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    GODS, MYTHS, BELIEFS AND RITUALS

    Oct 01, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS: JONNY WILKES

    There was no single, organised and institutional religion of the Vikings. As they did not comprise a distinct social entity to begin with, it stands to reason they would not have a distinct set of beliefs and practices. The paganism seen in the Viking Age varied from region to region, so what people believed in Denmark would be different to Norway and Sweden. Each community, each family even, practiced their beliefs in their own way.

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