Rivendell_librarian
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This is not just a random impish (orcish?) thought. I'm reading a book about the Vikings: Vikings: Life and Legend. It's a British Museum book of an exhibition that was shown several years ago. The view of the authors was that Viking "religion" or "mythology" was more a collection of myths and traditions often associated with sacred places. The underlying theme was magic rather than worship - magic used to achieve a particular end such as success in battle or courtship.
They also express the view that those who used magic were mostly women - wizardry seen as rather effeminate. (Men do the raping and pillaging - and travelling and trading). The book had illustrations of wizard staffs found in the graves of women.
They also express the view that those who used magic were mostly women - wizardry seen as rather effeminate. (Men do the raping and pillaging - and travelling and trading). The book had illustrations of wizard staffs found in the graves of women.
