Norse Wisdom Explored
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Welcome to Norse Wisdom, where we discuss the religion, the pragmatic outlook, the history and the spirit of Scandinavian Europe.
We have so much from this period, and yet so little. Much of the material is enigmatic. Much of it is foreign to the 21st Century. But that is what I find so attractive about it. As the last people to accept Christianity, for example, the Vikings stand at the dividing point between the pagan and the Christian, the barbarian and the civilized, the mysterious and the familiar. There they stand, holding out their hands to us, and when we reach out to take them, they recede.
Some of my relatives lived in these areas. When I read the histories I can almost see their faces, but you do not have to be Danish or Swedish or Norwegian or Icelandic to feel that.
Please leave a post and come back to the site. I will be writing very short essays about the Vikings and those who came before them, and I will be reviewing books on the subject. Feel free to introduce a new topic.
