Category:Skalds

The Bards of our society carry the responsibility of passing on our stories and songs to the coming generations in the SCA. A Skald, within the SCA, is one whose Bardic pursuits are particularly Norse/Viking influenced. In Anglo-Saxon society, the equivallent was the "Scop". In the Viking/Norse age, the Skald was many things: Singer Instrumentalist Composer Entertainer Poet Story Teller Historian Biographer / Autobiographer “Lofræða” (Icelandic – Eulogist) Counselor Confidante Diplomat Ambassador Messenger Mystic Magician Improvisational Artist Scribe? (if they could write) Priest (of a sorts) Dancer (or he/she would lead the dancing at least) Comedian (teller of jokes and riddles)