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 ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

See below A marvellously comprehensive compendium of Norse mythology from creation to Ragnarök, Gaiman serves as a ...

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia. You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as ...

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia. You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as ...

Luckily for any fan of Vikings, the Norse gods are one of the most developed pantheons in the game, offering up fan favorites like Loki and Thor as well as the more obscure heroes of mythology ...

Thick, waterproof coats shield them from extreme cold ... features that harken back to their days aboard Viking ships and among Norse gods. While they may no longer hunt on Viking voyages ...

Much less is known about Viking navigation methods on the high seas, although one of the Icelandic sagas—narratives of Norse history and legends written in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in ... sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled ...

Up Helly Aa in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, is held on the last Tuesday of January every year and celebrates the area's Norse heritage. Participants don Viking-style clothing and carry ...