An ancient wooden carving of the bisexual Viking god Odin has been linked to a prehistoric ... The idol was built at the same time as a circle of wood monuments constructed thousands of years ...

Known for being fierce raiders, courageous explorers, and competent traders, the Viking Age lasted from ... raiding would rust the iron, but wood carvings showed them as at least wearing pants.

The remains of a 1,200-year-old pagan temple to the Old Norse gods such as Thor and Odin have been discovered in Norway — a rare relic of the Viking religion built a few centuries before ...

Researchers have discovered that an ancient gold disc found in southern Denmark includes the earliest written reference to the Norse god Odin, revealing that he was worshiped up to 150 years ...

Before this time, Viking gods were more commonly worshipped in simplistic settings. The wood of the temple no longer ... include storm god Thor and war god Odin. Norway's kings enforced ...

The discovery of the oldest recorded mention of the god Odin — usually known from much later stories of Norse mythology — pushes the age of this deity back at least 150 years to the early 5th ...

A centuries-old gold disc found in Denmark has revealed the earliest known mention of the Norse god Odin at least 150 years earlier than any previous inscription. The disc, known as a bracteate ...