including powerful Minor Gods and Myth Units. The Norse all-father, Odin, may seem like an obvious go-to choice as one of the most powerful deities in all mythology. However, this Pantheon falls a ...

I came across the Norse ... Mythology if we’d hit peak Ragnarök yet, and I had to say we haven’t even reached the foothills of early Ragnarök yet. But I think what is so marvellous about the ...

Zack Snyder has cast a strong female lead in his latest project, the animated series Twilight of the Gods. Sigrid isn't just a fierce warrior inspired by ancient Norse tradition, she's also a ...

As we filmed, we were keen to evoke the realm of Norse Gods - of Odin and Thor, and were able to weave in links between Norse mythology and the nature. The sacred tree Yggdrasil was said to be the ...

Hilda is another female Viking name rooted in the Old Norse word ... Revna is the Old Norse word for "raven." In Norse mythology, the king of the gods Odin has two ravens who act as extensions of him ...

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 ... one of the powerful female warriors who serve Odin ...

After a very brief sketch of the Scandinavian settlements in the west, and more especially in Man, a short account is given of some leading details of the old Norse mythology as preserved in the ...

This online mythology course is an introduction to the ... This course surveys the primary collection of Old Norse poetry about the pre-Christian Scandinavian gods, the Poetic Edda. You will also work ...

Slavic mythology ... gods, Slavic religion had a whole array of lesser deities, local gods, house spirits and demons. The most important of those was likely Rod – a Slavic personification of fate. Rod ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology ... demon Surtr and the gods Odin and Thor. Before the Icelanders were introduced to Christianity and its teachings, they formulated an indigenous theory of volcanism ...