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Vikings had a polytheistic society. They had many gods, such as [[Tyr]], [[Odin]], [[Thor]], and [[Freya]].  Stories about these gods are now called Norse Myths. Many Vikings violently opposed [[Christianity]], but for the most part eventually succumbed to it through persuasion, example and use of force<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/420178/Norway/39303/Christianization</ref>.

Vikings had a polytheistic society. They had many gods, such as [[Tyr]], [[Odin]], [[Thor]], and [[Freya]].  Stories about these gods are now called Norse Myths. Many Vikings violently opposed [[Christianity]], but for the most part eventually succumbed to it through persuasion, example and use of force<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/420178/Norway/39303/Christianization</ref>.

Vikings who are still famous in our time are [[Eric the Red]], discoverer of Greenland, and his son [[Leif Ericson]], the first known European to visit what is now called America.

Vikings who are still famous in our time are [[Eric the Red]], discoverer of Greenland, and his son [[Leif Ericson]], the first known European to visit what is now called North America.

== References ==

== References ==