1. The heathen tradition survived the longest in Scandinavia. Like even in Sweden the killing of the king Sverker in 1156 CE might have been the last attempt at fighting against the crusade by the followers of the original religion. There was also a long struggle against Xtian
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aggression in Norway well after the king converted & tried to impose his religion via missionaries. In Iceland the strong resistance resulted in compromise where the heathen practice was allowed even after u2 imposition. The polemical writings of u2s suggest that in some pockets
of Scandinavia the old IE religion persisted till at least the 1300s in the populace. 2. Even after conversion Snorri Sturluson an Icelander recorded heathen tradition with a relatively minor Xtian patina. 3. Even after Xtianization the Nordic authors recorded heathen traditions
in works like Gesta Daenorum of Saxo Grammaticus or the literature linked to Knuth the lord of the English &Scandinavians. In contrast in Southern "Germania" the destructive imposition of u2 by Charle etc completely destroyed the original religion. Hence, it is natural that the
better preservation of the Nordic material results in it getting more attention in any reconstruction or consideration of the Germanic religion. I've even met a couple of modern secular Swedes who are quite sympathetic to their original religion.
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