Women were provided with their jewelry and often with tools for female and household activities. An artisan, such as a blacksmith, could receive his entire set of tools.
NORSE REALMS FREE
Ī free man was usually given weapons and equipment for riding.
Slaves were sometimes sacrificed to be useful in the next life. He was probably buried in such a way as to ensure both that he did not return to haunt his masters and that he could be of use to his masters after they died. The usual grave for a thrall was probably not much more than a hole in the ground. If a person were immolated, then the grave goods had to be burnt as well, and if the deceased was to be interred, the objects were interred together with him. The grave goods had to be subjected to the same treatment as the body, if they were to accompany the dead person to the afterlife. Through magical practices, such as spa or seidr, some aspect of the mind could leave the body during moments of unconsciousness, ecstasy, trance, or sleep. The hamingja could leave the person during life, and be inherited by another member of the lineage after death. The fylgja could also travel away from the body during life. A spirit tied to the core soul aspect of a living individual much like an astral double. When the body had been broken down, the soul could start its journey to the realm of the dead. The hugr was generally conceived of as leaving the body on death, potentially only after the body was fully destroyed through decay or immolation.
An extinguished hamr into a source of life that was primeval and common, and which was in the world of the gods, nature, and the universe. The last breath a person took was understood to be an evaporation of the life principle i.e.
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