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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), grandson of Seneca the Elder and nephew of Seneca the Younger, was a Roman statesman and Latin poet. Born in Corduba, he came to Rome as an infant and later held the positions of quaestor and augur. Lucan's...

The Old Norse word saga means 'story', 'tale' or 'history' and normally refers specifically to the epic prose narratives written mainly in Iceland between the 12th- and 15th centuries CE, covering the country's history as well as Scandinavia's...

Greybeard and Thor, illustrations to the poem The Lay of Greybeard (Old Norse: Hárbarðsljóð) from page 182 and 183 of The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Saemund's Edda, edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray...

Odin's Last Words to Baldr, illustration from page 39 of The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Sæmund's Edda, edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray, illustrated by W.G. Collingwood, 1908 CE.

Odin rides to Hel, illustration from page 238 of The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Sæmund's Edda, edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray, illustrated by W.G. Collingwood, 1908.

An illustration portraying Sif, a goddess in the Norse pantheon. She was associated with earth but was married to Thor, the god of the sky and thunder. Sif is a relatively little known figure who appears mainly in the Poetic Edda from the...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia is joined by American author Nancy Marie Brown, who is talking to us about her new book The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women. You can find the entire interview on our...

The term science comes from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge". It can be defined as a systematic attempt to discover, by means of observation and reasoning, particular facts about the world, and to establish laws connecting facts...

The image is to be found in Manuscript AM 738 4to or Edda oblongata, c. 1680 CE. This illustrated copy of the Prose Edda contains 23 drawings of subjects from Norse mythology.

Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204 CE) was one of the most impressive and powerful figures of the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE) – male or female – whose influence shaped the politics, art, medieval literature, and perception of women...