==Literature==
{{Quote|50|
Grew Earl forthwith in the halls and 'gan<br>
to swing the shield, to fit the string,<br>
to bend the bow, to shaft the arrow,<br>
to hurl the dart, to shake the spear,<br>
to ride the horse, to loose the hounds,<br>
to draw the sword, and to swim the stream.<br>
|
Poetic Edda - Rígsþula, The Lay of Rig. The Birth of Earl <br>
[Ashliman 2010]<br>
}}
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===Scotland, Sutherland: Durness, Balnakeil===
:Status-
:Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 11-13)
:Find date- 1991
:Bodies-
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===Sweden, Birka: Bj 977===:Status- :Type- Viking boy's grave:Find date- late C19th:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum- :Publications-:*Ri{{ListRef|Arbman 1940|Taf.4.1,27.2}}:*http://kulturarvsdata.se/shm/context/html/1161:'''Grave goods''' :*''Sword'':*''Shield'':*''Arrows'':*''Buckle, Weight, Brocaided tablet weave''
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Arbman 1949 Taf.4.1 BJ 977 Sword.JPG
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===Sweden, Gotland: Hellvi parish, Ire===
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*MATTHIAS S. TOPLAK. THE DEAD AS RESOURCES: THE UTILIZATION OF DEATH AND BURIAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL IDENTITY AND LEGITIMACY IN VIKING AGE SCANDINAVIA ({{ListRef|Toplak 2018)}}
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Sword''
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Stenberger (1942) Boy Burial.png
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==Other Possible Child Burials==
===England, Derbyshire: Repton, Mound 50===
:Status-
:Type- Duel Cremation, Female & Child
:Find date- ?
:Bodies- Female & Child
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004B|p.91}}
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Sword''
:*''Shield''
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== References ==
{{Ref|Gardela 2021}}
{{Ref|Toplak 2018}}
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