Ep. 32: The Unspeakable Cults of Gothiscandza (w/ Krister Vasshus & Laurine Albris)

Beginning as an attempt at a conversation on the enduring memory of ancient tribes in the Norwegian county system, and the erasure of their memory in the face of modern centralization, onomastician Krister Vasshus and archaeologist Laurine Albris joins the podcast for a numinous discussion that soon evolves in the direction of pagan place names and some of the stranger cult sites the North can offer, including some shocking new reveals from the frontlines of Nordic Iron Age archaeology.

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