Symbols of a Viking woman’s power, or a mysterious relic of Freyja’s cult? Delve into the the history of Viking keys with us as we try to unlock their symbolic meaning.

In popular culture in recent years, there is a lot of focus on the Viking raids and Scandinavian expansion to places like modern day Britain, France, Iceland and even North America. But few people know that the Vikings were active as raiders, traders, mercenaries and even Kings along the Eastern Way, on the Volga river, deep into Slav, Khazar and Byzantine territory. Let’s take a dive into the fascinating history of the Rus Vikings or, Varangians, as they were called in these parts.