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Totems, Birka, Bjorko island, Sweden

Sanctuary, where offerings of food and blood were given to the gods, with carved wooden totems of Odin and his wife Frigg, at Birka Viking village, reconstructed on the site of Birka, founded c. 750 and abandoned c. 975, on Bjorko island in Lake Malaren, Sweden. Birka was a Viking trading post housing up to 1,000 people and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sanctuary, where offerings of food and blood were given to the gods, with carved wooden totems of Odin and his wife Frigg, at Birka Viking village, reconstructed on the site of Birka, founded c. 750 and abandoned c. 975, on Bjorko island in Lake Malaren, Sweden. Birka was a Viking trading post housing up to 1,000 people and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen