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 ...

The hafgufa, a sea creature first mentioned in the 13th century in Old Norse mythology, was believed to have roamed Icelandic waters. It would lie in wait on the ocean’s surface, emitting a ...

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The hunting technique used by a sea monster in a Norse myth may have been inspired by that of real whales, a study has found. Accounts from the 13th century say that the 'hafgufa' creature lured ...

This new species is named Jormungandr walhallaensis after a sea serpent in Norse mythology named Jörmungandr ... lizards or snakes or another living creature entirely. This new specimen fills ...

Researchers said they had discovered a new line of mosasaur, a giant sea-dwelling creature that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Its name, Jormungandr walhallaensis, draws on Norse mythology.

Here’s how it works. A sea creature mentioned in 13th-century Old Norse manuscripts, which historians thought was a kraken-like mythological monster, is actually a whale using a hunting strategy ...

The ancient Norse sagas are filled with mythical creatures, but some of these sea monsters may have been whales displaying behaviours that have modern-day scientists mystified. Scientists have ...

In the 12th and 13th centuries, Norway was racked by civil war. It’s a period chronicled in an ancient Norse text called the Sverris Saga, which is named after king Sverre Sigurdsson.