It was a religion for a violent clan society, think Somalia or something. Check e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmg

It was a religion for a violent clan society, think Somalia or something. Check e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang A good illustration is the Swedish "peace laws" from the 13th century -- it became forbidden to steal women, kill people in church and attack others during harvest. Consider what that means about the time before those. :-)