The shield-maidens, whether as literary figures or historical realities, remain a potent reminder of the Viking Age’s complex and dynamic society, where the boundaries of power were often fluid and revolutionary.
Tree? Check. Gifts? Check. Ample amounts of food and drink? Check. Games? Check. The Yule celebration predates the Christmas holiday and traditions by hundreds of years in Scandinavia, and many people still...
By intertwining courage with wyrd, the Norse peoples created a resilient mindset that continues to captivate modern imaginations. Their legacy inspires us to confront life's uncertainties with bravery, crafting our...
For the Norse peoples during the Viking Age, outlawry (útlegð in Old Norse) represented one of the harshest punishments a person could endure. This punishment stripped individuals of all legal protections and...
The lives of Norse women during the Viking Age were marked by unique social roles, relative freedom and duties that were rarely seen at the time. Unlike many other societies of their...
Dísir, the supernatural beings of the North are primarily associated with fate, fertility and protection. They are a group of supernatural beings, with the most famous members of said group being the Norns,...
Few subjects fascinate the human mind so much as its own mortality. The Norse Faith has many afterlives, and the concepts of absolute good or evil as well of eternal...
According to the Prose Edda, the Island of Sjælland (Zealand) in Denmark was created in a single day by the Goddess Gefion, who ploughed the island from Sweden with the help...
How did the Vikings counted the time of the year before the adoption of the modern calendar? Learn about the old calendar used by the Norse and Icelandic peoples here.
