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The magic of the ancient Vikings – runes, goddesses and the sunstone
Ancient Scandinavian peoples strongly believed in the integration of reality with beings from legends and myths. In their consciousness, there was no boundary separating the material and spiritual worlds. Gods and magical beings, were an inseparable part of the ordinary daily life and course of life of all Vikings. Knowledge of Viking rituals, magical practices and religion is based mainly on written sources, legends and mere conjecture. In the old Scandinavian countries, the population firmly believed in legends or myths. The average person had no idea how to resist magical beings and phenomena that he might encounter during his wanderings. This is why so many settlements were established. The outside…