skis. During this time period the Vikings went to markets and traded furs, ivory, glass beads, pottery, jewelry, and swords. They also used coins that they weighed to tell how much they were getting. Some of these coins were made of silver, gold and sometimes bronze. The religion of the Vikings was Christianity. They originally the Vikings kept the Old Norse religion and incorporated its themes into the religion of Christianity. But then King Harold Bluetooth, renounced paganism and embraced Christianity. A very famous tradition and celebration that was celebrated during the old Pagan times was St. Johns Eve. This is a night of gatherings when people gathered around bonfires. There were many superstitions connected with the Eve of St. John. For instance, the bonfire was believed to give protection from evil spirits and to keep away witches. Herbs and plants had magic powers of the night. Also, if a girl on this day picked 7 different kinds of flowers and put them under her pillow, she would dream about her future husband that night. The date of this event is June 23. Characterization and Character AnalysisThe main character from the folktale The Princess on the Glass Hill is Boots. His father has three sons and Boots was the youngest. He was petite compared to the other brothers. He was also the bravest of the three. Boots never cared about what his other brothers said about him because he knew he was special. Boots attitude is meek, modest and gentle. Boots had control over the when the horses came. Each year a different horse came about and every year he would put them in a secret hiding place. He also had control over the time when he would pretend to be a knight in shining armor and get an apple from the princess. He never took all three at once. Boots got what he wanted in regards to the marriage of the princess and he also received half the kingdom. In addition he had proved to his brothers and father that he was a brave boy and ...
