Most Vikings were not warriors they were farmers who grew crops for trade and their own consumption. These Norse people had a complex religion. They believed in many gods and goddesses with the chief god being Odin. In the little spare time they had they often played games. The most popular...
Learn about Norse mythology, the set of beliefs and stories that the Viking people told about their gods and goddesses, and the adventures they had in the nine worlds. including Balder, Bestla, Bor, Bragi, Creation of the World, Freyja, Freyr, Frigg, Hei
The Norse gods and goddesses belong to two major clans: Æsir and Vanir. Odin, Frigg, Thor, Loki, Balder, Hod, Heimdall and Tyr are the most elevated representatives of Æsir and are known as the main gods. The second clan, Vanir, contains the fertility gods and count Njord, Freyr,...
According to Snorri Sturluson's account inYnglingasaga,seiðrwas an art of the Vanir, originally brought among the gods and taught to them by Freyja, first in her guise as Gullveig, and later in her own person to Óðinn: Óðinn kunni þá íþrótt, er mestr máttr f...
, Mjölnir is the short handled magical hammer of Thor- god of thunder and lightning. It is one of the most powerful weapons of gods. The mythological perspective states that Thor used his most powerful weapon for the protection of the universe and to slaughter all the enemies of gods....