In the 1800s, archaeologists dug up a major Norse find in Sweden. Recent studies reveal there's even more to get excited ...

If you’ve watched Vikings—the History Channel’s hit show that ran from 2013 to 2020—you know it’s way more than just sword fights, ship raids, and intense stares across longhouses.

The valknot is a trio of interlocking triangles associated with Norse mythology and white supremacy. It was also visible on ...

Vikings were some of the fiercest fighters in human history, using their impressive battle prowess to spread Norse influence between the 8th and 11th centuries. Their bravery as warriors was ...

Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy ...

But the battling Danes, Swedes and Norwegians weren't just ferocious bearskin-clad warriors. As a new book, Viking: The Norse Warrior's Manual, reveals, the Scandinavian raiders also had a ...

Around 930,000 descendents of warrior race exist today - despite the Norse warriors’ British rule ending more than 900 years ago. A genetic study carried out by BritainsDNA compared the Y ...

The year was 1941. Norway had fallen into darkness under the iron fist of Hitler’s brutal Wehrmacht. The conquering German ...

Valkyries were responsible for choosing which soldiers should die on the battlefield. These assistants to the Norse god of war then accompanied the dead warriors to Valhalla, where they served them ...

which draws on Norse mythology. In Ragnarök, the older generation of gods will be destroyed. "There is an inevitability to this," writes Larrington in her book. "Even the warriors in Valhalla can ...

It is said that they entered combat in a trance-like state—or, in Norse: "berserkergang"—and completely naked except for animal skins and, perhaps, a piece of horned headgear. These warriors ...