Comments on: Vegvísir: The Truth of the ‘Viking Compass’

By: Rolf

Rolf — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:33:44 +0000

In reply to Udom. Great story. I was born in Bergen, Norway, and came to the States with my parents. I eventually joined the American Navy, and after Navigation training was assigned to an aircraft carrier working on the bridge as part of the 19 man Navigation department. In those days we still practiced celestial navigation. I still have my old sextant. When our Chief Navigator found out that I was Norwegian born, he gave me a copy of Leif K. Karl's book, Secrets of the Viking Navigators. It's a fascinating study of how the Vikings established procedures for their ocean travels. The book is still on my shelf along with a variety of Scandinavian and Icelandic histories and legends including an original and modern copy of Snorre, the Viking Sagas.

By: Bud

Bud — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:48:23 +0000

I recently read the huld manuscript was compiled in 1846 from three older manuscripts, one of which was 1810… link to manuscript is: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0383/7?iabr=on#page/2v/mode/2up

By: Rob Lang

Rob Lang — Fri, 17 May 2024 10:51:26 +0000

If the symbol was found on a Viking ship it seems to me it may have at the very least been used by the Vikings! To say it isn’t a Viking symbol simply because it was’also’ found in English literature is a little short sighted! The Vikings raided there, hello! Cheers!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:11:06 +0000

I enjoyed learning the real background to this! It’s no surprise that the real meanings have been lost to time and revived – possibly in the wrong way. But since it’s so widely used in it’s current form, I will still be proud to have it on my arm. But now I will be able to tell people what it really is 🙂

By: Alec E

Alec E — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:25:33 +0000

I’ve had a leather cuff bracelet with Vegvisir on since my return to college (for perspective, I had a ten year unplanned absence due to constant family health issues, including my own bought of Covid.) I’ve known about the Huld connection since before purchasing the cuff and I’ve followed Dr Crawford for years, especially now having discovered I have lineage back into the Vikings with apparent ease. (My great-grandmother’s surname was McLaughlin/MacLachlan, family connections to Spencers, Stewarts, and Campbells in Scotland and Ireland. You can’t get much more descended from Vikings than that lineage.) Will it change my take on the sigil? A little, but, as with many other symbols with Viking basis or a modern homage to Vikings, a little knowledge can’t hurt. I always give the full history as I’m able, abridged or otherwise, because it’s the only way to reclaim so much of what was lost. To Nazis or otherwise. Still, given the choice between this and something that dates properly, I’d take the one that dates properly in an instant but those are hard to come by today. With rampant misinformation and easy knockoffs from the show or various games. Or Nazi symbolism right beside it and the owner doesn’t care.

By: clevert

clevert — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 03:08:34 +0000

In reply to Meelis. hi,do you have proof of what you saying?

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:26:55 +0000

In reply to Decorateur. Why not have one it's a pleasant symbol and I have one to remind me to stay on the correct path, through my battle with mental health

By: Leo Woodbridge

Leo Woodbridge — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:14:35 +0000

In reply to Christina Svensson. Yes I agree. I have the tattoo on my arm as represents to me safety on life’s journey and protection with a sense of direction in life for me and my family. I’m mainly of English decent and still feel a strong connection to it.

By: Christina Svensson

Christina Svensson — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:46:36 +0000

Thank you, great article. I would try to translate the “shower” to indicatior.
An indicator of the right way / path to take in life.
Would you agree?

By: Udom

Udom — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:00:05 +0000

thanks this article is really helpful.