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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pretty much every ancient society had fail-son bands going around raiding shit, idk why the Norse get singled out for it any more than Gaels or Lakota or Scythians.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but pop culture has confounded going viking with Norse culture at large.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True. But like with most ancient cultures, most were just fucking goat farmers or whatever. Their mythology is cool tho.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It bugs me that we only know the post-Christianization version of their religion. Hence Odin getting hung on a not-cross

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was really sad when I learned that the story about a crossdressing Thor pretending to marry a Jotun is possibly a Christian parody made to ridicule and insult their competition.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

The history of religion is basically every religion accusing every other religion of gay orgies and eating babies

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Is it because they did it to the British and the French who were literate enough to write about it and ended up becoming powerful enough for their historical beefs to matter?