What if ancient myths are warnings for the future? Contemporary folklorist Lauren Fadiman explores how the Norse tale of Ragnarök may stem from real climate catastrophe, revealing how folklore preserves lessons of resilience and can...

Crash Course Mythology with Mike Rugnetta is here, and we have the preview video to prove it. We'll be uploading Friday afternoons to fulfill all your hunger for foundational cultural stories and whatnot.

Ragnarok: The fabled end of the world, when giants, monsters, and Norse gods battle for the future. The gods were winning until the great serpent Jörmungandr emerged. It swallowed Valhalla and contorted itself across the land. Odin has...

Ragnarok! It's the end of the world, Norse style. It's got everything you want in an apocalypse. Earthquakes, destruction, armies of the dead, a giant evil wolf, giants with flaming swords, and a kind of happy ending. It's got it all....

Professor Hyll presents the story of Ragnarok: the Norse apocalypse and end of the world. He also explains the cyclical nature of the Norse Myths and how the end is the beginning in a constant cycle of birth and rebirth.

Professor Hyll presents the story of the Death of Baldur - an event that leaves Loki chained to a rock, and the start of Ragnarok.

Professor Hyll tells us the story of Loki's children: Fenrir the giant wolf, Jormungandr the World Serpent and Hel, goddess of the Underworld who all play pivotal roles in Ragnarok, the Norse Apocalypse.

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or is it? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we explore end-of-the-world predictions across time and faith traditions. It turns out that, more often than not, those predictions have been...

Archaeologists digging in a Viking cave in Iceland have discovered rare artifacts from Iraq in a huge stone boat. They say the stone boat was used to burn animals to strengthen a god that had to fight to save the world.<br/>