This is one of those fun little things that makes my inner nerd squee with delight. There's a new map posted at ArcGIS of hammer pendant finds in Norway. For those of you unfamiliar with ArcGIS, it's an interactive program that allows users to take data and plug it into maps. In this case, the information was harvested from a 2006 article by Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide, entitled Thor's Hammer in Norway: A Symbol of Reaction Against the Christian Cross?
Walaker Nordeide's paper looks at the dozen or so finds of Thor's hammer pendants that have been discovered in Norway, and looks at the ways regional cults of Thor impacted the later spread of Christianity in the country.
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Walaker Nordeide's paper looks at the dozen or so finds of Thor's hammer pendants that have been discovered in Norway, and looks at the ways regional cults of Thor impacted the later spread of Christianity in the country.
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That is so cool! I’m a big ancient history buff, expecially with norse mythology! Yay!
Why do people continue to use the phrase “Norse mythology” to describe our history? The word “myth” means fake or untrue. So, see as how Christianity is a compilation of all the other “fake” religions, in order to make tranition smoother. Therefore the bible is to be considered “Christian mythology”.
The Bible = Christian mythology. Yeah, that fits pretty well.
In response to the previous comments, something doesn’t have to be fictional to be a myth. The first definition of “myth” is simply a “Traditional or legendary story…with or without a determinable basis of fact… ” (Dictionary.com). It just gets used so often as something fictional that that’s our automatic thought to the word. So, the term “Norse Mythology” and “Christian Mythology” are both accurate no matter what your beliefs are. You could also say that, for instance, George Washington chopping down the cherry tree is American Mythology (Happy 4th of July!).
In response to the article. How awesome would it be to be digging somewhere and find something like that? We found bits of broken pottery when we were digging our basement, but the design on it was too modern to be anything too interesting.