The Viking Dragon Blog

   Gleipnir is its name. A chain wrought by dwarves. A marvel created from the sound of a cat’s footsteps, the beard of a woman, the roots of mount...

Heimdall is a god of the Aesir and a son of Odin, king of the gods. He is called 'the shining one' and has the whitest skin amongst the gods. He is also the watchman for Asgard, the gods' kingdom, and alerts the gods when anyone approaches the bridge Bifrost.

In the land of Niflheim, below the ancient roots of the World Tree Yggdrasil lies a hall called Sleet-Cold in the Kingdom of Helheim. It is the land of the dead. Those who do not die in battle go to this hall & the ruler of this realm is known as Hel.

   The giantess Skadi was the daughter of Thjazi whom the gods had ambushed and killed. Thjazi had kidnapped Idun with the assistance of the god Lo...

   One day, a great distance from Asgard near Jotunheim, Thor and his companions Loki and Hoenir were on a journey toward a mountainous region. The...

   One day, a long time ago, Thor and Loki were riding across the nine worlds in Thor's wain pulled by his goats Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder. It ...

   There's nothing more frightening than the anger of a god. Especially the thunder god Thor and one day in Asgard all the gods heard his thunderou...

   One morning in Asgard, Thor, god of thunder, awoke to find his hammer, Mjolnir missing. Mjolnir was Thor's favorite and most powerful weapon and...

As Odin sat on his high seat pondering the cosmos he was disturbed by certain whisperings among the branches of the great world tree Yggdrasil, the...

   One day the Allfather Odin, before he was called The One-Eyed, sat upon his high seat Hlidskjalf, flanked by his ravens and wolves and pondered ...

In Scandinavia they don't call it Christmas (Christ-Mass), instead they still retain the old pagan name for the Yuletide celebrations which they ca...

   Yule was one of the most important festivals in the old heathen calendar. As the days drew short and the nights grew long, there were celebratio...