Readers can explore a world of folklore in Ames resident Genevieve Gornichec's debut novel, which centers on Norse mythology. “The Witch’s Heart” was published earlier this year by Ace, an imprint of ...

Old Norse mythology is familiar enough today that most everyone has heard of Thor and Odin, Ragnarok and Valhalla. Two lesser-known Norse figures form the core of “The Witch’s Heart” (Ace, 259 pages, ...

Wiccan was the breakout character of the MCU series Agatha All Along. The magic-wielding son of Scarlet Witch is reported to ...

She is a goddess, but because yours truly is writing this article, Freyja had to be included in our top. Freyja, in Norse mythology, was in charge of love, fertility, battle and death. She would ride ...

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

Triskaidekaphobia is a powerful thing. From the Greek, that word means simply fear of thirteen. This is Friday the 13th, the day on the calendar that is rivaled only by the Ides of March for poor ...