Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Most stories of the Vikings and their gods focus on men. It’s time for the women to take centre stage: from giantesses to bad ...

In Norway, the grave of a Viking woman has been found with shells covering her mouth, a unique and unprecedented burial ...

Marianne Hem Eriksen leads the BODY-POLITICS project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no.

From the sword exchange to a pre-nuptial cleanse, these are the customs you need to know. Weddings are one of the oldest time-honored traditions. Even though such a celebration is a common part of our ...

The Viking Age, spanning roughly from the late 8th to the early 11th century in Scandinavia, saw women play crucial roles in ...

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