Norse

God of War 2018 and God of War Ragnarök are two of the most successful video games ever made, and […]

The sun and moon move across the Norse sky because they are being chased. Sol, the sun goddess, drives her

Ragnarök does not begin with a battle. It begins with a winter. Fimbulwinter, from the Old Norse fimbulvetr meaning the

The most powerful weapon in the Norse cosmos exists because Loki cut off a goddess’s hair for no particular reason.

Mímir was the wisest being in the Norse cosmos. He was the guardian of the well beneath Yggdrasil that contained

The Norse gods as most people know them are a single community: Odin, Thor, Frigg, Freyr, Freyja, Njörðr, all living

When Skadi arrived in Asgard after the gods killed her father Þjazi, she came armed. She came in full armour

When Hermod rode Sleipnir down through the darkness to the realm of the dead to beg for Baldr’s return, he

Freyja is consistently described in popular culture as the Norse goddess of love, which is accurate as far as it

Frigg knows the fates of all beings. This is stated clearly in the sources: she possesses the gift of prophecy