Tagged: Scandinavian mythology

Thor was very popular deity particularly in Iceland and western part of Norway; there existed several complex rituals related to him and when Christianity began to spread in these parts of Europe, it was not easy to eliminate deep roots of rituals and the cult...

In Norse mythology Ragnarok (Ragnarök) is the end of the world as the Vikings knew it. The concept of fate dominates Norse mythology and to the Norse people, fate was a fact of life, something that could not in any way be avoided or changed....