Author Archives: Freya Nilsen
Norse Mythology Academia And Modern Retellings
Norse Mythology Academia now reads Eddic sources, classroom retellings, and popular media with careful attention to mediation. Continue reading
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Why Denmark’s New Runestone Project Could Rebuild Viking Power Networks Person By Person
Denmark’s runestones preserve something Viking archaeology rarely provides: names. Kings, queens, relatives, warriors, landholders and stone carvers appear in inscriptions created by people who lived during the period itself. Yet most stones have traditionally been studied as individual monuments. A … Continue reading
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Viking Craftsmanship at Vista Viking Festival
Viking Craftsmanship at Vista Viking Festival connects craft demos, textile evidence, and cautious public heritage interpretation. Continue reading
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Norse Racial Politics and Modern Identity
Norse racial politics shows how myths, symbols, and ancestry claims are debated in U.S. identity culture, scholarship, and Heathen communities. Continue reading
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Why Rome’s “Little England” Coins Reveal A Viking-Age England More Connected To Europe Than We Think
Twenty Anglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican are changing the way historians picture England during the Viking Age. The coins came from excavations beneath the garden of Palazzo della Rovere in Rome, within the area historically associated with the Schola … Continue reading
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Old Norse AI And Medieval Text Understanding
Old Norse AI research at the University of Iceland shows gains in normalisation and HTR, while limits in manuscript data remain clear. Continue reading
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Old Norse Mythology Through Primary Texts
Old Norse Mythology is read through primary texts in Mathias Nordvig’s 2026 Routledge book, with cautions about evidence and retelling. Continue reading
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Treasury of Norse Mythology Returns in 2027
Treasury of Norse Mythology returns on February 2, 2027 for ages 8–12, with maps, sidebars, character lists, and a bibliography. Continue reading
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Norwegian Migration And Decorah’s 200 Years
How Norwegian Migration bicentennial memory in Decorah connects Luther College, Vesterheim, public culture, and cautious heritage claims. Continue reading
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Vínland narratives and Indigenous Perspectives
Vínland narratives are being reassessed through Indigenous perspectives, recent fiction, saga criticism, and cautious public history. Continue reading
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