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.
For the first time in over 1000 years, followers of the old Norse gods known
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.
For anyone who has been planning a visit Iceland, let me share with you one of best experiences from my last visit to the country.
Long before recorded history, ancient people acknowledged the sacred power and life-giving energy of the universe in spiritual ways. In the North, these divine forces were believed to emanate from various deities, or gods and goddesses.
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