Norse pagan troops across the military can rejoice — a member of the Nevada Army National Guard has been granted a religious waiver to grow a warrior-like beard. Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Hopper ...

Two guardsmen who follow the Norse Pagan religion were kicked out of the Georgia National Guard for their ties to a white supremacist organization last month. But a Nevada National Guardsman who also ...

The U.S. Army granted a rare religious accommodation to a Fort Leonard Wood staff sergeant who is a member of the “Heathen, Norse Pagan faith.” The move came as a result of the Army authorizing beards ...

Smith, an organizer of the paganist organization Heathens United Against Racism, explains Norse mythology, symbols, and rituals, as well as how to practice Norse paganism, in his diligent, friendly ...

LAS VEGAS – When the Nevada Army Guard’s 3665th Ordnance Co. (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) mustered for the final time in the Silver State last summer before departing for Afghanistan, its ultimate ...

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs. The Nevada Army Guard said this month Sgt ...

A former Premier Health security officer said he was fired for refusing to shave his beard, which the hospital should have allowed him to keep it as a part of his faith as a Norse pagan, also known as ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- A former Premier Health security officer said he was fired for refusing to shave his beard, which the hospital should have allowed him to keep as a part of his faith as a Norse pagan, ...

The term "Paganism" may conjures up images of witches or other occult practices. If so, learning more about the history of Paganism, as well as its modern forms, is probably a good idea right about ...

For the first time in 1,000 years a new pagan temple is being constructed in Iceland’s capital city that will house a shrine to the Norse gods Thor, Odin and Frigg. “We see this as so much part of our ...

Next year, for the first time in a millennium, a pagan temple will welcome Reykjavik’s faithful. The heathen house of worship, vaguely resembling a misshapen meringue, will be aligned with the sun’s ...