Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

Two guardsmen who follow the Norse Pagan religion were kicked out of the Georgia National Guard for their ties to a white supremacist organization last month. But a Nevada National Guardsman who also ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs. The Nevada Army Guard said this ...

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

Smith, an organizer of the paganist organization Heathens United Against Racism, explains Norse mythology, symbols, and rituals, as well as how to practice Norse paganism, in his diligent, friendly ...

LAS VEGAS – When the Nevada Army Guard’s 3665th Ordnance Co. (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) mustered for the final time in the Silver State last summer before departing for Afghanistan, its ultimate ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- A former Premier Health security officer said he was fired for refusing to shave his beard, which the hospital should have allowed him to keep as a part of his faith as a Norse pagan, ...

A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs. The Nevada Army Guard said this month Sgt. 1st Class ...

A bearded soldier has been allowed to keep his facial hair because of his Norse faith. The Army passed a rule last year that allowed troops to be except from the clean shaven rule if it went against ...