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Halls of the Norse Gods
Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 The Halls of the Norse Gods (place) See all of The Halls of the Norse Gods, no other writeups in this node. (place) by Hatshepsut Wed Jun 26 2002 at 18:54:53 In Norse mythos, there are three realms which are contained within the three roots of Yggdrasil, the giant tree ("The World Tree"). The tree acts to hold the three realms together and to hold them in place. Within the three realms are the Nine Worlds. All of the deities and...
Asgard in Orkney - Petroglyphs, Ancient Races And A US Connection
Within the rolling green hills of Scotland lie thousands of ancient stones covered with mysterious glyphs. And, somehow, a near identical stone can be found hidden in the great Appalachians of North Carolina in the United States, near a mountain summit. How can it be that the same symbols appear in both Prehistoric Scotland and North Carolina ? These symbols whisper a cryptic message to us from a forgotten time. Scholars and amateurs alike can only stare in wonder, scratching their hea...
The Vikings' Conversion to Christianity - Norse Mythology for Smart People
The Vikings’ Conversion to Christianity "Ansgar Preaches the Christian Doctrine in Sweden" by Hugo Hamilton (1830) The traditional tales of the Vikings’ conversion to Christianity are sleek dramas full of zealous missionary saints, kings, and clerics who Christianize entire populations in a few heroic actions that are hardly short of miracles. As is the case with most medieval hagiography (a genre focused on recounting the lives of saints and other holy men and women), the historical real...
Lady Want was the primary talisman of the Nordic völva
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Index - List of Keys
The Keys The name first appeared in a document of 1422 and has provoked much debate as to its origin. Although much publicity has been made that the Keys are the oldest parliament in the British Isles, it is not at all clear that they existed as a permanent body during the first two centuries of the Stanley era. During that time they appeared to have only a judicial function, apparently selected by the Deemsters, with the approval of the council, from the 'worthiest Men' in the Island. The n...