This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...

His portrayal of magic as something feared and respected adds a mystique to the world. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman offers a masterful retelling of the ancient Norse myths, from the creation of ...

Anybody who can train cats to pull a chariot has to be badass. One of things about the Norse gods is that everything ends very badly. It all ends in something called Ragnarök, which is the end of ...

According to legend, Odin, chief of the Norse gods, speared himself to a tree in ... Meet the Rune Master Those who used them for magic took the supernatural powers of the runes seriously.

But the true essence of the legend lies not in our sanitised representations of golden-haired women drifting regally through the skies on white horses, but in Old Norse mythology of the 13th ...