Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

In the divine words of the bard Madonna, these Viking books will “take you there”. After all, who doesn’t want to get ...

Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...

A York brewery is looking back to the city’s Norse ... Odin’s Gaze- a 5.2 per cent New England IPA. In collaboration with Northern Monk, Brew York pays tribute to Asgard, the realm of the ...

Tour Odin's sacred lands in this Odin: Valhalla Rising trailer for the MMORPG. The trailer shows the world tree Yggdrasil, lush landscapes of Midgard, and more. Odin: Valhalla Rising will be available ...

But it did lead into some interesting commentary during my two-week cruise, aptly named “Cities of Antiquities,” on the Viking Star. Napa native Susan Merle is a travel writer based in Montreal.

The giant Hel was one of the children of the trickster giant Loki. Born half-living and half-dead, she was a terror to look ...

Giantess figures in Nordic mythology represent the higher status of women in Viking culture by dictating the flow of ... Skaði was a Jötunn goddess in Norse mythology. She went to Asgard to seek ...

After concluding that the giantess Thökk was indeed Loki in disguise, the gods resolve to harshly punish him ... by Snorri Sturluson himself while he was working on this Old Norse textbook, or else it ...