Most of the surviving information we have about Norse mythology and legendary Viking history was written by Snorri Sturluson, ...

Wardruna are something of a modern musical phenomenon. Part Scandinavian folk revival, part prog rock epic and part pagan ritual, their wide-screen performances are a beautiful and mesmerising ...

Is a lunar eclipse, or Blood Moon, a sign of good luck or bad? It depends who you ask. The Inca believed a jaguar was attacking the moon goddess, while Wiccans see it as a time for growth and ...

Until just over a thousand years ago – during the Viking Age – people in Norway and the Nordic countries worshipped the pagan, Norse gods. Norwegians were among the very last in Europe to say goodbye ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a rich cultural celebration with origins in ancient pagan rituals, now thriving in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is here, and the celebrations are in full swing.

During the race, it came to light that back in 2013, Invictus slaughtered a goat and drank its blood as part of a pagan ritual. But the sensational, gory headlines minimize the identitarian, ...

“It can be hard to find groups that are open to new people,” he admits, “but I would like to see larger celebrations again: the old-school, pre-modern, pagan-style gatherings.” My most recent ...

Ivan Kupala is a pagan ritual celebrated in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus which originally marked the summer solstice But as Christianity came to the region it assimilated the celebrations and moved ...