ODIN'S WARRIOR TRIBE

In the Eddic sources, the World Serpent is most often named in two intricately linked forms: Jörmungandr (a name carried in the prose tradition and scholarly usage) Jǫrmungandr (Old Norse) and Miðgarðsormr (“Midgard Serpent,” literally the serpent associated with Miðgarðr, the human world) Snorri’s Gylfaginning explicitly glosses Jörmungandr as “the Midgard Serpent,” making the identity unambiguous in the prose record. What matters in the Eddic portrayal is not only that the

Visit to Vrak Museum and "Vikings Before Vikings": Stockholm, August 2025   In August 2025, the Chieftain walked into Vrak – Museum of Wrecks in Stockholm and into an exhibition that quietly rearranged the internal map of the Viking Age. Vikings Before Vikings does not argue that Lindisfarne (793) didn’t happen, or that the raid shouldn’t remain the clean “start line” for the Viking Age in popular history. It simply does something more dangerous to our assumptions: it puts ph

In the Norse worldview, strength was not merely physical. Power was not always about domination. And this power was not just muscle or arms. In the language of our ancestors, there existed a deeper word for sacred strength — one rooted in life, in will, in divine sanction. That word is MEGIN.   Megin (Old Norse) refers to innate might, a life-force or spiritual power that lives within a being, a place, or even an object. It is the animating strength behind heroic deeds, godly

Thoughts drawn from the Hávamál, the Sagas, and the lived experience of Odin’s Warrior Tribe   Introduction   In the old world, the Germanic Tribes and Norse understood that love and marriage were not passing pleasures but sacred bonds shaping family, tribe, and fate. The Hávamál and the sagas tell us that a wise match strengthens the hall, while a foolish one sows ruin. The same truths echo today, though the forms of trial have changed.   This teaching gathers ancient counse

The crisis of suicide among post-9/11 U.S. veterans has generated a vast literature seeking to explain its unprecedented scale. According...

Weyland the Smith – known as Völundr in Old Norse and Welund in Old English – is a legendary blacksmith whose tale spans the Norse,...

The Överhogdal tapestries  (Överhogdalstapeten), discovered in 1910 in a medieval church in Härjedalen, Sweden, are among the most...

“Washed and fed, one may fare to the Thing: Though one's clothes be the worse for Wear, None need be ashamed of his shoes or hose, Nor of...

Introduction The Viking Age trading town of Birka, located on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren, Sweden, was one of the most important...

By the Chieftain - A critical, location-based analysis of the temple, grove, and sacrificial tree in relation to today’s Gamla Uppsala -...

Much like many Tribe members wear their EDC knives – more on that in a bit, accounts in the Icelandic Sagas indicate that the personal...

To project modern ideologies—whether political or religious—onto the world of our ancestors and our faith is not merely a historical...

Throughout ancient northern Europe, wetlands served as sacred portals between the human world and the divine. Germanic peoples –...

Introduction The legend of Saint George and the Dragon – a Christian knight slaying a fearsome dragon to rescue a princess – is among the...

While Viking River Cruises are widely recognized for offering intimate glimpses of European culture, those enthusiastic about...

Introduction Ancient Greek and Norse mythologies (faiths) both personify elemental forces and natural phenomena as deities, yet they...

Introduction: The ancient Germanic world was rife with legends of Männerbünde – oath-bound warrior brotherhoods of young men devoted to...

Weapon Specifications:                 Caliber: 45 ACP, capable of 45 Super                 Overall Length: 8.5”                 Barrel...

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Introduction. Many people feel they were “born under a cloud” of misfortune. Many others know people who they say are surely born under a...