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"It laid the groundwork for the Nazis to hearken back to," said Van Deusen. Even the swastika is based in part on a symbol based on Viking artifacts."Ī popular text among the Nazis was Germania by the Roman historian Tacitus, who describes Germanic people as a pure, uncorrupted race. "National Socialism and Hitler idealized the Norse people-those who lived in the Nordic areas. "The precedent was set with the Nazis," said Van Deusen. The perpetrator of New Zealand's Christchurch massacre last year wrote, "See you in Valhalla"-referring to the great hall where heroes of Norse mythology go after they die-at the end of his manifesto.Ĭloser to home, the Soldiers of Odin-a Finnish white supremacist movement named after another Norse god in 2015-have recently emerged in Alberta and throughout Canada. When the Unite the Right rally took place in Charlottesville in 2017, some protesters carried banners featuring the Norse god Thor's hammer, popular among the Nazis and neo-Nazi groups. Viking symbols are everywhere among the ultra-right. Van Deusen said the age of racial purity never existed and she is determined to debunk the corrosive myth at every turn, especially in the classroom. That's because all manner of Viking symbols and misconceptions about a golden age of Nordic racial purity have been appropriated by racist extremists looking to justify their xenophobia and acts of violence, according to the University of Alberta researcher.
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Age of Mythology comes to China! A new expansion to the legendary RTS brings tons of new content, including a new civilization (with fully voiceacted campaign), new maps, and 12 new gods drawn from the robust Chinese pantheon!