{"id":2096,"date":"2010-12-06T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2010-12-06T11:52:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:52:57","slug":"an-icelandic-approach-to-the-reburial-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"An Icelandic Approach to the “Reburial” Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here is a twist on the controversy over the reburial of ancient remains: Bury the skeleton and grave goods at the museum<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, it helps it the remains are Norse and the museum is the Viking World Museum in Iceland<\/a>. Not so many problems of cultural continuity there.<\/p>\n

According to museum director Elisabeth Ward, research has shown that most Icelandic settlers were pagan [sic<\/em>] and that paganism was practiced among the first generations of Icelanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are reconstructing the pagan grave from Hafurbjarnarstadir,\u201d Ward explained. \u201cThe skeletons are placed in a wooden boat, which is a replica of a Viking boat, and sand from Hafurbjarnarstadir has been put inside. Some people believe the man was buried inside a boat, but it is not quite clear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Hat tip: Caroline Tully at Necropolis Now<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a twist on the controversy over the reburial of ancient remains: Bury the skeleton and grave goods at the museum. Of course, it helps it the remains are Norse and the museum is the Viking World Museum in Iceland. Not so many problems of cultural continuity there. 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Um, there is more. \"Iceland's pagan Zuist religion hopes to build temple.\" Zuist leader \u00c1gust Arnar \u00c1g\u00fastsson told the paper that the group had always planned to have a place of worship for its followers, but given the movement's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Iceland\"","block_context":{"text":"Iceland","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=iceland"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12142,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12142","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":2},"title":"Great Review for Calico’s “Being Viking”","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I was happy to see Being Vking: Heathenism in Contemporary America get a good review in Reading Religion, which is the American Academy of Religion's online book-review site. 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Plans to begin construction of a pagan temple in \u00d6skjuhl\u00ed\u00f0 hill, Reykjav\u00edk, have been set in motion. This will be the first pagan temple to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Iceland\"","block_context":{"text":"Iceland","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=iceland"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8586,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8586","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":4},"title":"The BBC Interviews Iceland Heathens","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You can download this episode (27 minutes) of the BBC's Heart and Soul program on the Heathens of Iceland: Floating in a hot spring, snow falling from the night sky, John Laurenson meets Teresa Drofn. 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