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Tag: Viking

This tag gathers the most intriguing Viking-themed stories and news — from modern “longboat” tributes to museum collaborations and craft features inspired by Norse design. You’ll find human-interest pieces about families choosing symbolic longboat urns for sea scatterings, torchlit evening ceremonies on...

why choose a Viking Funeral in a modern age

Why Choose a Viking Funeral in the Modern Age?

Why Choose a Viking Funeral in the Modern Age? In a world where tradition often intersects with modernity, the choice of a Viking funeral stands out as a powerful and evocative way to honour a loved one. Rooted in ancient customs and legendary sagas, Viking funerals offer a unique blend of historical reverence and profound […]

What Grave Goods do I need for my Viking Funeral?

Viking Funeral Grave Goods – What You Need & Why At Scattering Ashes we think Viking Longboat urn offers you the best chance to get to Valhalla, either buried in a Sutton Hoo style burial or set adrift and set aflame. If you choose the boat burial option then you probably already know that our […]

I want an Anglo-Saxon Funeral

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Re-creating Anglo-Saxon cremation and burial traditions in the modern age According to the archaeological evidence, Anglo-Saxons practised both burial and cremation. Broadly speaking, it appears that the Angles—those who settled more in the east of England—favoured cremation, while the Saxons tended towards burial. Yet the picture is far from simple: graves containing both cremated remains […]

I want a Viking Funeral – What can I do?

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Viking Funeral UK “Dad said he wanted a Viking funeral: can it be done?” – This is becoming and increasingly popular question: films, novels, TV series like Game of Thrones or Vikings (amongst other things) triggers a powerful urge in our imagination. There is something about a Viking send-off that is really potent and symbolic. […]

God of War – can you scatter ashes in the game?

Exploring whether God of War features funeral norms or ash-scattering mechanics I know precious little about video games, I see my children play them with bewildering speed and dexterity. Occasionally they offer me the controls and encourage me to play, I then spend a short while embarrassing myself before returning them and then being ridiculed. […]

Cremation in Norway – not what you would think

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A Nordic Send-Off: Viking Pyres? Not Quite… Mention Scandinavia and most people picture Viking funeral pyres drifting into the sunset.The truth, however, couldn’t be further from the myth. While Denmark and Sweden have embraced cremation—both well above 70%—Norway lags behind dramatically, hovering around 36–41%, depending on the source. It’s a surprising gap, and the reasons are rooted […]

Baldur the Viking God cremated on his Longboat

Baldur — The Viking God Cremated on a Longboat Baldur is an ancient Norse God, in fact the only Norse god I have found associated with being cremated in a viking longboat. Baldur was the son of Odin (king of the gods) and his wife Frigg (who gives her name to Friday). Anyway he was […]

Planning for a Viking send off

A personal account of arranging a Viking-style ashes ceremony Ian Uzzell, face of the Jorvik Viking Centre, is planning to go out in one of our Viking longboat urns according to the Northern Echo. Although they report ‘He has not yet decided what will happen to the boat.’ I guess the question is does he […]

Watch a video of the biodegradable, sustainable Viking Long Boat Urn

Viking Longboat Urn: Video

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Viking Long Boat Urn in Action — Video We know a lot of you like the Viking Boat Urn. We also know that many want to know what it looks like and how it works. So we took one out to the beautiful Blagdon Lake in Somerset to show you. Here is the video. The […]

Up Helly Aa Vikings — A Cremation Urn for You

Celebrating Fire Festivals and Viking-Style Ashes Tributes News to me, but apparently Up Helly Aa is the largest fire festival in Europe. It takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year. There are hundreds of people in Viking attire parading through the streets, which ends up with a Viking longboat […]

Scattering ashes tradition – Is it Norse?

The Origins of Ash Scattering in Western Culture Many cultures that practise cremation also scatter ashes. In modern Western society, however, cremation itself is relatively recent, and the act of scattering ashes — particularly in the UK — is newer still. That raises an interesting question: where does the Western tradition of ash scattering actually […]