but it may be that an earlier pagan superstition became confused with the Christian tradition: Mistletoe was supposedly sacred to the Celtic druids, and it appears in a Norse legend. Mistletoe ...

However, references to Norse Gods like Thor on some stones suggest ... The stories about the site, which claimed it to be the most important Pagan temple in the region, inspired the sacrificial ...

This stone is not only a 'page-turn' from pagan to Christian beliefs, it also has that rarest of things - the name of the person who was responsible. Down one side, written in ancient Norse runes ...