Vikings

Also called: viking

Stargate SG-1

Episodes

…Analysis The Prometheus 17 Mission Report 01.07 The Nox 18 Discoveries Viking Funeral Customs 20 Stargate Glossary Memory Recall Device to Argosians 21 SGC Allies Bra'tac 23 Alien Races The Unas

Viking Burial Customs
According to Norse mythology, death was not something to fear, but to look forward to with enthusiasm. The Vikings believed that life did not end with death, but continued on a different plane of existence. Burial rites…
Viking coins: Jewels and coins were placed on the grave for the deceased to use in the afterlife.
Burial artifacts from Kendra's grave
Cremation or burial The higher the deceased's social standing, the more elaborate the burial rites. The most powerful Vikings were laid on a boat that was sent out to sea, and then the body was set alight. Funeral pyres were meant to carry…
The realm of the dead The Vikings believed the dead dwelled in several different realms: in mountains, by the sea, in the heavens and underground. The way someone died decided their fate in the afterlife. Warriors who died gloriously in battl…
Vikings' weapons were laid in their graves for the battles in Valhalla, the equivalent of the Christian heaven.
File notes: SGC Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History. Discovery of Viking burial objects - M02.06. Recorded by Dr. Jackson. When we arrived on Cimmeria, Gairwyn, a local woman, told us that the Goa'uld had killed most of her people. We felt responsible, since SG-1 had destr…