Dr. Mathias Nordvig, a professor of Norse mythology, sits down with WIRED to compare and contrast Marvel's interpretations of Norse gods. Dr. Nordvig goes into great detail about everything from ...

Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" is the book to reach for when it feels like the world is coming to an end. Because it is coming to an end — at least, it is for the gods. The world ends by fire and ice ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed the 1,200-year-old remains of a large Viking temple in Ose, Norway that was dedicated to the worship of the Norse gods Thor and Odin. "Archaeologists say the large wooden ...

"Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical," Mimir explains to Kratos and his son Atreus in 2018's God of War. Yet as soon as Sindri, the dwarven blacksmith, gave a ...

After stops in the ancient worlds of Egypt and Greece, Rick Riordan's ever-traveling mind has booked a flight North. "The Son Of Neptune," the second of his "Heroes of Olympus" series, comes out ...

Today, the name "Thor" likely conjures up an image of a well-muscled Chris Hemsworth playing the Norse-inspired superhero on the big screen. For the actual Vikings, the god of thunder may have ...

As the game's title suggests, God of War: Ragnarok's inspirations include the Norse Ragnarok myth, and this is hinted at during the final scenes of 2018's God of War. When snow falls, Mimir warns ...

BERGEN, NORWAY—Live Science reports that the postholes of a 1,200-year-old Old Norse temple have been uncovered on the west coast of Norway by a team of researchers led by archaeologist Søren Diinhoff ...

Jackson Crawford, director of CU’s Nordic Studies program, studies and translates Old Norse, a language spoken by medieval Scandinavians. Here the native Coloradan talks Vikings, videos and his ...