{"id":12487,"date":"2021-09-27T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2021-09-27T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:00:06","slug":"pop-vikings-modern-animism-and-the-raven-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12487","title":{"rendered":"Pop Vikings, Modern Animism, and the Raven Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eCQGqooAAVM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">From Danish writer and animist <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwfSYNj1dOiDxKUMNPwh2uA\">Rune Engelbreth Larsen<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">The Viking Age seems to be undergoing a kind of global renaissance in various fields, spanning from popular culture to spirituality and even some misguided political trends. Often this &#8220;viking revival&#8221; manifests itself in ahistorical and superficial ways, but not always. Here I share a few thoughts on how some lesser known aspects are also slowly gaining ground and understanding: the animist perspective. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vikings armed with &#8220;myth, music, and merchandise&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Danish writer and animist Rune Engelbreth Larsen The Viking Age seems to be undergoing a kind of global renaissance in various fields, spanning from popular culture to spirituality and even some misguided political trends. Often this &#8220;viking revival&#8221; manifests itself in ahistorical and superficial ways, but not always. 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