Kevin O’Connell gave an illuminating quote last week. The Minnesota Vikings coach was being interviewed on “The Rich Eisen Show,” and Eisen asked him multiple questions about young ...

But were any of these Viking Age women actually warriors?. | Credit: Grace Aldrich In Birka, Sweden, there is a roughly 1,000-year-old Viking burial teeming with lethal weapons — a sword ...

Ragnar is a farmer turned Viking legend, and there’s a dash of ... becoming a feared and respected leader of the most fearsome warriors. And let’s not forget Katheryn Winnick’s Lagertha.

The finds hint at a nuanced picture of Viking society — one where most warriors were men but a person's class and profession had the biggest impact on who went to war. "Women can be as strong ...

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The Vikings of the Scandinavian north worshipped the many gods ... Represented as a heroic and brave fighter, Týr was the patron of warriors and mythical heroes. Rather contradictory, he was also the ...