Jack Peachey is a features writer who's worked at Dualshockers and Game Rant. An animation nerd, his favourite games don't have a genre in common as much as they all have pretty pictures. When not ...

As Odin's female guardians, Valkyries are more than adept in battle. In Norse mythology, they choose who enters into Valhalla, and also who dies in battle. They are often seen as beautiful women ...

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Sony Santa Monica's new God of War game is going to be a huge playground for Norse mythology, incorporating tons of amazing mythical events like the Ragnarok, gods, fantastic magic, and massive ...

Trolls are one of the most ubiquitous monsters that show up in fantasy tales. They’re in the Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons and Disney’s Frozen, to name but a few. But the origin of the ...

A digital reconstruction of a humpback whale trap feeding, a behavior with striking similarities to the feeding habits of the "hafgufa" described in medieval Norse texts. John McCarthy, Flinders ...

For the Euronews Culture countdown to Halloween, we’re taking a look at some of the lesser known mythical creatures of Europe. Today is the turn of Norway and its mythical trolls. Trolls are one of ...