A new history of the Vikings captures the humanity of a brutal world
In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...
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Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college ...
Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...
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Old Norse Mythology in the Sources Course
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 ...
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Valkyrie: How the bloodthirsty Valkyries of Norse mythology became a pop culture phenomenon
As Robert Blumetti observes in The Norse Gods and Their Myths ... the most famous Valkyrie who reigns supreme in pop culture today. Based on the mythological figure Brynhildr, Valkyrie came ...