asatru is a religion that people practice today. it is a religion that
is what the ancient peoples of northern euorpe practiced. it has the
norse gods and norse mythology. so it pretty much is the norse religion.
except i think some of the holidays are want the vikings celebrated.
eg.
on April 9 there is a holiday that is celebrated in the memory of
Hokan. they celebrate this because Hokan conquered a small piece of
territory in northern Norway and banished Christianity. he brought back
the old ways of the norse people and many people became disciples of
him.
hope this helps,
himberg
>>> "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> 5/5/2009 10:48 PM >>>
At 8:43:50 PM on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, heathenfray_9 wrote:
> does anyone know what asatru is?
This is probably as good a place as any to start:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_neopaganism>
Brian