A strong pagan belief is that the natural world is embedded in all of us. One method of defining the landscape is by building monuments. The construction of tombs at the boundaries of territory illustrates to outsiders that the area is rightfully yours, since it belonged to your ancestors. A succession of ritual monuments known throughout prehistoric Europe, from wooden trackways to henges (stone or wooden circles), suggest the strong influence of altering the landscape as a way of defining territory within the pagan belief system. So what happens when people cannot lay claim to their territory by marking it with the graves or other signs that their ancestors lived there? In 874 AD Viking leader Ingolfur Arnarson threw two lengths of timber into the sea and swore that he would settle where they came ashore. They landed at the site of present day Reykjavik in Iceland.
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He broke his leg so they cut him like someone would shoot a racehorse.
Um.. whats with the ‘two guys take him out and slash his throat, throw him into the pit’ lol. It’s like… why would they make a random story up to explain how this guy died or say ‘is this a glimpse into a violent past’ or w/e … lol Guy got his throat cut! No one knows why!
This is wonderful, Sad and very well done! I’m proud to have seen it!
Cool.