Ritualized Violence and Human Sacrifices in the Viking Age

Speaking of Iron Age and early Medieval human sacrifices in the Nordic World, as well as the ritualization of violence, and how historiography and cinematography portrays these subjects. I would like to suggest two videos I’ve done on the case of bodily destruction and sacrifice as a form of transformation that provokes a beneficial effect, and radical change, in the life of the community of the living. Two mythological subjects that might shed light into the religious mentality of pre-Christian Nordic peoples in relation to human sacrifice: (1) Kvasir - The Blood of the Gods: (2) Ymir - The Scream of Life: My Social Media: