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An Icelandic Epic Predicted a Fiery End for Pagan Gods, and Then This Volcano Erupted
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| March 20, 2018
| Laura Geggel
Posted on 04/15/2018 8:46:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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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]
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04/15/2018 8:46:33 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/15/2018 8:48:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/15/2018 8:48:29 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/15/2018 8:53:09 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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04/15/2018 8:55:47 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
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.
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04/15/2018 8:58:54 AM PDT
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Tallguy
To: BenLurkin
Geeeet reaaaaady to rummmmmmmble! ;^)
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04/15/2018 9:08:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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.
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04/15/2018 9:10:14 AM PDT
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Fedora
To: Tallguy
The Vikings meanwhile were sacking monasteries, churches, and other ecclesiastical structures where gold and other wealth could be found (all of 'em). Some of the Vikings heard the word while working for the Byzantine emperor, but it didn't start to get traction until the time of this eruption. That's not a coincidence. The pagan gods were much more compatible with the Viking lifestyle. The Anglo-Saxon kings picked up Christianity as they expanded into the western parts of Britain, where it had taken hold (in some cases, hundreds of years before). The Irish were the evangelizers, Ireland having been undergoing conversion since before Rome fell.
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04/15/2018 9:13:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Ragnar Rocks!
(((I know, Gotterdammerung it, Zat Vas a Bad Pun!)))
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04/15/2018 9:16:29 AM PDT
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: SunkenCiv
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 mans pollution.
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04/15/2018 9:19:26 AM PDT
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antidisestablishment
( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
To: Fedora
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04/15/2018 9:24:09 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: left that other site
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04/15/2018 9:36:10 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: antidisestablishment
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04/15/2018 9:40:29 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
OK, now they need to produce a sequence of natural disasters explaining why all the other European nations converted to Christianity.
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04/15/2018 9:47:53 AM PDT
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eclecticEel
("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
To: BenLurkin
"That does it, we're invading France."
To: SunkenCiv
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)
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04/15/2018 9:57:50 AM PDT
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wildbill
(Quis Custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen?)
To: SunkenCiv
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04/15/2018 9:57:59 AM PDT
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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04/15/2018 1:44:39 PM PDT
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piasa
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04/15/2018 2:47:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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