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2. Old Norse religion - Wikipedia

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   Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples. It was replaced by Christianity and forgotten during the Christianisation of Scandinavia.

3. Modern paganism in Scandinavia - Wikipedia

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   Vigrid has also influenced Norway's view on pagan symbols, causing many Norwegians to believe that the symbols are racist in nature. [ citation needed ] Researcher Egil Astrem suggests that a "moral panic" arose regarding paganism being viewed as linked to Satanism within broader Norwegian society, and viewed as a threat to the stability of ...

4. Norse rituals - Wikipedia

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   Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk religion (as opposed to an organized religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society. Therefore, the faith was decentralized and tied to the village and the family ...

5. The mystical pagan traditions still celebrated in Sweden at ...

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   The Midsummer maypole tradition dates from the Middle Ages, while the summer solstice celebration can be traced to Norse pagan times, when the culture revolved around the mystical natural world.

6. Heathenry (new religious movement) - Wikipedia

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   Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify it as a new religious movement . Developed in Europe during the early 20th century, its practitioners model it on the pre-Christian religions adhered to by the Germanic peoples of the ...

7. Germanic paganism - Wikipedia

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   Based on Old Norse evidence, Germanic paganism probably had a variety of words to refer to gods. [115] Words descended from Proto-Germanic * ansuz , the origin of the Old Norse family of gods known as the Aesir (singular Áss), are attested as a name for divine beings from around the Germanic world. [ 116 ]

8. Modern paganism - Wikipedia

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   Contemporary paganism as practiced in the United States in the 1990s has been described as "a synthesis of historical inspiration and present-day creativity". [b] Eclectic paganism takes an undogmatic religious stance [56] and therefore potentially sees no one as having authority to deem a source apocryphal.

9. What is Odinism? The Delphi murders suspect claims a pagan ...

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   Odinism is a pagan Norse religion with origins in ancient Viking and Nordic beliefs and pre-Christian European culture. Sometimes referred to as Wotanism, it is seen as a “racist variant” of ...