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The temple at Hatra in Iraq, destroyed last year, featured a carved figure with an acanthus-leaf beard, a possible prototype of the Gr...
Folkvangr (interpreted from Old Norse to mean 'field of the people', 'field of the warriors', or 'field of the hosts') is among a few ...
A new temple dedicated to the Norse god Odin and other gods has opened in Denmark.
Is it the first Odin’s temple since the Chris...
Amorous, affectionate and affable, Selkies are the hidden gems of sea mythology. Gentle spirits who prefer dance in the moonlight over...
The Pagan Vikings had a number of gods and goddesses they worshipped. However, unlike other ancient civilizations the Vikings had neit...
Harald “Blåtand” Gormsson was a King of Denmark and Norway who lived during the 10th century AD. He was responsible for the unificatio...
Santa Claus, Keebler cookies, and overloaded shelves. If a person speaks of elves, the brain frequently goes to those who work for San...
Sverd i fjell (English: Swords in Rock) is a commemorative monument located in the Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, a borough of the ...
Death as an entity appears in many cultures across the globe. In the West, this entity is known as the Grim Reaper. In Japan, Death is...
According to Scandinavian mythology, the Kraken was a giant sea creature (said to be 1 mile long) believed to eat whales and devour en...
The Vikings used many symbols in accordance to Norse mythology. Such symbols were widely used in Viking society and they represented e...
The finger ring discovered in a 9th-century Swedish grave, inscribed with Arabic Kufic writing, interpreted as reading “il-la-lah”...
I love books about the mysteries, myths and magic of London (there’s an alliteration for you). I’ve got quite a collection and I frequ...
In the first few pages of this book, we learn that the "traditional" Scots kilt was invented by an Englishman in the 1730s, the first ...
Many ancient European peoples, particularly the Celts and Germans, regarded themselves as children of Danu, with Danu meaning the Moth...
It has long been known amongst historians and anthropologists that humans’ evil actions give meanings or reshape the perceptions of ev...
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the role that women played in the Viking Age. Were they warriors, wielding shields an...
Want to build your own Stonehenge? This retired carpenter has done it, without machinery.
Through the ages, Stonehenge in Wiltsh...
Another ‘Stone Henge’ even bigger than the world famous heritage site and dating back nearly 5,500 years has been discovered by archae...
Introduction
It is difficult to say with any precision what the pagan Anglo-Saxons and Vikings believed during this perio...
What was it like at the time the story was set?
Life in Anglo Saxon times was often hard and brutal. The area that is no...
The environmental friendly habitats and eco homes are generally assumed to be modern inventions, however, this cannot be further from ...
An underwater research drone has discovered a massive creature lurking at the bottom of Loch Ness, rumored home of Scotland’s mythical...
The Rök Runestone, erected in the late 800s in the Swedish province of Östergötland, is the world's most well-known runestone. Its lon...