This episode explores the profound cultural and religious negotiation between Norse paganism and Christianity during the Viking Age, using remarkable artifacts like the Gosforth Cross to show how the two belief systems were blended rather than simply opposed. The hosts discuss key Norse concepts like Ragnarök and Yggdrasil, the shamanic tradition of seiðr, and how Viking leaders adopted Christianity without fully abandoning their ancestral myths. Ultimately, they argue that Norse mythology did not disappear but survived in art, place names, and folk traditions, profoundly shaping medieval Christian culture.
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