Travel Reference
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The Vikings worshipped many gods and had a rich tradition of mythology.
Epic sagas were verbally passed down through generations or written in angu-
lar runic writing. The sagas told the heroic tales of the gods, who lived in Val-
halla, the Viking heaven, presided over by Odin, the god of both wisdom and
war. Like the Egyptians, the Vikings believed in life after death, and chieftains
were often buried in their ships within burial mounds, along with prized pos-
sessions such as jewelry, cooking pots, food, and Hagar the Horrible cartoons.
