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 ...

In Norse mythology, dragons are seen as embodiments ... From the venomous Fafnir to the world-encircling Jörmungandr, Norse dragon names echo with power and mystery. Each name, steeped in myth ...

Just like Greek tales of the ancient gods of Mount Olympus and the antics they got up to in the mortal world, Norse mythology comprises a vast collection of myths and stories which were central to ...

Christobel Hastings charts the transformation of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures from the ancient world In Njal ... but in Old Norse mythology of the 13th century, when folklore ...