Norse Mythology

The teutonic religions extended through Germany, Scandinavia, and England in the Dark Ages. Much of the knowledge of this religion comes from The Elder Edda and The Younger Edda which were compiled in Iceland during the Middle Ages. It was a projected a stern and gloo,y view of the cosmos and of man's role in it. Certain doom awaits the gods and men alike, but in the face of the doom the one noble activity is war, and to die courageously fighting was the only way to enter Valhalla, the warrior's paradise. The world here is a hard, cold, bitter place in which to live.

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