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Free Norse mythology posters
Five A3 display posters for the Vikings unit. Print and go.
A free resource for schools.
Print, display and photocopy freely.
Fenrir, Jörmungandr, Surtr, the Valkyrie and the Troll: one poster each, designed to be read from across a classroom and to stand up to a term on a wall.
On every poster
- The creature's name in runes, and how to say it
- Facts drawn from the earliest sources
- A timeline showing where the story comes from: runestones, carvings, sagas and places, with dates
- A discussion question with no single right answer
- Six creature ratings children can compare and debate
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All five posters are in one file, in colour and again in black and white.
To print on A4, choose ‘Fit to page’.
Fenrir
ᚠᛖᚾᚱᛁᚱ
FEN-reer
A giant wolf chained up by the gods, from the Norse myths of the Vikings.
Why only impossible things?
More about Fenrir
Jörmungandr
ᛃᛟᚱᛗᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᚱ
YOR-mun-gahn-dr
A sea serpent that circles the world, from the Norse myths of the Vikings.
Why tell a story that ends badly?
More about Jörmungandr
Surtr
ᛊᚢᚱᛏᚱ
SOOR-tr
A fire giant who rules a land of flames, from the Norse myths of the Vikings.
Can an ending also be a beginning?
More about Surtr
Valkyrie
valkyrja
VAL-kir-ee
A spirit who decides who lives and who falls in battle, from the Norse myths of the Vikings.
Why would a warrior believe this?
More about the Valkyrie
Troll
ᛏᚱᛟᛚᛚ
TROHL
A huge, bad-tempered giant of the mountains, from Norse myths and Scandinavian folk tales.
Why tell stories about strange rocks?
More about the Troll
Using these in class
- England
Supports the KS2 Vikings history unit and KS2 English work on myths and legends. The source timeline on each poster covers how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
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KS2 English: myths and legends · KS2 History: sources
- United States
Grade 4 English, comparing myths and traditional literature from different cultures, when the poster sets are used together.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.9
- Australia
Years 3 to 8 English: discussing creatures in their cultural contexts, and using each poster's discussion question to form and justify an opinion. Year 8 History skills: the origin and purpose of sources, their accuracy and usefulness as evidence, and the perspectives of the past they carry.
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English, Years 3 to 8
AC9E3LE01 · AC9E4LE01 · AC9E5LE01 · AC9E6LE01 · AC9E7LE01 · AC9E8LE01 · AC9E3LY02 · AC9E4LY02 · AC9E5LY02 · AC9E6LY02 · AC9E7LE02
History, Year 8
AC9HH8S03 · AC9HH8S04 · AC9HH8S06
These are the year levels where this resource has a named curriculum home. They are not a limit, and much of the material carries across other age groups.
Curriculum links checked October 2026 against National Curriculum (England, 2014), Common Core State Standards and Australian Curriculum v9.0. All curriculum links
Take it further
Display all five, then run the comparison task: a one-lesson activity comparing creatures across five cultures, with teacher notes and answers.
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