A Viking woman’s grave in Trøndelag has stunned archaeologists: scallop shells laid over her mouth and bird-wing bones nearby reveal a burial practice unknown in pre-Christian Norway, raising new questions about ritual, belief, and symbolism.
Europe
A Temple of Diana Rediscovered: A Lost Marble Reaffirms Her Presence in Naples’ Past
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A chance encounter at the Temple of Diana Nemorensis led to a story about the recent rediscovery of a long-lost marble inscription confirming that Naples once housed a Temple of Diana reconnecting the goddess of the hunt with the city’s 2,500 years of layered devotion.
Europe
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 9, 2025- Latvia Recognizes Dievturība
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we share breaking news: Latvia has become the first European Union nation to legally recognize an ethnic religion, passing the Law of the Latvijas Dievturu Sadraudze to affirm Dievturība as a traditional faith and grant it full legal rights — including marriage, education, and spiritual care — within national law.
Arts & Culture
Nexion’s “Sundrung” is a tantalizing sonic apocalypse
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“Sundrung oozes a sort of dark mysticism which can only stem from a deep understanding of Old Nordic lore,” writes Lyonel Perabo of the new album by Icelandic heavy metal band Nexion.
Europe
Editorial: Pagan Witches, Satanists, and Soldiers: Russia’s Strange Obsession with Paganism in Ukraine- and How it Might be Contagious
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Russian propaganda blames witches, pagan imagery, “black magic,” and even Celtic festivals for military setbacks in Ukraine, weaving the absurd with the sinister. These tales of “satanic altars” and aircraft-destroying witches mask battlefield failures while mobilizing religious fear at home and abroad.
Arts & Culture
Midgardsblot 2025: Return to the Blot-Mounds
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Lyonel Perabo makes his pilgrimage to the 2025 Midgardsblot festival, partaking in a sweeping day filled with ritual, scholarship, and the heaviest metal to be found anywhere in Scandinavia.