Germanic News and Notes
Germania's new Scribe!
A big welcome to
Aelfwine Scylding for accepting the position of Scribe for Germania. He is replacing the beloved
Odin Knudsson who retired in November and remains an active volunteer and rabble-rouser in Germania! Thank You, Odin, for all you did during your tenure. And good luck to Aelfwine!
The 12 Days of Yule!
We owe a lot of people BIG thank yous for all the work they did for our 12 Days of Yule this year.
Asenath Amenhotep: The Awesome Advent Calendar creator!!
Dagmar Sigurdsson: Klandestine Kris Kringle
King Theodoric Ostrogoth, Scop Scylding, Senex Caecilius and Aelfwine Scylding for all the great events in Ravenna.
Eirikr Knudsson and Beatrix Godwinson for all the images and info for the Yule Treasure Hunt.
Andrzej Cherusci and Bree Burgundian for the Holiday Music Jukebox - how cool!
And dear
Odin Knudsson for the Rockin' fun Winter Ball!!
Thanks to everyone who participated as well. We hope you all had fun!
(If I left out any names, I heartily apologize! But let me know so I can add you!)
Ravenna Yule Events
Contributed by Aelfwine Scylding
The Middangeard neighborhood of
Ravenna hosted part of this year's Yule celebrations, in
the spirit of a closer collaboration between Germanics and Romans. We had
the inauguration of Senex Caecilius'
Roman
Poetry Quiz at the
Thermae, a poetry pageant at the
Palace and a little celebration at the
Circus. Also, we unveiled the
Virtual Ravenna Demonstration by King Theodoric Ostrogoth, a really stunning
work-in-progress that will be continuously enlarged. So remember to check
back often and leave us your comments!
Germanic Archaeology News and Fun
Map of Germanic Kingdoms
Contributed by Attila Scylding
If your connection is slow, you may have to wait a minute or two, but it is well worth it.
Enjoy
The Germanic Kingdoms and the Eastern Roman Empire in 526 CE
From the Perry-Castaneda Library Collection at the University of Texas
Unst Viking Project Gets Needed Cash
Contributed by Norvegicus Lupus
The Shetland News has the article Viking project gets cash break on the Unst Viking project to excavate a number of Viking longhouses on Britain's most northerly island Unst, to reconstruct one of the island's farm houses with an interpretation centre and to display the 26 metre replica longship Skibladner will also be display.Unst has the greatest density of surviving of Viking farms anywhere, and perhaps an excavation will take place at a preferred site of Hamar this summer.
According to the article the Skibladner stranded in Shetland in 2000 after a mainly Swedish crew failed in their attempt to emulate their ancestor Leiv Eiriksson and sail from Scandinavia to America without a back-up engine or any facilities to accommodate the eight crew.
Helpful 'Newbie' links
Need newbie help and advice in Germania? Try the Welcome to Germania thread!
Want to meet people, get involved, and have the best mead at AW? Join us at The Red Boar Tavern!
Need help? Ask one of your friendly Germania scribes:
Dagmar Sigurdsson, Anarane Burgundian , or Aelfwine Scylding.
ACTA Article Submissions
Anyone interested in submitting articles, group highlights, or other items of interest for our Germanian World page in the ACTA, please contact me with the URL of your item. If you would prefer to e-mail items to me, please send them (or any other suggestions) to: this address. Thank you for helping us make Germania a great Place to Be!
