When we think about Norse Mythology, it can be difficult to shake the image of an otherworldly Chris Hemsworth with bulging muscles, luscious golden locks and a distinctly sarcastic sense of humour.

Loki introduces us to another character - Iduna, the goddess of youth and immortality. The gods remain forever young by eating the magic apples that only she can pick. One day Odin sets out on a trip ...

Time passes and the gods and goddesses grow older and weaker. Loki doesn't let on that he is the cause of the problem and to begin with it seems he has got away with it. But one day Odin comes to see ...

Campbell is a Fellow in Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester and a Fellow of the British Academy. His new book is Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth Who discovered America? The ...

REYKJAVIK - Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the ...