With sources ranging from the 13th-century Poetic and Prose Eddas to the 20th-century works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lecouteux's encyclopedia covers Norse and Germanic gods, including crowd-pleasers Odin, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologists have now found deposits of gold coins and other valuables at the site, which they ...

Archaeologists have recently uncovered an 1,800-year-old sculpture depicting an ancient hybrid deity at the site of a Roman fort in Germany. The sandstone artifact came to light during excavations in ...

A gold pendant recently unearthed in Denmark bears the earliest known inscription featuring the Norse god Odin. Archaeologists think the pendant — which is technically known as a bracteate and made of ...