Thursday, February 4, 2016

Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age

A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life not worship of the gods





Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.



Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
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10 comments:

  1. And I thought that Thor and Odin were merely part of Comic Fiction! Its interesting that there is more mention of these Norse Gods in popular culture than there is of the religion.

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  2. this article was very interesting, I enjoyed reading this.

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  3. Very nice article to read. I actually had never heard of paganism which made it much more interesting.

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  4. Although I've heard of Paganism before, I've never known much about it. This was an interesting read.

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  5. Although I've heard of Paganism before, I've never known much about it. This was an interesting read.

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  6. that's pretty interesting. another example of new age religion. If i where there i'd do my site visit on them sounds cool

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  7. I wonder if they have enough followers to even keep the religion alive, anyways I wish the best of luck to them!

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  8. This is very surprising that some people, in spite of them being a christian nation still worship and keep the tradition of ancient times.

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  9. Had not heard of paganism so this was a cool article to read. Seems a bit strange but every religion and belief is strange in some way.

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  10. Had not heard of paganism so this was a cool article to read. Seems a bit strange but every religion and belief is strange in some way.

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