Viking vs adventurer

Viking

noun
  • A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team. 

  • A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns. 

  • A Norseman (medieval Scandinavian). 

  • An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander. 

  • Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age. 

name
  • A sea area between Scotland and Norway 

  • A city in Minnesota 

  • A town in Alberta, Canada 

adventurer

noun
  • A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means. 

  • A soldier of fortune, a speculator. 

  • A player of adventure games or text adventures. 

  • One who enjoys adventures. 

  • A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises. 

How often have the words Viking and adventurer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )