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9 Apr 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
“I think so, yeah. The thunder is Thor fighting the ice giants, and that’s what that is.”
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- 9 Apr 2026
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…It’s more a way to understand the world. I think so, yeah. The thunder is Thor fighting the ice giants, and that’s what that is. Going to Perplexity. Vikings followed the polytheistic, ritual-heavy religion centered on a pantheon of gods and spirits with no single holy book or unified church, and practices varied a lot by region and family. And so the major gods were Odin and Thor and Freya. Odin was—his domain was war, kingship, wisdom, death. Thor was protection, thunder, fertility. Freya was love, magic, battle dead. Typical worshipers for Odin were chieftains and elite warriors and poets. Typical worshipers for Thor were farmers and “ordinary people,” and typical worshipers of Freya were women, magic practitioners, and lovers.…
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