Features Vikings: Paganism and Organized Religion. John offers a personal look at a key thematic conflict running throughout The History Channel's Vikings.

Archaeologists in Denmark recently uncovered 30 Viking graves—a remarkable find on its own. The bigger surprise? The graves ...

A pagan celebrant has held a Viking-inspired living funeral for her mother, complete with Danish pastries, apple candles and references to Norse gods, after the sudden death of a close friend made ...

Home; Culture & Life; Features Vikings creator Michael Hirst on violent warriors, historical drama, and pagan religions. The man who created The Tudors travels even further into the past with ...

According to Sherman, the Vikings began converting from their traditional pagan belief system in the Norse gods to Christianity after it arrived in Scandinavia in the 11th century.

Kings, queens, noblemen and ruthless challengers to the throne abound in this 11th century Europe, with England intent on stamping out its pagan Viking population, and the Vikings increasingly ...

The Army Times reported that a soldier had earned an exemption from shaving on account of his Norse pagan, or “heathen,” faith.. According to this unnamed soldier, the Viking look was how he ...

Judged unworthy of Valhalla? Welcome to Helheim. In 1066, during the Battle of Stamford Bridge a few miles outside York, Vikings and Saxons fought furiously. Legend says that a lone Viking warrior ...

Pagan Viking pendant worn for the god Thor and photographed with Dr Adam Parker, curator of archaeology at York Museums Trust ...

Archaeologists have found over 30 graves from the Viking era near Aarhus, Denmark, including a “very rare” coffin of an “important woman” who lived in the 10th century. At such a critical moment in US ...