>>15796612>How much of the Hollywood representation of Nordic paganism is bullshit? E.g. The Northman?even if the representations are accurate they lie by omitting all other aspects of life and culture in pre-Christian sovereign Scandinavia
>I don't believe a Germanic woman has ever done thisit probably happened in some communities, think of it as a way to mark your clan similar to how circumcision functions, it might also make the child more resistant to future wounds and infections, hence "long-living"
>What folk/people must not eat #2>People shall eat and use that which dies because of human actions;>broken neck, entangled in fence/ropes, lays dead in the farm well, falls off cliff or bridge,>walks into man-made traps, breaks through the ice, drowns, hit by bear, wolf bites, dogs kill.>Animals suffering these injuries can still be eaten.>If a man owns only one cow, and it dies without cause, then he may use it.>But if a man has two cows and they both die without cause, then he may only use the second,>and if a man has three cows and they all die without cause, then he may not use the first two, but only the third.>And if cattle falls over a cliff and blood bursts out the nose, then one may use this, but not otherwise>And if wind fells a tree onto cattle, then one may use this, but not if blood bursts out of the tree(?).>Likewise, if lightning strikes, then one cannot use this.>One can also eat that which is raised on the farm, except dogs, cats, or horses.>And if any man eats any of this without good cause, then he has violated property and peace, land and possessions, and shall be sent to heathen lands where no Christian reside. 