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Thor swings his hammer at the temple of the sleeping giant Skrýmir beneath an oak at night while two companions sit by a campfire

Thor and Útgarða-Loki: The Contest Thor Could N...

Thor and Útgarða-Loki is the longest Thor and Loki story in Snorri's Edda. In Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning, chapters 44–47, Thor, Loki and two human servants travel east to a giant...

Thor and Útgarða-Loki: The Contest Thor Could N...

Thor and Útgarða-Loki is the longest Thor and Loki story in Snorri's Edda. In Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning, chapters 44–47, Thor, Loki and two human servants travel east to a giant...

Aged Norse gods kneel at the timber wall of Asgard lighting wood shavings as a huge eagle dives toward the flames and a small falcon escapes

Iðunn: The Goddess of Apples the Gods Could Not...

Iðunn (Idunn) is the Norse goddess who keeps the apples the gods eat to stay young. Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda names her as the wife of Bragi, god of poetry,...

Iðunn: The Goddess of Apples the Gods Could Not...

Iðunn (Idunn) is the Norse goddess who keeps the apples the gods eat to stay young. Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda names her as the wife of Bragi, god of poetry,...

A giant grey wolf leaps across a blood-red sky to swallow the sun at the start of Ragnarök, above a frozen land of fjords and smouldering ruins

Ragnarök: The End of the World in Norse Mythology

Ragnarök, the fate of the gods, told straight from Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál and Snorri's Prose Edda: the signs, the last battle, who survives and the new world. Plus the Viking Age...

Ragnarök: The End of the World in Norse Mythology

Ragnarök, the fate of the gods, told straight from Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál and Snorri's Prose Edda: the signs, the last battle, who survives and the new world. Plus the Viking Age...

Odin as a one-eyed wanderer in a grey hooded cloak and wide hat, leaning on a spear on a misty moor while two ravens circle

Names of Odin: 134 Names From the Eddas, With M...

The medieval sources give Odin well over a hundred names; this page lists 134, each traced to its stanza or chapter. Most come from three places: Odin's own list in...

Names of Odin: 134 Names From the Eddas, With M...

The medieval sources give Odin well over a hundred names; this page lists 134, each traced to its stanza or chapter. Most come from three places: Odin's own list in...

An ox horn mug, a stainless steel mug, a wooden stave tankard, a lidded pewter tankard and a small drinking horn side by side on an oak table (modern illustration)

Ox Horn vs Pewter vs Resin: Which Drinking Horn...

Choose real ox horn if you want the vessel the Vikings actually drank from and will wash it by hand and keep it for cold drinks. Choose stainless steel for...

Ox Horn vs Pewter vs Resin: Which Drinking Horn...

Choose real ox horn if you want the vessel the Vikings actually drank from and will wash it by hand and keep it for cold drinks. Choose stainless steel for...

Silver Mjolnir pendant on a stone beside a small fire and drinking horn at dusk

Asatru: The Modern Revival of the Old Norse Rel...

Asatru, from Icelandic Ásatrú, "faith in the Æsir," is a modern revival of the pre-Christian Norse religion. Its oldest organization, Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið, was founded in 1972 and recognized by the...

Asatru: The Modern Revival of the Old Norse Rel...

Asatru, from Icelandic Ásatrú, "faith in the Æsir," is a modern revival of the pre-Christian Norse religion. Its oldest organization, Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið, was founded in 1972 and recognized by the...