Norse – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:31:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Norse – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Skal!: Ten Facts about Medieval Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/skal-ten-facts-about-medieval-norse-mythology/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:31:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168470 The Norse belief system was as integral a part of the people’s lives as that of any other

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The Norse in America and the Myth of Viking ‘Discovery’: Fact and Fiction https://brewminate.com/the-norse-in-america-and-the-myth-of-viking-discovery-fact-and-fiction/ Thu, 19 May 2022 14:01:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168484 The myth disposses native Americans by denying their relationship to the artefacts that their ancestors constructed. By Gordon

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Elves and Dwarves in Medieval Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/elves-and-dwarves-in-medieval-norse-mythology/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:29:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149476 For pagan Northmen, elves, dwarves, and other mystical beings were very real. By Irene Manea Introduction Elves and

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Democratic Parliamentarism in the Government of Early Medieval Iceland https://brewminate.com/democratic-parliamentarism-in-the-government-of-early-medieval-iceland/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:06:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=151849 Settlers left Norway and other regions to start fresh and arrange their world as nowhere else in Europe.

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Heimdall: Guardian of Asgard in Medieval Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/heimdall-guardian-of-asgard-in-medieval-norse-mythology/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:52:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149878 The main literary source for Heimdall’s role in Norse mythology as a forefather would be the poem Rigsthula. By Irena Manea

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The Poetic Verbal Contest between Odin and Thor in Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/the-poetic-verbal-contest-between-odin-and-thor-in-norse-mythology/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:52:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149595 They verbally duel in a so-called mannjafnaðr, a comparison of men, both trying their superiority. By Irina Manea Introduction

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Loki, Villainous Trickster God of Medieval Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/loki-villainous-trickster-god-of-medieval-norse-mythology/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:01:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=137285 Loki is referred to in 13th-century Scandinavian poems and folklore. Introduction Loki is a god in Norse mythology.

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Medieval Marauders and Their Food – What the Vikings Ate https://brewminate.com/medieval-marauders-and-their-food-what-the-vikings-ate/ Wed, 06 May 2020 19:36:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123558 When the Norse went on raids to other countries, they carried enough provisions for the trip and a

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Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/yggdrasil-the-sacred-ash-tree-of-norse-mythology/ Wed, 06 May 2020 19:35:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123887 Yggdrasil stands at the absolute center of the Norse cosmos. This article, Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of

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Varangians: Vikings in Medieval Russia https://brewminate.com/varangians-vikings-in-medieval-russia/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:04:24 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=119492 The Varyags are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and Finnic

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