Aegir and Rán are married deities in Norse mythology. Together they rule the seas much like the Greek god Poseidon. They are the personifications of the sea, and the deities seafarers of the Viking...

Hodr (Höðr) is the Norse god of darkness. The twin brother of the beloved Baldr, Hodr is indirectly responsible for Baldr’s death. In Norse mythology, the blind god Hodr is one of the more...

Thor's iron gloves made Thor stronger than he was without them. Thor's gloves were one of Thor's three crucial possessions: the hammer Mjölnir, the belt of strength Megingjörð, and the iron gloves...

The Norse Gaels, also known as Hiberno-Norse, were a mixed group of people that settled in Ireland during the Viking age. These Nordic Vikings adopted much of Celtic and Gaelic culture when they...

Sol and Mani, in old Norse, translates quite literally to the sun and moon. They are known as the beings and Norse deities who drove the Sun and Moon in their courses through the sky. There isn't...

Berserkir were fierce Viking warriors who fought or only dressed in the skins of bears and wolves. The heightened state of violence could have been down to the influence of mind-altering drugs...