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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Also, the medieval Icelanders were mostly farmers/fisherfolk who, whilst having generations-long vendettas, didn’t form armies, wage war or even go on cool Viking raids (though the ones who were best in combat sometimes went abroad to work as mercenaries).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Modern practitioners of the Heathenry/Pagan religions tend to stand against those who use these kind of excuses to fuel racism. No Nazis in Valhalla.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've come across a disturbing amount of modern pagans who were racist as fuck and their religion seemed to exacerbate that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Glorify the independent warrior image and completely ignore the submission to legal frameworks and traditions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In order to claim something you had nothing to do with, you need to be close, like Europeans.