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

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...

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 ...

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Norway is trying to cement itself as a destination for all things Viking. Thor’s Rike (Thor’s Kingdom) in western Norway aims to not only be Norway’s largest theme park when it opens, it wants to ...

These strong, storied names drawn from Norse culture and myth. Norse dog names are fun choices for a new dog or puppy, especially if they are a Scandinavian breed or if you yourself have Scandinavian ...