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^^'[link] <-OLAF THE GLORIOUS A STORY OF THE VIKING AGE by Robert Leighton
[link] <-Olaf Tryggvason
[link] <-Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
Col- erase pencils and Painter (1,5h).
Norse Gods:
Thor: [link]
Loki: [link]
Odin: [link]
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reminds me some art of the Ancient Time in the Lord of the Rings.
just amazing ! ^__^
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Thanks.Gald you liked it.
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Wow! Love the background especially! Very atmospheric.
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Thanks, I think. Why put a sad face?
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jajaja It isn't a sad face at all, maybe one "impressed" would be better
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Dou know how his people reacted when they became christians?
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too much to talk about those events... let's say, they get used to it nowadays.
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did they were angry when they were forced to become christians?
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heh,I see you don't give up...
The Vikings gave Norwegians their love of the sea and it was during the late Viking period that they bequeathed to them another of their most enduring national traits β strong roots in Christianity β although this overturning of the Viking pantheon of gods did not come without a struggle.
King HΓ₯kon the Good, who had been baptised a Christian during his English upbringing, brought the new faith (as well as missionaries and a bishop) with him upon his return to Norway. Despite some early success, most Vikings remained loyal to Thor, Odin and Freyr. Although the missionaries were eventually able to replace the names of the gods with those of Catholic saints, the pagan practice of blood sacrifice continued unabated. When HΓ₯kon the Good was defeated and killed in 960, Norwegian Christianity all but disappeared.
Christianity in Norway was revived during the reign of King Olav Tryggvason (Olav I). Like any good Viking, Olav decided that only force would work to convert his countrymen to the βtruthβ. Unfortunately for the king, his intended wife, Queen Sigrid of Sweden, refused to convert. Olav cancelled the marriage contract and Sigrid married the pagan king, Svein Forkbeard of Denmark. Together they orchestrated Olavβs death in a great Baltic sea-battle, then took Norway as their own.
Christianity was finally cemented in Norway by King Olav Haraldsson, Olav II, who was also converted in England. Olav II and his Viking hordes allied themselves with King Ethelred and managed to save London from a Danish attack under King Svein Forkbeard by destroying London Bridge (from whence we derive the song βLondon Bridge is Falling Downβ). Succeeding where his namesake had failed, Olav II spread Christianity with considerable success. In 1023 Olav built a stone cross in Voss, where it still stands, and in 1024 he founded the Church of Norway. After an invasion by King Canute (Knut) of Denmark in 1028, Olav II died during the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. For Christians, this amounted to martyrdom and the king was canonised as a saint; the great Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim stands as a memorial to St Olav and, until the Protestant Reformation, the cathedral served as a destination for pilgrims from all over Europe. His most lasting legacy, however, was having forged a lasting identity for Norway as an independent kingdom.
you can read more here if you're interested :[link]
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You're very welcome!
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thanks - really appreciate it!
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you are most welcome then.
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