The story of Ragnarök is a prophecy about the end of the world in Scandinavian legend. It foretells a huge final battle resulting in the death of gods, men, giants, and monsters. In some later...

Hymir , father of the god of war Týr, was a wise giant from Jotunheim in Old Norse mythology and the keeper of an enormous magic cauldron that Thor and Týr wished to borrow as a kettle for brewing...

Norse runes are a writing system first developed by the Germanic people of Scandinavia. Runic symbols were believed to have mystical powers. Runes evolved as they were shared from culture to culture....

The graves of Viking women tell a rich story of status, power, wealth, adventure, and more freedom than their European counterparts. A level of gender equality is obvious in the everyday life of the...

According to Norse cosmology, Vanaheim and its gods are associated with soothsaying, fertility, magic, and wisdom, as opposed to Asgard, the realm of war and power. Consequently, Vanir (or Vanr) gods...

In the Poetic Edda, Folkvang (Fólkvangr) is described as one of the many great halls in Asgard and is the home to fallen warriors chosen by Freyja. Odin chooses half of the fallen Viking warriors...