Ep - 101 Ancient Viking Rituals with Simon Nygaard

This week we finally get to meet Mathias's evil twin! Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Simon Nygaard,  Assistant Professor in pre-Christian Nordic religion at Aarhus University and former classmate of our very own favorite professor, to discuss Viking rituals! Topics include: How we remember things through cultural knowledge, the problems with the hard facts of archeology, and a lengthy explanation of a ritual involving reciting poetry to a preserved horse penis. It's complicated...If you would like to learn more about Simon you can follow him on Twitter at: twitter.com/noharedontcareAnd if you would like to hear his band Wulfaz in action you can listen to them over at: Wulfaz.bandcamp.com/releasesAlso check us out on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/nordicmythologypodcastGet Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/NMP - Enter promo code: "NMP '' for 83% off and 3 extra months free!And if you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions please consider supporting us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcastIf you would like to join our bi-weekly Q&A Episodes in the new year, or get access to our special Story Time episodes covering the saga literature, then all you have to do is join our Patron. Seriously, we would love to have you, the more the merrier!To check out Dan's company, Horns of Odin, and their wide range of handmade items inspired by Nordic Mythology and the Viking Age. Visit www.hornsofodin.com Support the Show. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.