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Lobai_Atheist · Post time 30-8-2016 03:28 AM

Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods in 1,000 years
Modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland

The high priest of the Asatru Association Hilmarsson leads a procession of Asatru Association at Pingblot Photo: Reuters

Reuters 8:39PM GMT 02 Feb 2015

Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.

Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

"I don't believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet," said Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, high priest of 'Asatruarfelagid', an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.

"We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology."

Membership in Asatruarfelagid has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from Statistics Iceland showed.

The temple will be circular and will be dug 13 feet down into a hill overlooking the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.

"The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us," Hilmarsson said.

The temple will host ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. The group will also confer names to children and initiate teenagers, similar to other religious communities.

Haukur Dor Bragason a members of the Asatru Association (Reuters)

Iceland's neo-pagans still celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of 'Blot' with music, reading, eating and drinking, but nowadays leave out the slaughter of animals.

A ceremony at the Pingvellir National Park near Reykjavik (Reuters)

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