Interesting article arguing that I haven't fully read yet, just being on a phone, but ascribing the carving of the runestone to a climate downturn being interpreted as the start of the Fimbulwinter and the war mentioned being Ragnarok
https://www.sciencealert.com/famous-vik ... says-study
Viking runestone connected to climate change
Viking runestone connected to climate change
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Re: Viking runestone connected to climate change
And back then it was not their fault, it was genuinely freak weather. Now we have no excuse to mythologise on rune stones.One of the world's most famous runestones is now believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia,