I read an article that described Basques as the Indians of Europe. I’d never thought about it that way before. Was there something to it?In the way the writer intended, maybe there was. Basques and Indians were in their places for a very long time, probably before anyone else. Archaeologists have…
WHO WERE THE HISTORICAL VIKINGS?The prow of the Oseberg ship in the Viking Ship Museum in Olso, Norway (photo by Grzegorz Wysocki) Many hundreds of years ago, warlords and warriors from agrarian, pagan Scandinavia set out from their rugged homeland as raiders, conquerors, explorers, settlers, and…
LOKI BOUND“Loki” by Mårten Eskil Winge (1890) Loki had always been more of a burden than a help to the other gods and goddesses. But after his contriving the death of Baldur and ensuring that that fair god would remain in the underworld until the cosmos was destroyed during Ragnarok, he went about…
GODS AND CREATURES Norse mythology is populated by a fascinating variety of beings. For the pre-Christian Norse and other Germanic peoples, humans were far from the only intelligent or conscious life forms in the world. Every animal, plant, rock, river, lake, and other element of what we today…
Porridge_in_black_bow Porridge has been part of the great British breakfast for thousands of years, and it’s easy to see why. A bowl of these humble oats is not only warming, but deliciously filling and a great source of energy. Not to mention it’s convenient and extremely versatile; you can’t get…
A group for people that like the Celtic lifestyle--a lifestyle that is close to the Native lifestyle in some ways. We include the Norse as the Celtic and Norse are intertwined.