Mosiyana ndi Asilavo akale, tsopano tikudziwa bwino zikhulupiriro za anthu akumpoto. Gwero lalikulu la chidziwitso cha Nthano zaku Norse Ndi mabuku olemera omwe adapatsidwa kwa anthu a Kumpoto.
Tingaphunzirenso zambiri zokhudza zikhulupiriro ndi nthano za ma Viking kuchokera ku miyala kapena mbale zachitsulo zomwe zimapezeka ku Scandinavia konse. Nthawi zambiri amaphatikiza ziwembu zochokera ku nthano , zolemba za runic kapena fano la mulungu .
Zochokera kunja kwa nthano za Norse ndizosowa. Ndikoyenera kutchula ndakatulo ya Anglo-Saxon ya Beowulf, yomwe imasanthula mbiri ya anthu akale ankhondo aku Danes. Ili ndilolemba lodziwika kwambiri lochokera kudziko lina, logwirizana ndi nthano za ku Scandinavia.
Zizindikiro zogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu akale a kumpoto, monga m'mayiko ena, zinali zogwirizana ndi chipembedzo ndi nthano.
Zizindikiro zambiri zomwe a Nords ankagwiritsa ntchito zinalidi zosonyeza makhalidwe a milungu imene ankakhulupirira. Ma Viking akale nthawi zambiri ankavala kapena kukongoletsa zinthu ndi zizindikiro kapena runes. Mwinamwake, iwo ankafuna motere kuti apindule ndi mulungu uyu kapena kupeza gawo laling'ono la luso lofanana, monga mphamvu kapena kuchenjera. Nthawi zambiri, zizindikiro zinkatanthauzanso kuteteza munthu winawake.