Norse paganism fell by the wayside in Iceland when Christianity swept through some 1,000 years ago. Now a modern movement—which views gods as metaphors with lessons to impart, reports the ...

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.

At a medieval site in Iceland, archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking Age toy. The small stone figurine resembles some sort of animal, possibly a bear, a pig, or a dog-the ...

The heirloom led her on a 15-year journey that resulted in discovering a family link to Norse explorer Leif Erikson, who is believed to be the first European explorer to land in North America.

Why Iceland’s Deplar Farm is one of the best wellness spas in the world Arctic plunges, Norse saunas, hikes in the dark and axe throwing. Lizzie Pook frees her feelings at a healing retreat ...

While they may not be going as far as animal sacrifice and Viking burials, members of a neo-pagan church in Iceland have resurrected some of the old ways in recent decades and now plan to build ...

Researchers in Iceland have unearthed a rare remnant of the Viking Age—a tiny stone figurine they believe was once a child’s toy. There’s just one problem: The archaeologists can’t decide ...

The Web site Gay Iceland recently reported that, amid a broader boom in gay Icelandic destination weddings, “more and more travellers are opting to get married here in the Old Norse way ...

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.

Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

On a hill overlooking Reykjavik, construction will start later this month on the first temple to Norse gods built in Iceland since the Viking age.