Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leif Erikson Statue in Reykjavik, Iceland Image by Canva President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday designating ...

The second account, based on the Saga of the Greenlanders, suggests that Erikson sailed west to see what was out there, much like his father Erik the Red had done in settling Greenland. Either way the ...

Break out the horned helmets, because your new favorite Viking-themed holiday is upon us. It’s Leif Erikson Day—which to some, is only an obscure reference to Spongebob Squarepants. But it’s also a ...

The success of Game of Thrones has brought a large group of new, rabid readers to epic fantasy — and not just to the works of George R. R. Martin, whose A Song of Ice and Fire novels the HBO show is ...

Ragged armies and gods old and new collide in the dizzyingly complex penultimate tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen (following 2008's Toll the Hounds ). After a traumatic reading of the tiles, ...

More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European ...

The term ‘psychosocial’ literally means a combination of psychological and social factors that collectively influence human behavior. For example, studies have shown the relationship between an ...

The Viking ship that sailed from Norway to the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair) in 1893. Staff Writer Many Americans will celebrate the second Monday in October as Columbus Day, a federal ...