Posts by Christian Christensen

When most people think of Norse mythology, their minds conjure Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Tom Hiddleston's Loki, and maybe Anthony Hopkins' Odin. However, there is so much more to Norse mythology than...

Svartalfheim, sometimes spelled Svartalvheim, is an exciting part of Norse mythology. However, in popular culture, it doesn't get as much attention as Asgard or Midgard.  Svartalfheim, also known...

Thanks to Marvel, most people are familiar with Asgard, home of Odin, Thor, and the rest of the Aesir. However, not as many people know about Vanaheim.  Vanaheim, or Vanheimr, is one of the...

The Vikings used all sorts of weapons, from swords to spears to axes to bows. One of the lesser-known Viking weapons is the seax, a kind of knife or shortsword. Knives like the seax would have been...

The word "Viking" probably evokes images of a warrior with a battle-axe or a sword and shield. But the Vikings used long-range weapons as well as melee weapons. In addition to axes, swords, and...

When people picture a Viking, they probably imagine a heavily armored fierce warrior wielding an axe. The Vikings used several kinds of axes as tools and weapons, and the most common was the Dane axe...