“I think it’s obscene,” the high priest, Hilmar Hilmarsson, said of the way white supremacists are coopting Norse symbols like Thor’s hammer because they believe the Vikings were a pure ...

Gold and garnet raven head from Anglo-Saxon period unearthed in England - It remains unclear what rare artefact represented ...

Norse symbolism, such as the number nine ... The religion is grounded in the Icelandic environment—in features of the landscape such as the Raven’s Cliffs and the country’s famous volcanoes. On this ...

County property records list the owner as Tanner Thayer, who appears to be linked to the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA), a California-based organization that has branches across the country.

The Asatru Folk Assembly excludes non-white members and has been designated a racist, hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The religious group is worshipping the Norse god Thor in a ...

The Ásatrú faith, one of Iceland’s fastest growing religions, combines Norse mythology with ecological awareness – and it’s open to all. Priest Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson rummaged around in ...

Then came a test that would decide whether the icy island would accept Christianity or stay faithful to Thor and the other Norse gods. Thangbrand had discovered an Icelandic beast impervious to fire.

The temple will provide followers of Iceland's old Norse religion with a place to hold their communal "blot" - or feasts - as well as marriages, name-giving ceremonies, funerals and rite of ...

People of any religion are able to take part in Asatru ceremonies It has been the dream of Iceland´s neo-pagan worshippers for four decades. Now construction of the first heathen temple or "hof ...