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Norse cultural influence from colonisation had a last gasp at the time of Shakespeare. Nearly 200 yrs later, Icelandic literature is re-discovered by the rest of Europe.
— Dec 06, 2018 03:17PM
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Numerous contemporary right-wing, racist and white-supremecist groups are still using Old Norse culture as a basis for their beliefs.
— Dec 10, 2018 09:00PM
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Himmler, in contrast to Hitler, bought heavily into neo-Norse runic mysticism that reflected the generally intensifying racism and anti-semetism of the period in Germany.
— Dec 09, 2018 08:12PM
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Despite Wagner being Hitler's favourite composer and Fritz Lang's 1924 film, Die Nibelungen, a favourite film, he was contemptuous of anyone espousing actual neo-Pagan spiritual beliefs.
— Dec 09, 2018 01:13PM
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Wagner draws primarily on Old Norse sources but mixes them with later German work and his own inventions to form a single, coherent narrative for the libretti of his Ring Cycle of operas.
— Dec 08, 2018 01:41PM
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A message from Flagon Dragon:
Roar! Don't like this Sigurd/Siegfried character! ROAR!
— Dec 05, 2018 05:45PM
Roar! Don't like this Sigurd/Siegfried character! ROAR!
Robert
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Tolkien's Barrow Wights have clear ancestry in the Icelandic family sagas where treasure seekers find people living in burial mounds. Never knew that, before.
— Dec 03, 2018 06:30AM
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There's no certain archaeological evidence of a temple building dedicated to any member of the Norse pagan pantheon!
— Dec 02, 2018 03:02PM
