Most stories of the Vikings and their gods focus on men. It’s time for the women to take centre stage: from giantesses to bad ...

Matt Shore is a writer, comedian, and actor known for his work on The Eric Andre Show and the podcast, Made Up Movies. Vikings and their exploits have long been the stuff of legend, and in terms of ...

On a quiet farm tucked into Norway’s mountains, everyday work paused for a careful check beneath the ground. The land had ...

The Norse system of thralldom was not always complete chattel slavery, but most of the enslaved had little agency. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons One of the ...

Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Vikings used their longships to travel from Scandinavia to raid, trade and settle in lands far and wide. While the Lindisfarne raid, the settlements on Scottish ...

Rök runestone, one of the world's most famous, is believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia. With hit TV shows and recent ...

Every time a phone connects to wireless earbuds or a car stereo, a tiny Viking legacy quietly flickers to life. The ...