When I was in my 20’s I named my band after the Vikings because I was profoundly moved by the revelations concerning ‘Vineland’ - that they had discovered North America first among Europeans, had peacefully traded and interacted with the inhabitants, and then left them alone. What a difference from what came after!
Only later did I come to understand how the far right appropriated Viking mythology in a completely different way.
When I was in my 20’s I named my band after the Vikings because I was profoundly moved by the revelations concerning ‘Vineland’ - that they had discovered North America first among Europeans, had peacefully traded and interacted with the inhabitants, and then left them alone. What a difference from what came after!
Only later did I come to understand how the far right appropriated Viking mythology in a completely different way.
Yes. One sign among many.