The film's director and editor sit down to discuss their long-standing collaboration, time as a cinematic medium, and being shaped by one’s surroundings.
As chronicled in the Sagas of Icelanders, Norwegian sailors (often called Vikings), founded two small colonies near the ...
The story of Greenland's name weaves together sly marketing, climate change and the Vikings. While Erik the Red selected the ...
Flinders University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In Old Norse, Angrboða’s name means “bringer of grief or sorrows” and it’s not hard to see why. This giantess is Loki the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Look beyond the capital of Reykjavik to explore the wild side of Iceland - R Scapinello/iStockphoto Rugged, remote, otherworldly; ...
Despite overwhelming evidence, the replacement of European societies remains — frustratingly — a contested concept. Across the continent, cities and towns are unrecognizable. Novel social ills ...
If you've browsed a dusty old Viking saga and thought you’d need a full translation or an ancient rune decoder to make sense of it, then you’re not alone. However, on the island of Iceland, something ...
In collaboration with Dr. Jackson Crawford, this original research project explores the early medieval origins of firearms in Europe through newly examined Icelandic manuscripts. Evidence from the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Fury, a drama series inspired by the legendary Icelandic Sturlunga saga is in the works with Seberg and Una helmer Benedict Andrews attached as director and showrunner. Reykjavík-based ...
Every national leadership position in Iceland – including president, prime minister, bishop and police chief – is now held by a woman, but there’s still “work to be done”, said President Halla ...