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5-18-2009 9:51 PM
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5-19-2009 1:49 AM
Jorjor
Iceland also gives official recognition to their Nordic Pagans.
5-19-2009 1:40 PM
tanyamm
I think it's great they're doing that but, I find the shape of the grave site an odd choice.
5-19-2009 2:12 PM
wiccantexan
A Norse custom was to send the body out to sea on a boat, setting it on fire once it was off shore. A funeral pyre at sea. The grave site is probably meant to simulate this custom, since they can't "ship them out" anymore.
5-19-2009 2:29 PM
Jorjor
A number of burials were on land with mounds raised over the ships (remember Sutton Hoo). Tom Holt exploited that in his comic novel "Who's Afraid Of Beowulf?".
5-19-2009 3:24 PM
wiccantexan
Thank you, Jorjor! I didn't know that.
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