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

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 ...

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has released a new video about the importance of Norse mythology in its narrative. The video, which is narrated by Ubisoft’s Darby McDevitt, expands on the historical context ...

Anyone who maintains an online presence, such as on Facebook or other social media, knows what a troll is. A troll is that horrid person who watches everyone’s posts and waits for the right moment to ...

Saniya Ahmed writes about video games that ignite her love of gaming. She is involved in gaming not only as a writer but as an artist. Inspired by video games and anime, she creates cyborg characters ...

Speaking with GameSpot, Derby McDevitt said that the developers want players to really feel like they are immersed in the Dark Ages, and as such a focus on Norse mythology isn’t going to be the main ...

AMERICAN VIKINGS: How the Norse Sailed Into the Lands and Imaginations of America. By Martyn Whittock. Pegasus Books. 272 pages. $29.95. Centuries of lively and heroic medieval sagas, first recorded ...

Friday the 13th, notorious for its unlucky reputation, stems from Norse and Christian traditions. Loki's disruption of a banquet and Judas' presence at the Last Supper fueled the superstition. This ...