8-year-old girl finds a 1,500-year-old sword in a Swedish lake
A 1,500-year old sword in a lake found by an eight-year-old girl – no, this is not an excerpt from a fantasy novel. This time…
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12 major Norse gods and goddesses you should know about
Of some of the renowned mythologies from history, the Norse gods and legends probably have one of the vaguest of origins, with their primary lore borrowed from…
The ancient Egyptian and medieval Viking propensity for petting cats
The relationship between humans and cats is possibly far older than previously thought. To provide some context, 20th-century scholars originally believed that the ancestors of…
Take a gander at the mythological family trees of the Egyptian, Greek, and Norse gods
One of the unifying characteristics of humanity’s history relates to the development and essence of myths and lore. Simply put, mythology (derived from the Greek…
Listen to how Old Norse sounded, courtesy of the ‘Cowboy Professor’
Last month, we talked about how some basic English words were derived from Old Norse. Well this time around, ‘Cowboy Professor’ Dr. Jackson Crawford has…
Listen to the world’s oldest known secular Norse song from Codex Runicus – a medieval manuscript written in runes
Codex Runicus, the medieval manuscript dating from circa 1300 AD, comprises around 202 pages composed in runic characters. Known for its content of the Scanian…
1000-year old Viking warrior sword discovered in Iceland by goose hunters
Goose hunters stumbling across a 1000-year old legendary Viking sword – while the premise sounds a bit like the start of an adventure movie, the…
