Norse mythology talked about giant sea monsters lurking in the ocean, ready to devour fish and ships that dared cross their path. As far-fetched as these stories were, many hold a grain of truth ...

After studying 2000-year-old Norse manuscripts, he and his colleagues found that the descriptions of how the ancient sea monsters fed matched the trap behaviour recently observed in Bryde’s and ...

In Norse mythology, dragons are seen as embodiments of chaos and greed. These creatures slither through ancient sagas and Eddas, guarding hoards of gold or bringing about doom. From the venomous ...

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John McCarthy, Flinders University According to 13th-century Norse texts, when the great fish “hafgufa ” goes to feed, it belches some food, then stretches its massive mouth wide.

Gods and monsters The main gods – not so much the goddesses unfortunately – offer ways to think about different stages of masculinity. Odin, the all-father, is the leader of the Norse pantheon ...