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While the Norse were not merely savage raiders, something tells me that when some long ships showed up, the locals didn't say to themselves "Oh, some traders and craftsmen with good hygene!" It is pure sentimentality to say the Norse were nothing but brutes, and it is pure sentimentality to deny their cruelty, too. Norse Pagan, Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Viking Life, Viking Warrior, Viking Facts, Viking Quotes, Norse Vikings, Memes

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Christianity, which was forced onto the norse pagan people, by corrupt kings, who formed an alliance with the pope, brought this to an end! Hygene was forbidden by pain of death...
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While the Norse were not merely savage raiders, something tells me that when some long ships showed up, the locals didn't say to themselves "Oh, some traders and craftsmen with good hygene!" It is pure sentimentality to say the Norse were nothing but brutes, and it is pure sentimentality to deny their cruelty, too.

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While the Norse were not merely savage raiders, something tells me that when some long ships showed up, the locals didn't say to themselves "Oh, some traders and craftsmen with good hygene!" It is pure sentimentality to say the Norse were nothing but brutes, and it is pure sentimentality to deny their cruelty, too.

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