Today many Scandinavian countries consistently rank as being some of the most atheistic societies in the world. For more than half a century, Christianity has been on the wane, along with increasing amounts of the absence of belief. However, this was not always the case.
Oral culture has been called the lifeblood of Viking societies. It served as the primary mode of communication and helped to transmit knowledge, ideas, culture, and history in an era (c. 750 – 1100) when the spoken word was king and the written word was a rarity.
Oral culture has been called the lifeblood of Viking societies. It served as the primary mode of communication and helped to transmit knowledge, ideas, culture, and history in an era (c. 750 – 1100) when the spoken word was king and the written word was a rarity.