This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...
Just like Greek tales of the ancient gods of Mount Olympus and the antics they got up to in the mortal world, Norse mythology comprises ... to the story of the sacred tree Yggdrasil and the ...
Ragnarök, central to Norse mythology, is the apocalyptic tale where the gods meet their doom, and the world as it is known comes to an end. This myth tells the story of creation, destruction ...
long and the design was probably based on Norse mythology. "This is an intricate 11th Century Urnes style ornamentation possibly representing the world tree Yggdrasil with the monstrous serpent ...