Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written ...

This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...

Her name means “the one who brings grief,” “she who offers sorrow,” or “harm-bidder” in Old Norse. She was mentioned only ...

Across roughly the past decade, research on Old Norse mythology has exhibited a boom of interest in both folklore collected under the aegis of Romanticism and the perspectives and insights of today’s ...

Called 'Old Norse Sagas', these tales of heroes, warriors, epic adventures and amazing insights in to daily life all still seem highly relevant today. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez ...

It wasn’t ‘us versus them’ – the Viking invaders were integrating. The Old Norse liked to talk about wet and windy weather, and clearly had a lot where they came from, judging by the words ...

Along with the details found within Norwegian stave churches, rune stones provide some of the best evidence we have of the slow transition from belief in the old Norse Gods to the ‘new ...

It simply means a very small stream or rivulet. In the North of England there’s a word of Old Norse origin that also means a small stream or brook: a beck. Beck is often used to refer to a brook ...