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"Does anyone know what the "traditional" response to these sorts of ground movements was?" The very old tradition was to increase the amounts of sacrifices to
by hutzlibu 3y ago
"Does anyone know what the "traditional" response to these sorts of ground movements was?"
The very old tradition was to increase the amounts of sacrifices to the gods, because clearly they were angry.
- pcrh 3y agoIs there documentation for this? Icelanders are Christian (since when, I'm not sure), and would more likely pray. Also I don't think there is a history of human sacrifice in Norway/Denmark/Scandinavia.
- hutzlibu 3y agoWith the very old tradition I meant the pre christian times (which is why I wrote "the gods"). And I was not necessarily talking about human sacrifice, even though it seems very likely, that this happened as well. https://scandinaviafacts.com/did-the-vikings-perform-human-sacrifices/ https://scandinaviafacts.com/did-the-vikings-perform-human-s...
- hinoki 3y agoNothing specific to earthquakes and volcanoes or other bad omens, but there was probably some human sacrifice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blót https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blót https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ättestupa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ättestupa