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 === 8. Non-Christian literature of the period ===
-As Mistress Morgana bro Morganwg observed, what we call Norse mythology is the fragments of Norse myth as recorded by Christian monks; what we have is a few stories and typical religious myths (e.g protology and eschatology), all seen through a Christian-superemist lens. If Norse mythology reflected a vital and useful Norse religious faith, we are missing a lot. Just as Christian imagery saturates Western European literature, Norse culture (so near and dear to our many SCAdian Vikings) must have had both the mythology and deeper cultural significance of a living religion, worthy of consideration and recreation. For the Greco-Romans among us, the Japanese (those darned foxes and tengu!), the Celts and any other culture you'd care to mention, references to myth and legend always add depth and colour to SCA writing. A good encyclopedia of mythology is always useful. I have used the //Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology// as a general survey for years; for your persona, area and period of interest, a more specific reference may well be more useful.
+As Mistress Morgana bro Morganwg observed, what we call Norse mythology is the fragments of Norse myth as recorded by Christian monks; what we have is a few stories and typical religious myths (e.g protology and eschatology), all seen through a Christian-supremist lens. If Norse mythology reflected a vital and useful Norse religious faith, we are missing a lot. Just as Christian imagery saturates Western European literature, Norse culture (so near and dear to our many SCAdian Vikings) must have had both the mythology and deeper cultural significance of a living religion, worthy of consideration and recreation. For the Greco-Romans among us, the Japanese (those darned foxes and tengu!), the Celts and any other culture you'd care to mention, references to myth and legend always add depth and colour to SCA writing. A good encyclopedia of mythology is always useful. I have used the //Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology// as a general survey for years; for your persona, area and period of interest, a more specific reference may well be more useful.
-and, finally, for lovers of the truly obscure,
+and finally, for lovers of the truly obscure,
 === 9. Anything by Eric Partridge ===