The Valknot, a mythical Nordic symbol, is a trio of interlocking triangles now associated with white supremacists.

Björn Ironside has become famous because of the TV show Vikings. In the ninth century, Björn and Hastein launched a daring ...

That vision of a Viking ... warrior). As Stefan Brink and Neil Price’s The Viking World describes, historically, it referred to seafaring groups who traversed the seas, oceans and rivers to raid ...

Among those who did raid ... Viking quiz: How much do you know about these seaborne raiders, traders and explorers? Archaeologist sailed a Viking replica boat for 3 years to discover unknown ...

Netflix viewers are flocking to watch Vikings after the hit historical drama quietly dropped on the streaming platform earlier this year. Originally aired on the History Channel, all six seasons are ...

In popular imagination, Vikings were robust, flaxen-haired Scandinavian warriors ... Viking era. Nor did Viking-era residents of the region conform to stereotypical Scandinavian looks: The ancient ...

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and Viking scholars have been reluctant to acknowledge the agency of women with ...

From the day in 793 when Viking warriors descended on an isolated monastery ... sailing for weeks to raid far-off targets. “You row, pee, eat, drink, and fight together,” says Igor Gorewicz ...

From an elegiac exploration of the environment, musings on masculinity and a reckoning with existence, these ancient Nordic ... The figure of the Viking warrior has always represented a struggle ...