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 ...

Norse mythology has it all—gods with unpredictable ... the illegitimate daughter of Eirik the Red, caught between the old Norse ways and the rise of Christianity. As she embraces her heritage ...

"Norway and the Nordic countries have a pagan heritage to be somewhat proud of. A heritage that few have been aware of," says ...

Despite their power, few words at the time made it from Old Norse into the English language. Simply put, English wasn’t a language that budged easily. At the time, English had about 25,000 words, and ...

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 ...

Elements from the Old Norse sagas are also included in the imagery, such as Fenrir, a wolf monster from Viking mythology who kills Odin and helps usher in the end of the world. The screens surround a ...

One of the strengths of Twilight of the Gods is how it combines the old with the new. While many of the characters and plot ...