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Sparta's lawgiver was named after a wolf. Lykurgos. Wolf-work.In Arcadia, young men ate from a sacrifice on Mount Lykaio...
09/15/2026

Sparta's lawgiver was named after a wolf. Lykurgos. Wolf-work.
In Arcadia, young men ate from a sacrifice on Mount Lykaion and were said to live as wolves for nine years.
Rome ran the same rite for a thousand years. In 44 BC the man leading it was Mark Antony, and the city itself was founded by twins a she-wolf raised in a cave.
Harald Fairhair unified Norway with wolf-coats in his line. England's first great dynasty called itself the Wuffingas, kin of the wolf, and left the richest royal burial ever found in Britain. The Völsungs of the Rhine were also called Ylfingar, wolflings. The kings of Ossory traced their blood to a man who went into wolf shape. And a real prince of the Rus, Vseslav of Polotsk, was said to rule by day and prowl as a wolf by night.
Nine places. I left out plenty. The Dacians may have taken their name from a word for wolf and marched under a howling wolf-head standard. The Serbs held the wolf as tribal ancestor and called their supreme god the Wolf Shepherd.
It is one institution under all of it. The koryos, the Indo-European warrior band. Youths sent out of the community, living as wolves, coming back to found something.
I spent years tracking the sources. The book is out now on the website, on Amazon shortly. Link in bio.
Which one surprised you most?

09/11/2026

Would the Vikings have followed Janteloven? Absolutely not.

Janteloven is basically the Scandinavian version of tall poppy syndrome: don't think you're special, don't stand out too much, and don't think you're better than anyone else.

That doesn't sound much like the Viking Age.

Reputation meant everything. Men sailed across the known world, fought, explored, traded, competed and risked their lives partly to gain wealth, status and a name that would outlive them. The Norse sources return to this idea again and again.

But there was one important rule: bragging about yourself wasn't particularly admirable.

So you had someone else do it for you.

Skaldic poetry was one of the great literary traditions of the Viking Age. Skalds praised kings and warriors, recorded their victories and made sure their deeds—and their names—were remembered.

Become exceptional. Just let the skald brag about it.

Doesn't sound much like Janteloven.

09/09/2026

Norway has just crowned a new king—and he shares his name with the greatest king Norway ever had: Håkon.

King Håkon the Good ruled Norway in the 10th century. He was raised as a Christian at the court of the English king Æthelstan before returning to Norway and taking the throne.

Despite his Christianity, the sagas remember a king trying to rule a population still deeply attached to the old religion. He is also credited in Heimskringla with moving the traditional Yule celebration to coincide with the Christian Christmas season—a change that helped shape the Scandinavian Christmas tradition that followed.

Håkon was remembered as generous, brave and loved by his people, but absolutely feared on the battlefield.

And his story has one of the greatest endings of any Viking king.

After being mortally wounded at the Battle of Fitjar, his poet Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed Hákonarmál. In the poem, Odin sends the Valkyries Göndul and Skögul to choose Håkon from the battlefield and bring the Christian king to Valhalla.

A Christian king welcomed home by Odin.

There are few Viking Age lives more interesting than Håkon the Good.

09/04/2026

Scandinavia wasn't always this antisocial.

Go back to the Viking Age and there were constant reasons to gather. Feasts and seasonal celebrations. Great halls. Marketplaces. The thing, where people came together for law, disputes, politics, trade and social life.

Community wasn't something you had to schedule three weeks in advance. It was built into everyday life.

Over the centuries, I think Scandinavia lost a lot of that. Meanwhile, you can still feel more of this spontaneous social culture in places like Italy, Greece and Spain. People outside. Long dinners. Public squares. Life happening around other people.

We can build something better by taking the best from both worlds: the organization, safety and stability of the North, but with strong communities where people actually know each other, gather regularly and build things together.

That's exactly what we're working toward.

I'm doing a livestream on Patreon this weekend about how we're actually going to build these communities and turn the idea into something real.

It's finally here. The Männerbund Over 4,000 Years is officially released.After years of research, the book is now fully...
09/01/2026

It's finally here. The Männerbund Over 4,000 Years is officially released.

After years of research, the book is now fully in stock on my website, with Amazon availability coming later this month.

At almost 700 pages and drawing from nearly 500 sources, this is the largest source-based study of the Koryos/Männerbund tradition I've put together. Rather than trying to build a theory first, I wanted to compile the primary sources and archaeology and let the evidence speak for itself.

Inside you'll find the ancient accounts behind the Furor Teutonicus, the Koryos across the Indo-European world, Germanic Männerbünde, Viking Age berserkers and úlfheðnar, and a large section examining the Wild Hunt, werewolf traditions, and how these ideas may connect across more than 4,000 years.

You can swipe through this post to see the full table of contents.

I'll be sharing a lot more from the book in the coming weeks. This has been one of the biggest research projects of my life, and I'm very excited to finally have it out there.

Available now on my website.

Our best sellers are finally back in stock!Unfortunately, the cost of materials, manufacturing, and importing these piec...
08/26/2026

Our best sellers are finally back in stock!
Unfortunately, the cost of materials, manufacturing, and importing these pieces has gone up significantly. Because of that, we will have to raise the prices on these popular items by 30–70% starting next week.
For now, they are still available at the same low prices as before. If you have been waiting to pick one up, now is the time—once the prices go up, they will not be coming back down.
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08/11/2026

Attendees of this week have the opportunity to visit the Oseberg ship burial mound. One of the most important Viking sights in

This is where the incredible Oseberg Ship was discovered in 1904, containing the remains of two women and one of the richest collections of grave goods ever found from the Viking Age.

The burial included an entire ship, carved wagons and sledges, textiles, beds, animals, tools, household objects and some of the finest Viking Age artwork ever discovered. Whoever these women were, at least one of them clearly held an extremely important position in Viking society.

I'll be taking groups to the actual burial mound this week as part of our Vestfold Viking tour, along with Gokstad and Kaupang.

Tickets are available through the Midgardsblot website.

08/04/2026

Coming to Midgardsblot? Don't just see the festival—see where the Viking Age actually happened.

This year I'll be leading guided tours to some of the most important Viking sites in Scandinavia. Tickets are available now through the Midgardsblot website.

We'll visit:

• Borre – the royal burial mounds.
• Oseberg – where the famous Oseberg Ship was discovered.
• Gokstad – home of the legendary Gokstad Ship.
• Kaupang – Norway's first known town and one of the greatest trading centers of the Viking Age.

And if you have extra time in Vestfold, don't stop there. Tønsberg, Farmannshaugen, Istrehågan, Mølen, and dozens of other incredible sites are all within easy reach.

There's no better place to experience the Viking Age than Vestfold. Hope to see some of you on the tour!

08/03/2026

Most people travel to Norway for the fjords. I think they should come for Vestfold.

If you're interested in the Viking Age, I don't think there's a better region anywhere in the world.

In just one area you can visit:

• Borre – the royal burial mounds.
• Oseberg – the burial place of the famous Oseberg Ship.
• Gokstad – where another of the greatest Viking ships was uncovered.
• Kaupang – Norway's first known town and a major Viking trading center.
• Tønsberg – one of Norway's oldest cities.
• Farmannshaugen – a massive royal burial mound.
• Istrehågan – one of the country's most fascinating stone ship monuments.
• Mølen – an incredible ancient coastal landscape filled with burial cairns.

These are the places where Viking history actually happened. You can stand on the same ground where kings were buried, merchants traded, and some of the greatest archaeological discoveries in Scandinavia were made.

If Viking history is on your bucket list, make sure Vestfold is too.

08/02/2026

If you're looking for the best place in the world to experience Viking history, start with Vestfold.

Within a short drive you can visit:

• Borre – the largest collection of monumental Viking burial mounds in Northern Europe.
• Oseberg Burial Mound – where the world's richest Viking ship burial was discovered.
• Gokstad Burial Mound – home of the famous Gokstad Ship.
• Kaupang – Norway's first known town and one of Scandinavia's earliest trading centers.
• Tønsberg – one of Norway's oldest towns with deep Viking Age roots.
• Farmannshaugen – one of Norway's largest royal burial mounds.
• Istrehågan – one of Scandinavia's most mysterious stone ship settings.
• Mølen at Nevlungshavn – an ancient harbor and monumental burial landscape used for thousands of years.

And that's just the beginning. There are dozens of smaller burial mounds, standing stones, archaeological sites, and hidden gems scattered throughout the region.

If you're planning a Viking trip, Vestfold should be at the top of your list.

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