Sentence examples for norse countries from inspiring English sources

The cat figured prominently in the religions of Egypt, the Norse countries, and various parts of Asia.

There are also tricky Will o'the Wisps, sneering black dogs, howling wolves, and scores and scores of ghosts, roaming the countryside of the British Isles and the Norse countries.

Culminating in last night's screening of the Marvel Comics based Thor -- which has its roots in the Norwegian legends of the Norse Gods and their fabled home of Asgard -- films inspired by or created in the very chilly Scandinavian country of Norway have been in the NYC spotlight lately.

They also become great warriors in the legends of the Norse and other countries".

The problem was that the Norse simply couldn't adapt to the country's changing environmental conditions.

The whole area is steeped in Norse mythology.

Horses were venerated in Norse mythology, a custom brought to Iceland by the country's earliest settlers.

Staged by a fjord each summer, it is the largest Viking celebration in the country and as close as you can get to Norse life.

Feeling outnumbered, the Norse return to Greenland The Norse name for the land they discovered, Vinland, reflected reality.

On August 16th, a photographer will set out for Greenland, tracing the path of Norse explorer Leif Eriksson, with the goal of documenting melting glaciers, paying tribute to the country's history, and documenting human intervention in nature.

His traditional Anglican Christianity, his dislike and suspicion of southern countries, his preference for all things northern (as a boy he fell in love with Norse myth and with Wagner's operas), and the fact that his good characters tend to be fair and fair-haired, are seen as typical of conservative writers of his generation.