Quiz: How Well Do You Know Norse Mythology?
Games and Quizzes
Literature
The Duel between Thor and Hrungnir
Most of our knowledge about Norse mythology comes from books, movies, and comic books. But, it all originates from the basic rivalry between two great sides of a family of powerful supernatural beings: the gods and the ‘anti-gods’. […]
History
Viking Gods and the Pre-Christian Viking Heritage
The Norse myths preserve stories about the gods once worshipped throughout Scandinavia, and at an earlier period even in England and Germany. These are the stories of the pre-Christian gods and heroes. […]
History
The Poetic Edda and the ‘Prose Edda’
The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, our main sources for Norse mythology, were written in the 1200s. Through the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson sought to preserve some vestiges of the old traditions. […]