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Loading... Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinaviaby E. O. G. Turville-Petre
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Also that Odin, the god of war, was the chief god of northeasterly Scandinavia, but Thor, the protecting god, was the foremost god of southeast Scandinavia and Iceland, presumably because they needed more protection there, protection mostly from the kings of Norway.
It is fortunate that some historians of the 12th and 13th centuries, like Snorri Sturluson and Saxo Grammaticus, wrote out these myths. ( )