An Icelandic Epic Predicted a Fiery End for Pagan Gods, and Then This Volcano Erupted
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | March 20, 2018 09:06am ET
An Icelandic Epic Predicted a Fiery End for Pagan Gods, and Then This Volcano Erupted
The Codex Regius, an Icelandic collection of poems about pagan gods, contains a version of the Vǫluspá.
A series of Earth-shattering volcanic eruptions in Iceland during the Middle Ages may have spurred the people living there to turn away from their pagan gods and convert to Christianity, a new study finds.
The discovery came about thanks to precise dating of the volcanic eruptions, which spewed lava about two generations before the Icelandic people changed religions.
https://www.livescience.com/62069-iceland-volcano-christianity.html
