Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some ...

This heathen god of the elements has a now-iconic identity. But how much of it is modern invention – and how much goes way back? ’Thor Chasing the Dwarfs’, 1878. Depictions of the Scandinavian god ...

A visual history of Krampusnacht through folklore, illustration, and early print culture, exploring how Krampus evolved into ...