Chapter 19: Liminals

''The Norse temple and associated cult at Uppsala was one of the last major bastions of the Norse religion during the attempted Christianization of Scandinavia in the 10th and 11th centuries. Razed in 1044 and rebuilt in 1056, the original temple featured statues of the gods Odin, Freyr and Thor on a triple throne, a sacred well and a sacred grove. When the temple was first destroyed by Christian Crusaders, many of the priesthood managed to evacuate to Berk, where they formed the core of…''

—The Second Flowering Of Yggdrasil: An Analysis Of The Norse Resurgence, 1710

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Epigraph Tie-In

 * The epigraph talks about the Norse Cult and Temple at Uppsala. The chapter shows Sigurd praying at the Uppsala temple.

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