<<"Yet it seems that the ritualized violence of the Vikings, their slave-taking, and all the rest is not contrary to their religious beliefs at all, no more than Aztec slaving and human sacrifice was a violation of theirs">>
OK, but speaking of these things a bit, having read Sullivan's book, spent a lot of time among Mexicans and in Mexi…
<<"Yet it seems that the ritualized violence of the Vikings, their slave-taking, and all the rest is not contrary to their religious beliefs at all, no more than Aztec slaving and human sacrifice was a violation of theirs">>
OK, but speaking of these things a bit, having read Sullivan's book, spent a lot of time among Mexicans and in Mexico, and having had weeks in Norse countries, I think the Aztecs were far more brutal that the Vikings, from what I know.
<<"Yet it seems that the ritualized violence of the Vikings, their slave-taking, and all the rest is not contrary to their religious beliefs at all, no more than Aztec slaving and human sacrifice was a violation of theirs">>
OK, but speaking of these things a bit, having read Sullivan's book, spent a lot of time among Mexicans and in Mexico, and having had weeks in Norse countries, I think the Aztecs were far more brutal that the Vikings, from what I know.
Yes.
100% by an order of magnitude.