Valhalla Archive
Ancient Places
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s a race against time and there isn’t much time left to uncover the secrets of a rare Norwegian Viking ship burial before
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, there are many references to a creature known as Draugr. It can be best described as a fearsome, ugly living dead
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Nidhogg (also (Nithog, Nidhögg) is the corpse-eating dragon that lives entwined around Yggdrasil’s foot. Nidhogg is stalking in the roots of
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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Celtic and, especially in Irish mythology, Tir na n'Og is a realm of the afterlife and one of the Happy Islands, known
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Nastrond (Náströnd) is the ‘strand of corpses.’ It is the most terrible part of Niflheim, ruled by the god Loki’s
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Aegir (Ægir) was the ancient jotun lord of the sea, who belonged to a primeval order of gods, predating the
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It’s time to reevaluate our historical image of Viking women who were much more prominent than previously thought. It was long assumed that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The concept of life after death is mentioned often in Norse mythology, and there are several stories about journeys of dead and souls
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, there is a well-known myth of Hades, a harsh, shadowy place where the dead lived. Hades is also the name of
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Sparta was famous for being a city-state that valued discipline. Located in a valley on the banks of the Eurotas River in the south-eastern
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), scientists have discovered an unusual ship-shaped anomaly in Norway. They have reason to think this is a rare Viking burial.
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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the mythology of the Irish people, Mag Mell was a mythical, paradise-like realm with everlasting spring and sunshine. It was a place where
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many fascinating, mythical animals dwell in and around the sacred tree Yggdrasil. We know the squirrel Ratatoskr, that is plotting intrigue and spreading gossips, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, we often encounter Odin who is sitting on his high seat, Hlidskjalf that allows him to see into all realms. At
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Indra is the chief god of the heavens and of the East. He is the most popular god mentioned in the Vedic hymn collections,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Aslaug was sad and furious when she learned about the death of her husband’s first-born sons Eirik and Agnar. She loved them just as
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An amateur archaeologist has discovered a spectacular ancient gold treasure. The Hjarnø treasure consists of over 32 pieces of jewelry including gold and pearls, dating 1,500 years.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A sword, similar to Tyrfing, we described in our earlier article on Ancient Pages, is Dainsleif that was made by Dain, one of the
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Aztec Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Aztec and Maya mythology, the underworld (Xibalba for the Maya and Mictlan for the Aztecs) played an important role. In beliefs of these
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Ancient Places
AncientPages.com - Every ancient culture had some form of afterlife beliefs and these were reflected in their burial customs. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, Sumerians for example, respected
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Kvasir was an amazing being created from the saliva of the Aesir and the Vanir gods. Kvasir is mentioned in the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The identity of mysterious Valkyrie Eir remains an enigma. There is reason to believe that she once played an important role in Norse religion,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Fenrir (the Wolf) is the oldest of three terrible children of Loki, according to the literary works Poetic Edda (the Icelandic medieval manuscript known as
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hel is one of three horrible children of the trickster god Loki. She is a giantess, goddess of death and a ruler of Niflheim,
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Over the years, archaeologists have discovered many precious Viking Age artifacts, such as remarkable Viking jewelry, weapons, ritual objects, pieces of clothes and even
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