The Sky and the Stars of the Vikings

The history of past people's representations of the starry sky usually begins with a tale of Sumerian-Babylonian astronomy, from which our modern understanding of it descends. However, different peoples created their own celestial images, including the legendary travelers of the Middle Ages - the Vikings. This book discusses whether the Vikings had a zodiac, what ancient concepts have survived to our days, how they are connected to myths and the sacred texts of the Edda, and how medieval Scandinavians navigated the sea. As an appendix, the publication includes a translation of O. Z. Reiter's work "Germanic Astronomy" (1934).