For most of his life, Jesus lived under the rule of Herod Antipas. Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, persecuted the church in Jerusalem and had the apostle James put to death. Agrippa’s ...

We have Týr to thank for the word ‘Tuesday’ (‘Týr’s day’). Njörðr belonged to the Vanir pantheon of gods, who at one time were mortal enemies of the Æsir. They resided in Vanaheim and were less ...