Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age

“We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.”

 

Membership in Ásatrúarfélagið has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from Statistics Iceland showed.

 

The temple will be circular and will be dug 4 metres (13ft) down into a hill overlooking the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.

 

“The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us,” Hilmarsson said.

 

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