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 a vast collection of myths and stories which were central to ...

But the true essence of the legend lies not in our sanitised representations of golden-haired women drifting regally through the skies on white horses, but in Old Norse mythology of the 13th ...

Called 'Old Norse Sagas', these tales of heroes, warriors, epic adventures and amazing insights in to daily life all still seem highly relevant today. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez ...

As we filmed, we were keen to evoke the realm of Norse Gods - of Odin and Thor, and were able to weave in links between Norse mythology and ... speaker to deliver ancient poetic Norse!

Elements from the Old Norse sagas are also included in the imagery, such as Fenrir, a wolf monster from Viking mythology who kills Odin and helps usher in the end of the world. The screens surround a ...