Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.

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

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Across roughly the past decade, research on Old Norse mythology has exhibited a boom of interest in both folklore collected under the aegis of Romanticism and the perspectives and insights of today’s ...

Mythology is at the heart of Neil Gaiman’s work. It’s only fitting that Gaiman would write Norse Mythology, a retelling of classic Norse myths featuring mythical figures like Thor, Odin, and Loki—the ...

Friday the 13th is widely considered an unlucky day, rooted in centuries-old superstitions from Norse mythology and Biblical traditions. Both Friday and the number 13 have long been regarded as ...