Myths of pagan Scandinavia

What did they believe in, what were they afraid and what cruel rituals did the northern people practiced in the Middle Ages?

How did the Scandinavians preserve their pagan myths? Why is Scandinavian mythology so popular in the world? The book of the famous specialist in mythology and the Middle Ages V.Ya. Petrukhina introduces the reader to the picture of the world of the Scandinava-pagus. Using Eddo and Saga, monuments of ancient fine art and religious cult, the discovery of archaeologists, the author reconstructs the beliefs of the Scandinavians. The culture of the Germans in the era of the great relocation of peoples and Scandinavians was closely connected with the culture of the Slavs and Rus", therefore, the book compare myths and traditions of the Scandinavians and Ancient Rus".
The author talks about how the Scandinavians saw the heavenly Asgard and the Earth Midgard, Utgard - the world “Behind the Fence”, describes the Scandinavian pantheon and the construction of Asgard, sacrifice and veneration of the gods, burial rituals, witchcraft and divination.
The book also discusses the Scandinavian legends about the first Russian princes: the death of the prophetic Oleg and the “Saga about the Odda Street”, the prince-wolf Igor and the legends of Hakon Good and Olav Trygvason, as well as the place of ancient myth in modern civilization