The last worshipers of Odin and Thor.

[Tradra]

lol

[Rostos vilmoskörte]

[Tradra]

lol

[Abaddon]

For a while i thought you were referring to the member Odin

[gixajo]

About the author of one of the2 Edda that exists, and the more ancient one of the two, Snorri Sturluson.

He was the author of the Saga of Egil Skallagrímson and the Heimskringla (or Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) and the famous Prose Edda, a manual for poets that includes the Gylfaginning or Hallucination of Gylfi, a cosmogony from Norse mythology. He is considered one of the great writers of medieval Icelandic literature.

This man was a Christian, and so were his parents. The Christian religion had already been among them for 4 centuries, so although it could undoubtedly have some similarity with the original pagan faith before being distorted by its contact with Christianity and the several past centuries and the passing of word of mouth as oral stories, I think it does not faithfully reflect what that religion or set of beliefs was like when it was professed by the majority.

In any case, in just 2 parts of those Eddas(they are 2 Eddas) speak about Nordic religion cosmogony:

The Gylfaginning , that is one poem.

The Völuspá,, another poem.

They are both from the 13th century, and their intention was not to describe what that religion was like, it was a background theme for making art. It's like explaining the battle of Gallipoli through the song "And the Band played Waltzing Mathilda", and on top of that that song would have been written 4 centuries after the battle happened.

So I am with renaissance12 : Basically a tale based on oral stories that probably resemble the real Nordic religion as much as an egg resembles a chestnut.

[PlattitüdenPaule]

I wonder what made OP become so bitter and resentful.

[gixajo]

Surdicist mode: on

But we already know, the Anglo-Saxon world tries very hard to give a benevolent image of its ancestors and many writers from the 19th century onwards and then Hollywood has helped to "rehabilitate" its image to try to improve its "reputation".

It's okay Nordics, your ancestors were like blonde Nigerians who lived poorly in poor and cold lands and who had to steal to survive and until you submitted to the civilization whose bases were established in southern Europe on the shores of the Mediterranean, you gave enough disgusting despite being very "white".

Get it over with and stop making up fantastic stories.

Surdicist mode: off

[renaissance12]

So I am with renaissance12 : Basically a tale based on oral stories that probably resemble the real Nordic religion as much as an egg resembles a chestnut.

And with the professional historian accademic of Copenaghen museum...

[renaissance12]

Surdicist mode: on

But we already know, the Anglo-Saxon world tries very hard to give a benevolent image of its ancestors and many writers from the 19th century onwards and then Hollywood has helped to "rehabilitate" its image to try to improve its "reputation".

It's okay Nordics, your ancestors were like blonde Nigerians who lived poorly in poor and cold lands and who had to steal to survive and until you submitted to the civilization whose bases were established in southern Europe on the shores of the Mediterranean, you gave enough disgusting despite being very "white".

Get it over with and stop making up fantastic stories.

Surdicist mode: off

The revival of the Viking myth was distorted and amplified (and therefore mystified) in the 19th century by a dozen complex literates from Northern Europe (I repeat: a dozen and no more). Obviously a good part of the illiterate population of Northern Europe began to give credence to the propaganda of these fanatical intellectuals of the Nordic myth..

But in all of Europe until the end of the 19th century there is not a single fresco in the royal palaces and noble palaces that have some relevance to Viking nordic mythology.

Some low-level painters in the middle of XIX century have painted some paintings on Nordic mythology... but little stuff that hasn't entered any guide to EUROPEAN painting...

[Rostos vilmoskörte]

I wonder what made OP become so bitter and resentful.

Not being relevant the last 2000 years and now just known for gays and hosting africa