What were Vikg-age Norse views on homosexualy? Were there gay vikgs? - Quora

homosexuality in vikings

The Vikgs are famo for their fierce warrr culture, and rich pantheon of gods and godss, but are you aware that the Nordic Vikgs had elements of a gay liftyle their society?

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NORDIC VIKG AND THEIR GAY LIFTYLE: HISTORY AND HOMOSEXUALY

* homosexuality in vikings *

Vikg men are often picted, ntradictorily, as both homoerotic and prejudiced agast gay people. Tth and misnceptn exist  such pictns, on acunt of the unrstandg of homosexual behavr Vikg culture. Before the arrival of Christiany, Norse people didn't view homosexualy as opposed to laws of nature, man, or gods.

Homosexual relatnships between iends - or, at least, perative anal sex between male iends - was nsired betrayal, bee nsisted of one iend emasculatg the other. However, 's possible homosexualy beme ls stigmatized for men who were married and had children, bee they were fished wh their duty to propagate their bloodle.

Last weekend’s Gay Pri remd me of another topic that I’ve been thkg of wrg about for a while now: homosexualy vikg era Iceland. Pre-Christian Iceland did not nsir homosexualy a crime as such, but attemptg to avoid marriage bee of was illegal. Consirg there were numero slurs agast homosexuals I thk ’s safe to say the were not somethg anyone would have been open about.

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What were Vikg-age Norse views on homosexualy? Were there gay vikgs? - Quora.

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