Recent excavations seem to indicate that the Vikings had elaborate graveside ceremonies "in which stories about life and death were presented as theatre, with live performances designed to help the passage of the deceased from this world into the next."
The spiritual life of the Vikings
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2008/11/24 - 12:36.
Recent discoveries of Viking burial sites have led researchers to rethink previously-held beliefs about the lives of the Norse, especially in regard to their spiritual life.
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