There is a long history of the far right co-opting Norse imagery. Jake Angeli, the Trump supporter who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing horns and displaying his tattoos, is just the latest example.

That Viking symbols can be deployed in such a broad range of uses, and appeal to such a broad political spectrum, is a sign of how little is actually known about worship practices or local customs ...

In Germany, where Viking symbols were coopted by the Third Reich, many heathens are particularly wary of misappropriation today. Ulrike Pohl, a member of the Eldaring, ...

Gendron’s manifesto connects this symbol with Norse culture by overlaying it on a photo of a landscape, which appears to be the Old Man of Storr, a rock formation on the Isle of Skye.

(RNS) — The flags emblazoned with “Jesus 2020” and the cross, the most easily recognizable symbol of Christianity, were hard to miss amid the mob of President Trump supporters who stormed ...

According to The Washington Post: This "knot of the slain" is "an Old Norse symbol that often represented the afterlife in carvings and designs," according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Modern neo-Nazis routinely use Norse symbols, including the Odal rune. The Anti-Defamation League website explains: "Today, it is commonly seen in tattoo form, on flags or banners, ...

At The Conversation, we asked several scholars who study symbols – including ancient Norse images and more recent flags from U.S. history – to explain what they saw during the riot, and what ...

From Viking hammers to flags of fictional countries, many rioters shared an inside visual handshake to acknowledge their white nationalist identity. Here’s where it came from.

What the Viking Symbol Inguz Means. Another symbol that features prominently in God of War is the Inguz, which was used in ancient times to denote a time deliverance, of new life, a new path.

A tattoo of a Norse symbol of the afterlife now closely associated with white supremacist groups is visible on a federal agent who participated in last week’s immigration raid on Martha’s ...