[gothic-l] Re: Odin No Myth - Heyerdahl's new book

[babeck at ALPHALINK.COM.AU]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> THE Viking god Odin might have been a real king who lived
> in what is now southern Russia 2,000 years ago, the Norwegian
> explorer Thor Heyerdahl said in a book released yesterday.
>
> In The Hunt for Odin, Heyerdahl says his digs by the Sea of Azov
> in Russia backed evidence in 13th-century sagas by Snorre
> Sturlason that Odin was more than a myth.
>
> "Snorre didn't sit down and dream this all up," Heyerdahl said at
the launch
> of his book with his co-author, Per Lillestrom. "In ancient times,
people
> treated gods and kings as one and the same thing."
>
> Heyerdahl's digs uncovered skeletons and ancient metal
objects. "It's
> obvious that there was some link between the Nordic region and
where
> we dug."

When they find a skeleton of an eight-legged horse, let me know.

Skeptically,

Brian Beck


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