[SunkenCiv]

Map of the Eldgja fissures and lava flows. Some fissures are now buried by the Myrdalsjokull ice cap. Lavas from the 1783-1784 Laki eruption buried some of the distal Eldgja flows. Map simplified from Thordarson and others. [Eldgja Fissure System, Katla Volcano, Iceland]

[BenLurkin]

[Tallguy]

Interesting... But the Christianization part is overstated. The Roman Church was evangelizing, arranging alliance via Christian marriages (the Queen/Lady was increasingly a Christian, and officiating inheretances all over Europe.

[Fedora]

Actually, the Völuspá describes a showdown between Thor and the Midgard's Serpent after Loki arranges the slaying of Balder, etc.--it's more than a stretch for this "study" to conveniently reduce the Völuspá to a volcano they happen to be researching.

[left that other site]

Ragnar Rocks!

(((I know, Gotterdammerung it, Zat Vas a Bad Pun!)))

[antidisestablishment]

So the important part is that we need more super volcanoes to erupt in order to combat global warming. Volcanoes remind us how small we are. Major eruptions dwarf years of man’s pollution.

[eclecticEel]

OK, now they need to produce a sequence of natural disasters explaining why all the other European nations converted to Christianity.

[wildbill]

Yah, I remember seeing the pagan gods in flames with Floki looking on in dismay on the Vikings.

I loved the show because it was so true to history in every respect.

(Actually, the blood and gore and graphic sex got me hooked)