Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Varla A. Ventura Hughes presents a practical guide

Hughes presents a practical guide to the harvesting

You’ll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles

This hammer is an original design by Paul Borda that is greatly influenced by these ancient carvings and is meant to show that the presence of Thor did not just exist in the Viking age

the major arcana signals that the other world is near

Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Varla A. Ventura Hughes presents a practical guideA 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