Magnolia Pictures has released a fantastic trailer for their documentary feature Folktales , from Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady , who previously made Jesus Camp , ...

Watch the trailer for Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's documentary 'Folktales,' which premeired at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

John Murray has acquired Sally Magnusson’s Orkney-set novel based on the Old Norse myth of Hel, titled The Shapeshifter’s ...

An 800-year-old Norse story about a military raid has been verified by analysis of ancient DNA. Sverris Saga is one of the Kings’ sagas – a series of Old Norse tales which tell the lives of Nordic ...

In Norse mythology, the apocalyptic event known as Ragnarök is preceded by a three-year-long winter known as Fimbulwinter, or “mighty winter.” Scholars have speculated whether Fimbulwinter is ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (RNS) — Dedicated to the whole pantheon of Norse gods and nature spirits, the temple will serve followers of the second-largest faith in the country.

Norse Tales. Edward Thomas. Pp. 159. (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1912.) Price 2s. THIS book is a successful attempt to popularise the romance and poetry of ancient Norse literature.

Ancient tales of gods and heroes and medieval Scandinavia help us make sense of things like masculinity, betrayal, revenge and the end of the world. Why Old Norse myths endure in popular culture Home ...

Norse mythology talked about giant sea monsters lurking in the ocean, ready to devour fish and ships that dared cross their path. ... Though described in several Norwegian tales, ...