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Valkyries in Norse Mythology: The Choosers of the Slain
What the Word Valkyrie Actually Means
The Old Norse word is valkyrja. It translates to "chooser of the slain," from valr (the batt...
Viking Berserkers: The Fury Behind the Sagas
What a Berserker Actually Was
A berserker was a Norse fighter who entered a state of uncontrolled rage in battle, fought without a...
Loki in Norse Mythology: The Trickster Who Burned It All Down
Who Loki Actually Was (And Was Not)
Loki was not a god. Not technically. The sources call him a giant's son who talked his way int...
Viking Ships, the Longship and What It Could Do
The Viking ship is the only piece of Norse technology that was genuinely ahead of everyone else in Europe, and it is the reason th...
What Norse Mythology Actually Is
Norse mythology is a set of stories about gods, giants and the end of the world, told in the Scandinavian north and its colonies, ...
The Nine Realms of Norse Cosmology
The nine realms are the most famous thing about Norse cosmology and the least well supported. No surviving source lists them. Not ...
The Norse Goddesses
The Norse goddesses are harder to write about than the gods, and not because there are fewer of them. Snorri lists fourteen in a r...
Gungnir, Odin’s Spear
Odin's spear is called Gungnir, and it is the one piece of divine kit in the Norse material that also seems to have been used by a...
Freya, the Goddess Who Takes Half the Slain
Freya takes half the battle dead. Odin takes the other half, and she chooses first. That single line in Grimnismal quietly rearran...
Tyr, the God Who Gave His Hand
Tyr is the god who saw what needed doing, worked out what it would cost, and did it anyway. Everyone else at that meeting looked a...