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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 418187" data-attributes="member: 6929">Actually, Iceland was converted to Christianity around 930AD, if memory serves. Other viking lands were converted at the same time. By 1332 they'd lost many of the old legends, although monks tried to put them back together, much as they did (with less success) in Ireland.Which brings up an interesting point; orders of holy monks were actively preserving the records of dead religions. Make of that what you will; bonus points for being creatively evil.They screwed up Beowulf though... the text I've read is full of references to theology that the Danes et al didn't adopt for another three hundred-odd years after the events set forth.Back on topic, according to Gibbon's Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, the early Christians very quickly decided that all other gods were just demons out to corrupt mortals. Whether this is truth or just dogma, it certainly pits Christians against any pantheistic religion.Can anyone else see Odin teaming up with Vishnu? It seems to me that, if the gods are all up there, and one day they look down and notice that some obscure desert god is getting all the worshipper pie, the rest would do something about it or be swept away. The Norse are already gone by 1332, though... perhaps it's up to Quezacoatl and the Hindu Avengers to stop a jihad.Note to possibly offended people: I'm Catholic. I'm just describing a situation where that 'obscure desert god' is just another deity (my personal belief is that God is God, but that doesn't make for game balance).</blockquote>

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