Chuck

They worship the Aesir gods, who would be the highest of the pantheon of Norse mythology, like Odin and Thor. And so people who are into Asatru are very much into honor and valor and getting into Valhalla. And then there's the Vanatru. which they're concerned with the Vanir gods, who are the rest of the gods, who are more earthy, more nature-based, they're into prosperity, that kind of stuff.

And I think there's way more Asatru than Vanatru right now. And then one other thing about heathenism, there's a really interesting kind of side history that you can go look up about the black metal scene specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that essentially turned into turned their focus from Satanism, like traditional metal to heathenry.

And I think there's way more Asatru than Vanatru right now. And then one other thing about heathenism, there's a really interesting kind of side history that you can go look up about the black metal scene specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that essentially turned into turned their focus from Satanism, like traditional metal to heathenry.

And I think there's way more Asatru than Vanatru right now. And then one other thing about heathenism, there's a really interesting kind of side history that you can go look up about the black metal scene specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that essentially turned into turned their focus from Satanism, like traditional metal to heathenry.

And so you've got like folk metal, Viking metal, like they essentially just became heathens, but metal. And it just got really out of hand in the early 90s. It was really interesting stuff.

And so you've got like folk metal, Viking metal, like they essentially just became heathens, but metal. And it just got really out of hand in the early 90s. It was really interesting stuff.

And so you've got like folk metal, Viking metal, like they essentially just became heathens, but metal. And it just got really out of hand in the early 90s. It was really interesting stuff.

Yeah. And they didn't exactly like set paganism's general public image on fire. Well, actually, they kind of did. Yeah. Yeah. Arseth was a Satanist. Vickernese is in addition to being a murderer. He's a avowed neo-Nazi. And the whole scene in particular kind of gets caught up with nationalism a lot. So it's not a very representative scene.

Yeah. And they didn't exactly like set paganism's general public image on fire. Well, actually, they kind of did. Yeah. Yeah. Arseth was a Satanist. Vickernese is in addition to being a murderer. He's a avowed neo-Nazi. And the whole scene in particular kind of gets caught up with nationalism a lot. So it's not a very representative scene.

Yeah. And they didn't exactly like set paganism's general public image on fire. Well, actually, they kind of did. Yeah. Yeah. Arseth was a Satanist. Vickernese is in addition to being a murderer. He's a avowed neo-Nazi. And the whole scene in particular kind of gets caught up with nationalism a lot. So it's not a very representative scene.

Picture of paganism as a whole or neo-paganism as a whole. But it's still I mean, it's just ridiculously interesting what happened there.

Picture of paganism as a whole or neo-paganism as a whole. But it's still I mean, it's just ridiculously interesting what happened there.

Picture of paganism as a whole or neo-paganism as a whole. But it's still I mean, it's just ridiculously interesting what happened there.

It's worth mentioning, I guess.

It's worth mentioning, I guess.

It's worth mentioning, I guess.

Yeah, I was checking a lot of it out. Some of it's really good. I'm not into folk metal, though, at all.

Yeah, I was checking a lot of it out. Some of it's really good. I'm not into folk metal, though, at all.

Yeah, I was checking a lot of it out. Some of it's really good. I'm not into folk metal, though, at all.

You know that kind of like super proud Irish music that's like rock? From, like, Boston. Imagine that as, like, metal. But it's got, like, bagpipes. Almost. Almost.