Rites or religion: antiquity against modernity

Through the history, we have seen that different civilizations are affected by their own rites and rituals, which makes them special and unique. The Vikings as well as other great ancient civilizations had their own rituals to promote their interests. Some of these rituals today have lost their importance and really shows us that in antiquity the Vikings believed much more in the future of their habitants that the modernity. What kind of rituals we see in modern society seems to be a bit of Viking. Today we have religious rituals that help us know what kind of people and we will be coming in the future like the Vikings although some historians think that only old age will submit such rites.

First of all, The Vikings have specific rituals to determine who would come to be their children within the society of which it determined their names. The name for the Vikings is a very important symbol to people in this society as old, for this reason the Vikings are seeking to see their children born in good health so to give them the name that represents their future without fear of failure with this rite. At present the imposition of a name is just a ritual of identification to be registered so in a society, something very different from what they thought the Vikings.

Secondly, the religion in modernity has helped people to be more faithful and take a stand and live their lives better. Moreover, the Vikings have rituals to put names to time; the Vikings as well have rituals when it comes to marriages even the least spiritual rite. In contrast, for people of today the religion gives them greater confidence in making marriages today will strengthen marriage much more than in the old and in ancient societies like that of the Vikings.

In summary, although most rituals Vikings are not the same today for modern society, we can see that the beliefs according to religions are valid in some way.


By Juan Camilo Perafan Saavedra
200510461

Bibliography

http://historia.alamedianoche.com/ritos-de-transformacion-vikinga/