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It's just begging the question though- according to ancient myth the colonizers who constructed the temples to Apollo at Delphi and Delos were the race of hyperboreans emerging from the northern-most land in existence. Of course Apollo himself represents a Northern European phenotype and physical ideal- Apollo was called "the most Greek" by the Greeks themselves. It points to a common ancestry with the warring tribes that did the same on the Italian peninsula- as foundational colonizers. An important element of those myths was to preserve lineage of the noble class, with the issue being much more pressing and therefore developing differently in modern-day India.
In contrast, the earliest archeological reference to Odin ever is the 5th century AD, centuries after the development of Christianity. But we know Tyr was worshiped for thousands of years before that before being eclipsed by Odin. The Edda was written in Medieval times, hundreds of years after Christianity. Norse Paganism is not a better representation of pre-Christian Germanic worship, given it was established after Christianity and was clearly influenced by Christianity. Greek/Roman paganism remains the supreme representation of pre-Christian, European worship.
The people from aristocracy here have notably higher amounts of steppe ancestry, though phenotype isn't a 1 to 1 with your genotype. The attempts at a preservation of a nobility were carried out here in a much stricter sense.
Norse Paganism isn't that Christian though, the idea that all of what we see in their folklore is heavily inspired by Christianity cannot be true for all of their folklore. Tom has listed plenty of them in the work he does with his own revival and many go agaisnt Christian values. It includes Anglo mythology as well.
Its unfortunately dead and still differs from innate values many live by. They can't draw inspiration from that which is forgotten and also isn't appealing. My central theme is that the values they find within texts found south of the Indus are appealing because they carry the sMe same values they wish for which they cannot find in Christianity and also in Greek lore, which is also why the modern revival movement, the non larpy parts lean towards germanic myths.
Right and that's my point. There's very clearly a modus operandi in what you could call "Aryanism." This is well embodied in Greek/Roman religion, I agree it is very influential in Hinduism, but Norse mythology is something clearly different.
But if you're trying to understand European, pre-Christian worship then I am very hesitant to look towards a religion in which the central figure was created after Christianity and very obviously influenced by Christianity. And the most important texts were written a thousand years after Christianity and preserved/transmitted (potentially even subversively editorialized) through Christian sources.
I don't disagree with your opinions much, it's quite hard to find any sources that are untouched, beowulf for instance is said to be heavily inspired by Christianity.
I don't agree fully with Norse mythology being substantially different, I can't discuss that in detail since I'm not as caught up on the scriptures, not do I know any real Norse Pandits if they even exist now.
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