Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

Students of religion are routinely taught the well-known stories of Greek and Roman mythology, and a great many people know of Apollo and Zeus. Less well-known but still often studied are the earlier ...

The notorious Delphi murders case has taken several shocking twists over the years, like when Richard Allen made a bombshell claim about the killings of teenagers Libby German and Abby Williams. In ...

Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020. Lisbeth Imer, ...

(RNS) — Valhalla has a specific meaning to neo-pagans who focus on Norse mythology. But as far-right groups adopt Norse symbols, it can carry darker connotations. (RNS) — At a press conference Friday ...