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 ...

Researchers believe the drinking hall may have been used by the Norse chief Earl Sigurd — who was a powerful figure during ...

It wasn’t ‘us versus them’ – the Viking invaders were integrating. The Old Norse liked to talk about wet and windy weather, and clearly had a lot where they came from, judging by the words ...

Called 'Old Norse Sagas', these tales of heroes, warriors, epic adventures and amazing insights in to daily life all still seem highly relevant today. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez ...

This is a tale where human passions have a high cost; but in one passage in the Darraðarljóð, a skaldic poem in Old Norse, the saga moves beyond the blood and gore of the mortal realm.

Great! Well let’s start at the beginning…The Vikings lived over 1000 years ago, but they don’t look that old to me, what’s your secret?The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area ...

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The Poetic Edda is an ancient collection of Old Norse narrative poems in alliterative verse. A must-read for academics and casual enthusiasts alike, the grandiose poems are set following the ...

Along with the details found within Norwegian stave churches, rune stones provide some of the best evidence we have of the slow transition from belief in the old Norse Gods to the ‘new ...