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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7750404" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>The claim that there are archeological remains of ‘temples’ among Norse peoples proved to be false in Iceland, and doubtful in Sweden. The current archeologists analyzing the vicinity of the Swedish site reject its identification as a temple.</p><p></p><p>The claim Landnámabók mentions ‘priestesses’, proved false. It mentions female ‘chieftains’.</p><p></p><p>The claim that Ynglingasaga mentions ‘priestesses’, proved false. It mentions helpful nature spirits.</p><p></p><p>In Ynglingasaga, the term <strong>blót-gyðja</strong> must mean nature spirit, and cannot mean ‘priestess’, because the corresponding term for the male is <strong>blót-goð</strong>, namely the ‘helpful nature spirit’, goð, that receives the food.</p><p></p><p>Indeed, the incorrect claim that goði means ‘priest’, is irrelevant, because this word isnt even in Ynglingasaga. The Norse term here is actually goð. Indeed, this particular goð who is mentioned is Freyr. He is known from other texts to be a blótgoð. For example, one community offers horse meat to him. Ynglingasaga describes the *origins* of these kinds of animistic sacred customs. Freyr becomes the recipient of a custom to honor a helpful nature spirit.</p><p></p><p>The term goð can only mean ‘helpful nature spirit’. It is incorrect to translate the term goð as a ‘priest’.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7750404, member: 58172"] The claim that there are archeological remains of ‘temples’ among Norse peoples proved to be false in Iceland, and doubtful in Sweden. The current archeologists analyzing the vicinity of the Swedish site reject its identification as a temple. The claim Landnámabók mentions ‘priestesses’, proved false. It mentions female ‘chieftains’. The claim that Ynglingasaga mentions ‘priestesses’, proved false. It mentions helpful nature spirits. In Ynglingasaga, the term [B]blót-gyðja[/B] must mean nature spirit, and cannot mean ‘priestess’, because the corresponding term for the male is [B]blót-goð[/B], namely the ‘helpful nature spirit’, goð, that receives the food. Indeed, the incorrect claim that goði means ‘priest’, is irrelevant, because this word isnt even in Ynglingasaga. The Norse term here is actually goð. Indeed, this particular goð who is mentioned is Freyr. He is known from other texts to be a blótgoð. For example, one community offers horse meat to him. Ynglingasaga describes the *origins* of these kinds of animistic sacred customs. Freyr becomes the recipient of a custom to honor a helpful nature spirit. The term goð can only mean ‘helpful nature spirit’. It is incorrect to translate the term goð as a ‘priest’. [/QUOTE]
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