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Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers
well, were there?

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Nodelphi
Jan 30, 2004

We are all quite capable of believing in anything as long as it's improbable.

Ham Wrangler
That dude that works the bi frost bridge.

Benny Harvey
Nov 24, 2012

Are you planning on being outraged if there weren't any?

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
no

EXTREME INSERTION
Jun 4, 2011

by LadyAmbien
Eh probably

Demon Of The Fall
May 1, 2004

Nap Ghost
heimdall was black I think

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Nodelphi posted:

That dude that works the bi frost bridge.

Stringer Bell got that viking product

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
okay maybe

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

Loki was whatever they wanted to be.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
do you mean black as in coloration or black as in african ancestry?

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Darth vader was black but he wasn't necessarily african. although the actor who voiced him was.

grandpas drunk
Jun 10, 2015

by Ralp
The correct term is redskins Americans I think

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
why would there be

PantsandCola
Aug 17, 2013

you did good... you did good
thor was a woman so why not there be black norse gods

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
They probably were not even aware black people existed.

Nefarious
Sep 26, 2000

by XyloJW
yes jesus christ

Murray Mantoinette
Jun 11, 2005

THE  POSTS  MUST  FLOW
Clapping Larry

Nefarious posted:

yes jesus christ

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Nefarious posted:

yes jesus christ

well no need to get mad at OP goddamn

Duke Pukem
Oct 23, 2010

Three cheers for dark beer!


Surt was a fire giant whose name means black and there is another dark skinned giant named Nat/Night.

naem
May 29, 2011

http://youtu.be/dMHle170Kxw

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

Surtr

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

Bruce Kison posted:

Surt was a fire giant whose name means black and there is another dark skinned giant named Nat/Night.

yes this

Yivgev
May 19, 2004

i brought my +1 ak-47

Benny Harvey posted:

Are you planning on being outraged if there weren't any?

i am

hohhat
Sep 25, 2014

Surtr is a giant though. The gods were always tricking and killing giants and stealing their stuff.

Fish Cant Hold Gun
Jul 2, 2015

by Ralp

Jesus Christ posted:

well, were there?

I'm one of those people who says, "You know Jesus was actually black," at parties and then leans back, satisfied in having successfully said yet another awesome thing and blown everyone's mind

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

Agag posted:

Surtr is a giant though. The gods were always tricking and killing giants and stealing their stuff.

oh.... *sullenly puts thors hammer necklace back in drawer*

Dr. Video Games 0112
Jan 7, 2004

serious business
black gods lived in africa not in the north duh

hohhat
Sep 25, 2014

lonesomedwarf posted:

oh.... *sullenly puts thors hammer necklace back in drawer*

There is nothing racial about Norse mythology. A few Nazis and a lot of neo-Nazis just happened to latch onto it. Mostly so they could come up with usernames for Stormfront.

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
WAS THERE A TRANS M2F HALF FILIPINO HALF THAI DRAGONKIN BECAUSE IF NOT ITS RACIST AND SHOULD BE ILLEGL

THANKS NOW IM TRIGGERING

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
NOW MY PANTS ARE MOIST THANKS SA

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

Gods are a highly regional thing. Diversity is totally irrelevant when it comes to Gods. It's just not part of the equation.

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
sounds like something hitler would say

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


yeah theres a bunch





Fish Cant Hold Gun
Jul 2, 2015

by Ralp
Considering that gods conform to our conceptions of them, it really depended on what each individual viking believed

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Hobohemian posted:

They probably were not even aware black people existed.

what

some people, at some point in time, probably weren't, but during the viking age (late 8th to late 11th centuries AD) vikings regularly sailed to the coasts of west and north africa as well as to the black sea

Voted Alligator
Apr 13, 2005
shpoods
Yes

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
every religious figure is black

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

what

some people, at some point in time, probably weren't, but during the viking age (late 8th to late 11th centuries AD) vikings regularly sailed to the coasts of west and north africa as well as to the black sea
how much of their information about what was down there actually got back to the homeland?

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Fish Cant Hold Gun
Jul 2, 2015

by Ralp

Prettz posted:

how much of their information about what was down there actually got back to the homeland?

Hold on, let me check in with the comparative religion department at my local university to review the latest findings so I can back up my claim

or actually I'll just approximate what feels right: Yes, the Norse were totally aware of blackpeople and even worshiped some of them

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