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Is 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 huma
by pcrh 3y ago
Is 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