Bragi Boddason was a famous Norwegian skaldic poet who lived in the first half of the 9th century and composed poetry about ...

Viking names carry with them the weight of history. Monikers like Erik, Ingrid or Sigmund bring up vivid images of fierce ...

Thor focuses on late-game warfare, while Kronos excels with overpowered abilities, and Odin generates Favor for Norse factions ... powerful abilities including Skadi's Frost ability, which ...

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In the 800-year old Norse Sverris Saga, the author recounts the gruesome tale of a corpse being thrown into a well to pollute the water supply of an under-siege castle in Norway. Now that corpse ...

An 800-year-old Norse saga makes a glancing mention of a dead man tossed in a drinking well after a raid on a castle in Norway, almost as an aside. The poor guy doesn’t even get a name.

Scientists corroborated an 800-year-old story about the literal poisoning of a well, according to a report in iScience. The Norse Sverris Saga, which recounts tales about King Sverre Sigurdsson, ...

A 12th-century Norse saga tells of an invading army from the south razing a castle stronghold and throwing a dead body into the well to render the water undrinkable. Human remains believed to be ...

Study co-author Michael Martin, an evolutionary geneticist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, told Live Science this may be the first time a person in the Norse sagas had been ...