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

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 ...

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In the Middle Ages, the Icelanders wrote down these oral traditions both in Latin and in Old Norse. Snorri Sturluson was the last and most important in a long line of saga writers who wrote down ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Historically, the North Atlantic archipelago was part of the Viking world and its inhabitants speak a language derived from Old Norse. Now, evidence has emerged that people reached the island by ...

It simply means a very small stream or rivulet. In the North of England there’s a word of Old Norse origin that also means a small stream or brook: a beck. Beck is often used to refer to a brook ...