Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Vinland Saga: Norse Epics & Viking Stratagems
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Frenzied Norse warrior archetype famed for battle trance and ferocity
- 2. Iconic Norse vessel with serpent figurehead, vital for raids and voyages
- 5. Brief tactical clash often deciding control in Viking warfare
- 10. Animated Norse revenants haunting burial mounds, symbolizing death's grip
- 11. Apocalyptic prophecy metaphor echoed in Viking factional strife
- 12. Strategic medieval city controlling Baltic trade routes, mentioned in sagas
- 15. Mythical northern land referenced in Viking exploration narratives
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- 3. Norse poet charged with preserving oral tradition and heroic lore
- 4. Elite mercenary brotherhood famed for strict code and naval prowess
- 6. Famed Norse explorer credited with reaching Vinland before Columbus
- 7. Protagonist's name embodying thunder and warrior spirit
- 8. Leader commanding Viking fleets in raids and territorial warfare
- 9. Mythic land westward sought by Vikings, site of saga’s namesake
- 13. Legendary shieldmaiden whose fierce independence inspires saga characters
- 14. Arcane Norse magic practiced by seers and witches
- 16. Free Norse farmer or freeman, socially distinct from thralls
- 17. Norse name meaning 'God's play,' linked to a key warrior character