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Traditional Art

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

I once read a line of thinking by some of the r/AskHistorians scholars, proposing that what we commonly believe about Norse deities (Odin/Wotan & crew) in fact only represented a small percentage of known, written material. The idea being that these were only a set of local or regional beliefs, with others across the 'Nordisphere' potentially varying wildly, but much of those being lost due to being only orally-transmitted in nature. But... I did not happen to follow up on all that. :S

Super painting!

[–] hot_mocha_decaf@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

DuBois also shows how Norse religion was never a monolithic or static phenomenon. Central elements of the cultic traditions of one town might have been strikingly alien to the town in the next valley, not to mention another settlement hundreds of miles away across the ocean. Differences across time might have been even more marked. All of this makes it a bit imprecise to even speak of a unified “Norse religion.”

https://norse-mythology.org/book-review-nordic-religions-viking-age-thomas-dubois/

I read this book, quite a long time ago.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Interesting, thank you!

I wonder how much this POV became more mainstream, assuming it wasn't already.

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