According to Norse mythology, the god Odin, with the help of his band of Valkyrie shieldmaidens, chose the bravest fallen warrior ... the symbol of Valhalla. While we do not know what the Vikings ...

Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war ... the question of whether female warriors were actually ...

Discovered by metal detectorists in 2012 in the village of Hårby on Funen Island, Denmark, the figurine has become a symbol of the Viking ... from Norse mythology who chose which warriors would ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway.

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.

There, he and twelve Norse Warriors, including Viking prince Buliwyf (Vladmir Kulich), embark on a mission to defeat an ancient evil that's been terrorizing the North, which is referred to as the ...

A goat that serves fallen Viking warriors in the afterlife features in Norse mythology. However, multiple translations state the animal limitlessly produces mead, rather than beer. A rumor has ...

A marvellously comprehensive compendium of Norse mythology from creation to Ragnarök, Gaiman serves as a wizard-like guide into the Viking world ... begins when the warrior witch survives a ...

Bloodaxe,' co-created by Horatio Hirst, will chronicle the rise of one the best known Viking warriors ... to return to the fantastic world of the Norse Sagas and the men, women and gods of ...

These assistants to the Norse god of war then accompanied ... raising the question of whether female warriors were actually regarded as men in Viking Age society. However, because most of the ...