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... Norway and a few in Denmark and Sweden . Some of them may well be older than the settle- ment of Iceland , which took place toward the end of the 9th century . The Icelanders remained pagan until the year AD 1000 ( or 999 ) . The verse ...
... Norway and a few in Denmark and Sweden . Some of them may well be older than the settle- ment of Iceland , which took place toward the end of the 9th century . The Icelanders remained pagan until the year AD 1000 ( or 999 ) . The verse ...
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... Norway , but detailed descriptions are not given . Sacrifice took many different forms . Jordanes mentions the sacrifice of prisoners of war among the Goths . The idol of Nerthus was washed by thralls who alone were allowed to see her ...
... Norway , but detailed descriptions are not given . Sacrifice took many different forms . Jordanes mentions the sacrifice of prisoners of war among the Goths . The idol of Nerthus was washed by thralls who alone were allowed to see her ...
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... Norway was far less peaceful , and much is known about it , chiefly from Icelandic records , which are highly coloured . Olaf Trygvason had come to Norway from England c . 995 , and quickly overcame the arch - pagan ruler Haakon ...
... Norway was far less peaceful , and much is known about it , chiefly from Icelandic records , which are highly coloured . Olaf Trygvason had come to Norway from England c . 995 , and quickly overcame the arch - pagan ruler Haakon ...
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