Each rune not only represents a phonetic sound but also has its own distinct meaning often connected with Norse mythology (see clickable alphabet at left). Scholars believe that early peoples used ...

The runic alphabet, in use for well over a thousand years ... This book seeks to re-evaulate the whole question of runic sorcery, attested to not only in the medieval Norse literature dealing with ...

Image caption, Viking runes were scratched on to the ... Rather than letters of the alphabet, runes used symbols. There were at least three different types of runes used by the Vikings at ...

In such ways do recent myths inform present realities. It is an intriguing insight into the attraction of the Viking image. This is meaningless, and the stone appears to contain a random selection of ...

The land doesn't give away any clues as to why it holds its chilling name - and no two local historians can agree on why the ...

A fun and beautiful board game where the point of the game is basically to become a thriving forest. *wistfully stares out of ...

As The Glittering North opens at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens, an event celebrating the region’s Norse and Viking heritage, Curator ...

As The Glittering North opens at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens, an event celebrating the region’s Norse and Viking heritage, Curator Julie Biddlecombe-Brown looks back at Raby’s connection to ...