Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk...

are vague about Norse rituals, and many are invisible to us now even with the assistance of archaeology. Sources mention some rituals addressed to particular...

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing...

Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical...

West Norse or Old West Nordic (often referred to as Old Norse), Old East Norse or Old East Nordic, and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and Old East Norse formed...

for writing but also in divination, magic, and as powerful symbols in Norse rituals, all together reflecting the interconnectedness of language, spirituality...

The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language. The language...

Breslau: M. & H. Marcus. Lindow, John (2001). Norse mythology : a guide to the Gods, heroes, rituals, and beliefs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195153828...

Norse cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws by the ancient North Germanic peoples. The topic encompasses concepts from Norse mythology...

in pagan ritual. Norse sources include additional forms of divination such as a form of necromancy known as útiseta, as well as seiðr rituals. The evidence...

London: George Bell and Sons. Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0...

Berserker / Ulfheðinn In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers (Old Norse: berserkir) were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury...

that they developed their own language that is referred to as Greenlandic Norse, not to be confused with Eskimo-Aleut Greenlandic language.[page needed]...

spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English, eoten - plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, they...

University Press. ISBN 0719025796 Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0...

from Norse mythology. One religious practice sometimes found in Heathenry is seiðr, which has been described as "a particular shamanic trance ritual complex"...

The Scandinavian clan or ætt/ätt (pronounced [ˈæːtː] in Old Norse) was a social group based on common descent, equivalent to a clan. In the absence of...

Byzantium, are also considered related.[citation needed] Heathen hof Norse rituals Orchard (1997:173–174). Simek (2007:355) and Orchard (1997:173). "Maxims...

a misinterpretation of the stanza of Völuspá. In Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals and Beliefs, John Lindow talks about how Sindri might...

Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism. In Old Nordic religion and mythology, the precise meaning...

Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (Orion Publishing Group) ISBN 0-304-34520-2 Lindow, John (2001) Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and...

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (/ˈræɡnəˌrɒk, ˈrɑːɡ-/ ; Old Norse: Ragnarǫk) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which...

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead...

Sól (Old Norse: [ˈsoːl], "Sun") or Sunna (Old High German, and existing as an Old Norse and Icelandic synonym: see Wiktionary sunna, "Sun") is the Sun...

authentic historical practice. The blood-eagle ritual-killing rite appears in just two instances in Norse literature, plus oblique references some have...

Old Norse 'sea'), Hlér (Old Norse 'sea'), or Gymir (Old Norse less clearly 'sea, engulfer'), is a jötunn and a personification of the sea in Norse mythology...

John. 2020c. Old Norse Mythology. Oxford University Press. Lindow, John. 2001. Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford...

also known as Varangians. The Normans, Norse-Gaels, Rus' people, Faroese, and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies. At one point, a group of Rus...

Hræsvelgr (Old Norse: [ˈhrɛːsˌwelɡz̠]) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is portrayed as the eagle-shaped originator of the wind. The Old Norse name Hræsvelgr...

reason a ritual was forgotten or became diluted. As an example, she cited rituals that center on the annual renewal of vegetation. Such rituals often involve...