1066 CE - The English victory at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and the resulting death of the Norwegian king, Harald Hardrada, marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.
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Bill Reid's sculpture The Raven and The First Men, depicting a Haida creation myth.
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"Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that Humour excites in those who lack it". --George Saintsbury
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The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise, verse"[1] and veda "knowledge") is a sacred Indo-Aryan collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns[2] still being used in India. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.
It is one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.[3] Philological and linguistic evidence indicate that the Rigveda was composed in the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. 1500–1200 BCE,[4][5][6] though a wider approximation of c. 1700–1100 BCE has also been given.[7][8][note 2]
The Rigveda contains several mythological and poetical accounts of the origin of the world, hymns praising the gods, and ancient prayers for life, prosperity, etc.[11] Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, putting these as the world's oldest religious texts in continued use.
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