A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ...

Fans of Vikings witnessed the relationship between Ragnar Lothbrok and Athelstan from the very first season. A deep friendship that grew stronger over time, ultimately leading to the Saxon monk's ...

Discovered in 2014 near Kirkcudbright, the Galloway Hoard became one of the UK’s most significant archaeological finds of the ...

This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...

A famed Viking-age silver hoard discovered in Scotland may have belonged to an entire community of people, rather than one ...

What did the Vikings believe? The Vikings were very superstitious people. They believed that they shared their world with a whole range of gods and mystical creatures. Valhalla was the Viking ...

Viking society was also a culture of violence ... Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies in the department of religion and culture at Virginia Tech. His most recent book, written ...

Some say the ritual echoes the cremation of great Norse leaders and religious ceremonies to mark the Sun’s return to those longest, dark winter nights in the far north. Up Helly Aa celebrates ...