Asatru Wedding Scene in "Hvíti víkingurinn" (The White Viking)

3/31/2009

Video Description: Speculative Asatru wedding scene from the movie Hvíti víkingurinn (The White Viking). "Here you can see some scenes of an heathen (Asatru) wedding as it may have been common across central and northern Europe before christianization. I like it because it is made very authentic. In the ceremony Askur and Embla marry. The priest calls Odin (the father of gods, god of wisdom, magic). Statues of Odin and Freya (the godess of love, magic, fertility) can be seen. Embla lies down two dolls to Freya to symbolize her connection with Askur. After the ceremony Embla receives presents from Greenland and Arabia. Finally Askur receives a Freya-pendant to protect their love. Freyas brother Frey (god of fertility, plants, etc) is also mentioned. Scenes are from the great movie "Hvíti víkingurinn" (the white viking), which is unfortunately very poorly known. A new version called "Embla" has been released recently, but it is also hard to get. The movie takes place in the year 1000 in Norway and shows the process of christianization.

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