Viking Religion

Ancient Civilization: Viking's Religion Idan Gip CHW 3 M 1 Harris May 29, 2013 Religion comes from religare meaning reunion. Aneel Baquer stated that human beings need to connect with others and said that the power of myths and religious thinking hoped for human beings to connect. In most civilizations, religion is the cause of the success of civilization. Religion motivates people to live. From time to time, religion has actually expanded their civilization and is even more successful.

Viking's religion is a polytheism including myths and many gods. Among the famous Viking gods are Odin and his sons Toll and Loki. Thor is the god of Thor, the source of the inspiration of the Viking war. Viking's myth includes many interesting legends, including stories about various gods. After the death of Viking, their main aristocracy is usually cremated. The cremation method performed by Viking includes placing the body on items such as jewels and other deceased items. After that, the boat floats on the surface of the water, incinerated and burned underwater. Some Vikings also practice regular burial

The rituals of Viking and its funerals and funerals were completely influenced by the infidels' beliefs and beliefs. For the Vikings, their death will lead them to the next world, and will enter one of the nine kingdoms of Viking. This belief is that Vikings was doing his utmost to spend a lot of time on their funeral and funeral, and to send friends, family, or deceased friends to a successful postmortem world. Of the Norwegian myths, the two areas that are often related to funeral and tomb religious customs are Valhalla and Heilheim. In stark contrast to it, Hellheim is Viking and they die of death, which is considered disgraceful. In the ancient Northern European era, it is not thought that it is courageous to die in a lazy bed or to die from old age.

Valhalla is an important concept of Nordic mythology and Viking religion. According to information sources in ancient Iceland, Odin, king of Northern European gods, dominated this magical place. There, the most violent warriors prepare for Ragnarok after their death. What do we know about the hall?

There are no cases of finishing the Viking attack. Some people say that general conversion to Christianity in the early 11th century Scandinavian land showed the end of the Viking era. The teachings of Christianity do not include various activities carried out in typical attacks. In 1066, King Norway Haraldrharðráði died to conquer Britain. This will be the last major attack by the Norwegians. In the same year, members of tribe of Poland overtaken Hedebye, the main trade center in Northern Europe, and destroyed. The climate of that century became colder and the life in the north became more difficult. Scandinavian influence on the European continent is gradually decreasing