Christ and Odin on the Jelling Stone.

[@rosemarymcbride3419]

Great video! I'm a descendant of devotees of the Irish goddess Brigid who put on the mask and became Brigid of Kildare an abbess and early Irish christian saint. Its amazing to see all the different instances of this phenomenon taking place in different cultures. I like to think in every story where this has occurred, when christendom imposed itself on new land and peoples, that there were those who understand that while the writing was on the wall for the old ways in their time, these things go in cycles and things thought lost can be reborn.

[@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger]

Thank you for this video, and for all of your vids! From the USA.

[@NordicAnimism]

thanks for the feedback - :-)

[@ignis6993]

Acts 5:30: “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.” Acts 10:39: “And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:” Acts 13:29: “And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.” Galatians 3:13: “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” 1 Peter 2:24: “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

[@cameron208]

Excellent video, as usual. I'm always looking forward to your next one!

[@maxlegermainalaman3883]

In France there is a gothic cathedral at Chartres with a statue named "the beautiful god" with a book and two runes Othala engraved on it i think its Odin not jesus

[@jacobandrews2663]

I think that just like Pan-Hermes, Mithras, non-Indo-European Apollo, Bacchus, Turms or Janus, Thoth, Anubis, Osiris etc, etc... Most people identified the importance of the wise, knowledgeable archetype who sacrificed himself for some greater divine purpose. So they probably are one in the same in a very real sense. They are you and me as well.

[@maxlegermainalaman3883]

In Spain there is a gothic cathedral too with picture of crucifixion with a spear in the body its not jesus its Odin with gungnir

[@Tom-sd9jb]

Jesus got stabbed in the side with a roman spear whilst on the cross...

[@richardlesperance8259]

Oden hung on YGdresil upsidown for wisdom! Completely different! As the tale says he lost his eye for wisdom!

[@stephanreichelt1960]

sacrificed it to be allowed to drink from the fountain of wisdom

[@frankshifreen]

great talk - back to animism

[@juniorberns]

Christ is the Nordic saying for Krishna.. which happened when Hermes defeated Zoroastrianism.. in India. Hermes was the Nordic Olympic culture before the Vikings.

[@jimbrennan5252]

Did the raven concur?

[@Esotericwisdom1848]

Really weird the connections to Odin and Christ, despite Odin being a much much older figure

[@leandromaroniurbanek6042]

Huginn says hi lol

[@Rossion64]

You make me want to go hang out in Denmark!

[@heikep4906]

Interesting view of things. I agree with you, that this Jesus might be Odin in disguise. But I don´t think that this is some kind of resistance. I think it´s about using an image that everybody knows or knew at the time making the "making" more convincing and perhaps a bit easier to handle.

[@mmikkelsen7]

That is exactly what it was. Thank you for pointing it out.

[@B1_1_9_7_5]

Could also be Loki I don't know much about Norse mythology for from what I know my theory goes Loki transformed into Jesus did all that magical stuff and spread false lies to make it so people won't worship the Norse gods and worship Christianity gods why so Odin's Army won't be big enough to fight at Ragnarok because he will be on the opposite side and it worked Christianity almost wiped out Norse paganism but we lived and we're taking back our rightful place

[@shawjt82]

Christians merely explained to them that the unnamed Archangel in Revelations is Odin. Odin himself said that he was not a God, but Asgardians lived 5000 years. What sits above man, and below God? The Archangels, and Angels. Norse gods (lower case "g") and Demigods. Thus, by following Odin, the Norse knew of the Angels, but hadn't yet learned of God. It wasn't a malicious encounter at all, but an amplification of their existing knowledge If anything, it showed the Norses deep spiritual connection with the world around them. It's an incredible feat that should be celebrated

[@jpow2229]

Where did you find this? Just curious to learn

[@Esotericwisdom1848]

Odin calls himself a memeber of the Aiser, meaning high ones or high Gods

[@carolinerefstrup410]

Ambiguity is a Powerfull tool. One might say Harold was playing it safe/betting on more horses than one, but none the less he was being rather clever about his marketing campaign.

[@davidoftheforest]

Odin has only one eye

[@NordicAnimism]

In (some)West Nordic manuscript material.

[@davidoftheforest]

@@NordicAnimism if by 'some' you mean 'most', I agree

[@davidoftheforest]

Harold Bluetooth was a bastard. Being forced into Christianity is awful.

[@TheDestroyer931]

What did the entangling knots symbolize? Is it alluding to Odin being hung from yggdrassil?

[@horowirtz9415]

In Rouen in Normandy e also have a Jelling Stone^^

[@theispedersen2249]

Hey. Har du tid til en snak?

[@frankshifreen]

the old Gods had rituals - shamanism that gave power to

[@nameWithX]

Thanks for the video. At 5:28 the YT translator says you are saying that in 1735 there were efforts to eradicate heathen AND catholic practices. This confuses me. Christianity is Catholic. Why AND Catholic? i don't understand this. please help me

[@NordicAnimism]

Protestantism turned on Catholicism

[@nameWithX]

Guten Morgen. Danke. I was just reading about Denmark's Lutheran-Protestant history. Understanding the differences in Christianity is very difficult. Have a good day.

[@Rooted4Life]

Those who were foreknown will be conformed to the image of God’s son(s)

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

Watered down color version

[@NorthernHistory]

If the imagery was so ambiguous regarding animism it shows that Harald had a secret sensitivity for heathen religions, far beyond what many other medieval monarchs had. He probably wasnt baptized until he was far into adult age. Based on this, I think you should view your old enemy as rather tolerant. The message on the stone 'make danes Christian' is most likely propaganda, in line with what was commonfare among Christian monarchs of the day.

[@NordicAnimism]

Of course it is propaganda - didn’t I say that? - well, Perhaps I didn’t say it clearly enough 😊 But I don’t think this propaganda says much about Harold’s personal religious sensibilities, more about how he maneuvered politically, which might in turn give us indication about general religious sensibilities in his context. I personally wouldn’t apply contemporary notions of tolerance/intolerance on this medieval ruler.

[@NorthernHistory]

@@NordicAnimism Tolerance/intolerance is not a contemporary notion. Monarchs, emperors and autority figures throughout history have been known to display either tolerance or intolerance for one religion or another. With that, the way I interpret the stone is Harald speaking with a forked tongue, to both pagan and Christians. But to each their own.

[@BruceWaynesaysLandBack]

Pretty sick that they put Odin on all your passports

[@NordicAnimism]

Yea innit!? I haven't had the chance to make the point properly in public yet