As Manx as the Hills - STANG RIDING, NÍðINGS (NITHINGS) & NIðSTANG (NITHING POLES) In older times on the Isle of Man, for the majority of people marriage was 'until death us
Oreamnos Oddities - What is a Niding (or Nithing) Pole? “In the Viking age the most spectacular way of cursing an enemy was by the Niding Pole (the Nithstong or Scorn-Post). They
![Twitter 上的 Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷:"PS. Here's a Nithing Pole. A token of my esteem. https://t.co/ykX8N49i2b" / Twitter Twitter 上的 Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷:"PS. Here's a Nithing Pole. A token of my esteem. https://t.co/ykX8N49i2b" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdjLJdsXkAACyrE.jpg)
Twitter 上的 Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷:"PS. Here's a Nithing Pole. A token of my esteem. https://t.co/ykX8N49i2b" / Twitter
![Vikingverse on Twitter: "@Vergast404 The Icelandic Vatnsdæla saga records that when Finbogi failed to show up for fight, Jökul raised a nithing pole by carving out a human head which was placed Vikingverse on Twitter: "@Vergast404 The Icelandic Vatnsdæla saga records that when Finbogi failed to show up for fight, Jökul raised a nithing pole by carving out a human head which was placed](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg8_srsUEAU50y9.jpg)
Vikingverse on Twitter: "@Vergast404 The Icelandic Vatnsdæla saga records that when Finbogi failed to show up for fight, Jökul raised a nithing pole by carving out a human head which was placed
![A Níðstöng (Nithing Pole) raised against the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi). Trying to put a curse on the members of parliament : r/europe A Níðstöng (Nithing Pole) raised against the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi). Trying to put a curse on the members of parliament : r/europe](https://external-preview.redd.it/zt1SXL81Rl37802GykWmcEKTRCjrYQ8bgJHb0Qe2IoM.jpg?auto=webp&s=10d76302cfec1b2f52af1fda4f13a58ac5abe04e)
A Níðstöng (Nithing Pole) raised against the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi). Trying to put a curse on the members of parliament : r/europe
Vikingverse on Twitter: "@Vergast404 The Icelandic Vatnsdæla saga records that when Finbogi failed to show up for fight, Jökul raised a nithing pole by carving out a human head which was placed
![Laura M. Hughes (Demi Harper) on Twitter: "A NIDSTANG, or nithing pole, was used in Old Norse religion to curse one's bitterest enemy. The head of a freshly slaughtered horse would be Laura M. Hughes (Demi Harper) on Twitter: "A NIDSTANG, or nithing pole, was used in Old Norse religion to curse one's bitterest enemy. The head of a freshly slaughtered horse would be](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DreAv5mWwAUkC5B.jpg)