The medieval Old Norse kings’ sagas have been thoroughly studied for centuries for their vivid representation of Scandinavia’s Viking Age past, but women have frequently been overlooked in scholarly ...

The early history of Norway can be traced back to just a few texts, the Old Norse sagas, which describe the beginnings of Norwegian kings from the medieval era. One text from the collection is ...

When feeding, according to a 13th-century Old Norse manuscript ... who became intrigued by the old local sagas—and the hafgufa—while excavating a shipwreck off the coast of Iceland.

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 the first time that the remains of a person or character described in a Norse saga has been positively ... that the ...

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.

Both Norse sagas have Thorfinn beating a retreat north ... Asked who discovered America, 8-year-old Kristin Bjarnadottir, a third grader in Holar, Iceland, answers with complete confidence ...

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 ...