. Snorri Sturluson reports...

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