1,200-year-old pagan temple to Thor and Odin unearthed in Norway

Live Science ^ | 8/10/2020 | Tom Metcalfe

[Candor7]

The remains of a 1,200-year-old pagan temple to the Old Norse gods such as Thor and Odin have been discovered in Norway — a rare relic of the Viking religion built a few centuries before Christianity became dominant there. Archaeologists say the large wooden building — about 45 feet (14 meters) long, 26 feet (8 m) wide, and up to 40 feet (12 m) high — is thought to date from the end of the eighth century and was used for worship and sacrifices to gods during the midsummer and midwinter solstices. Old Norse culture was famous and feared by some a century later, after bands of Norse sailors and warriors known as the Vikings started trading, raiding and colonizing throughout Europe and into Iceland, Greenland and Canada.

[Candor7]

They just keep uncovering the old sites of our former incarnations! My Gott!

[Candor7]

The just keep digging up our old homes from our previous incarnations!

[southernindymom]

That would be the most fun job ever!

[Patriot_MP]

...has anyone found Ragnar Lodbrok ?....

[oldasrocks]

If you think digging is fun bring your shovel and work up my garden for the winter. It may have been used as a worship site.

[Larry Lucido]

[Viking2002]

You know how long it took me to bury the damn thing? Nooooo, Ragnar says. It'll be a piece of cake, Ragnar says. You'll be done by lunch, Ragnar says.......

[wastedyears]

[GreenLanternCorps]

[zeestephen]

[freedumb2003]

Why does Thor have big metal boobs?

[redshawk]

Transgender Thor... Of course.

[freedumb2003]

I read somewhere about a female Thor for the next movie?

Now that disney owns all the major entertainment labels: ST, SW, Marvel it is destroying them all with wokeness.

I predict we will NOT see a Capt. Marvel II.

[BubbaBasher]

Why the word “pagan” when “temple” would have sufficed? If it means non-Christian why isn’t Islam considered a pagan religion?

[GreenLanternCorps]

Well he already got turned into a frog...

And it was awesome...

[Stingray51]

“If it means non-Christian why isn’t Islam considered a pagan religion?”

I think ‘pagan’ has traditionally been applied to polytheistic religions. Islam claims to be monotheistic and can be viewed as some kind of deviation from Christianity / Judaism. Belloc described Islam as one of the “Great Heresies” in his book of the same name - a good book

[gibsonguy]

He should have killed Ivar. You knew you were going to have a bad day when you saw Viking ships headed toward your village.

[bert]

The building housed priests that used it to store the loot proceeds from the collection plates

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Richard Axtell]

Thomtimes I am thor after thwiming.