The heathen faith practiced by the Vikings (which is referred to as Asatru by modern practitioners) was a very diverse and involved religion. For instance, unlike modern Christianity (where you go to heaven, hell or the inbetween), there were dozens of places that you might go after death according to the Norse. Those who died ...
As a new Century was preparing to begin, with huge advances in just about everything, including artificial intelligence, two of the most popular toys of the 90s were cardboard discs and water guns! Japan gave us a couple of our favorites and of course, most of the rest were highly advanced and revolutionary in nature. ...
The Cold War (1945-1991) dominated international relations within a framework of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War facilitated global leadership by the United States, and provided Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his successors with an enemy to justify their repressive regime. The Cold War helped ...
All In The Family spawned several spinoffs. Maude was the feisty opinionated liberal cousin of Archie Bunker’s wife Edith, who was introduced on All in The Family in a 1971 episode superbly acted by Beatrice Arthur. Maude began in 1972 and ran until 1978. Bill Macy played Maude’s husband Walter who owned an appliance store, ...
James Otis is one of the Boston men who helped stoke the fires of revolution during the 1760s. In fact, some people may say that he is the man who lit the fire. He is not as well known and he was not as prolific in his speeches and political work as many of his ...
The Goths, during the time just after B.C. became A.D., were just a northern barbarian tribe that had settled along the shores of the Baltic Sea to gather amber and sell it. Though the goths came before the Vikings, both groups came from Scandinavia originally. If Roman writers who first observed this small but war-like ...
Harriet Tubman was a brave person. It is obvious that she was a female who could not sit still. She had a fire in her belly. She needed to find salvation for herself and her people. It was written that this woman was lead by fears; ultimately, the fear of being a slave would drive ...
Americans view themselves as the vanguard of democracy, the last stand for liberty, and the superpower that ties together all other nations. Or so the American historical community would have you believe. For better or worse, Americans have a unique view of their own history because of how it has developed into a global player. ...
History of the Freemasonry Shriners – The Shriners, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (A.A.O.N.M.S.) are a related organization of the Freemasonry fraternity. They require you to be a Master Mason to become a member. The Shriners of North America organization were established in 1870, in New York City. It was ...
The epics of Norse mythology, filled with the tales of ancient gods and Viking heroes, are one of the major windows we have on the society and religion of the ancient Scandinavians. In the heathen mythology (referred to as Asatru by modern day practitioners) there was a great war between the two races of gods; ...
