REVIEW | “The Northman” (2022)
This heathen cinephile thinks “The Northman” should have been named after its lead character “Amleth,” which translated means something like “dull” or “stupid.”
This heathen cinephile thinks “The Northman” should have been named after its lead character “Amleth,” which translated means something like “dull” or “stupid.”
In 2019, The Midgardian interviewed author Nancy Marie Brown as she was researching her book The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women (2021). In this interview, Nancy discusses how culture colors our view of gender roles and how the rigors of life during the Viking Age and the meritocracy that grew from it lent itself to greater gender equality than many women enjoy even today.
In The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women, Nancy Marie Brown –
For the first time in over 1000 years, followers of the old Norse gods known
Lars Magnar Enoksen is an internationally acclaimed Glima master based in Norway, where he teaches what some describe as traditional ‘Viking’ martial arts. But to those who know him as “The Last Viking” he is much more.
In Odin’s Wife: Mother Earth in Germanic Mythology, William P. Reaves attempts to fill in the gaps in Snorri’s Edda.
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has expanded into the universe of Norse myth. Here, web-content creator
In 2019, I traveled to Iceland to learn more about the revival of the pre-Christian
Kristen Rice is a photographer based in Buffalo, New York. Her work is primarily focused on portrait photography, for which she has an incredible talent. Whether shooting in a scenic grove or in the hustle of New York, her subjects all seem to exude an effortless elegance, with Kristen’s eye pin-pointing those moments that bring out there inner strength and character.
Quality resources on Norse mythology have never been more plentiful, approachable, and available than today. Unfortunately, looking for all that quality information on the topic also means sorting through more nonsense than ever before: The internet in particular swarms with hucksters, ideologues, and other purveyors of misinformation, their combine marketing efforts make disentangling fiction from fact tough.
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