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

Today, the name "Thor" likely conjures up an image of a well-muscled Chris Hemsworth playing the Norse-inspired superhero on the big screen. For the actual Vikings, the god of thunder may have ...

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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 ...

A man said he eventually found his own faith by "becoming a Viking warrior". Richard Mehmed, 31, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, is one of many Viking re-enactors across England who spend their weekends in ...

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VIKINGS season 6, part 2 is coming to soon to Amazon Prime Video and the History Channel and viewers are curious to know more about the facts behind the show. Who are the Vikings Gods? There are ...

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There are numerous Viking Gods and several of them are mentioned in the historical drama series Vikings. Fans will be used to hearing the names Odin and Sagard but who are the other Viking gods?