Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology details how Viking Age Icelanders, migrating from Scandinavia to a new and volcanically active environment ...

the Bifrost Bridge is destined to crumble under the weight of the giants in the final battle. Several other Tolkien ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

Sunday honors Sunna or Sól, the Norse goddess of the Sun. Monday is Máni's day, the god of the Moon and brother to Sunna. Tuesday is Tyr’s day, the god of war. Wednesday is Odin's day, the ...

And I was actually asked in an interview by a journalist who had read Norse Mythology if we’d hit peak Ragnarök yet, and I had to say we haven’t even reached the foothills of early Ragnarök yet.

God of War Ragnarok seemingly wrapped up the franchise's Norse saga, and one specific character got the short end of the ...

Hopefully, Age of Mythology: Retold will do a better job of balancing this civilization while making the story mode more palatable for the masses. The Norse civilizations can be a pain to control ...

Soon back to normal. The past month has proven why boats come here from overseas and why the fishing attracts international ...

As a thunder-god, he has been compared to Zeus in Greek or Thor in Norse mythology. While Perun was likely worshipped across the whole area of Slavic settlement, he is best attested for in Eastern ...

The Norse, Greek, and Egyptian pantheons will be available during the beta. You can pre-order Age of Mythology: Retold and get access to this weekend’s beta over on its Steam page right here.

If we are looking for early Icelandic conceptualizations of the environment, we should look towards Old Norse mythology in the Edda, in Eddic and skaldic poetry. Their perspective on the world did not ...