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[[File:DTVA - Nordic Sacrificial Scene from the Period of Odin.jpg|thumb|250px|An offering to Thor, painted by Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund]] | [[File:DTVA - Nordic Sacrificial Scene from the Period of Odin.jpg|thumb|250px|An offering to Thor, painted by Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund / 19th cent.]] | ||
The {{Wiki|gothi}} was a keeper of the law; he knew all the rules of his society by heart and used his knowledge to guide its actions. | The ''{{Wiki|gothi}}'' was a keeper of the law; he knew all the rules of his society by heart and used his knowledge to guide its actions. | ||
His title, "gothi"; from the goð, or "god", might suggest he held a religious role. While the medieval [[Scandinavia]]ns did not have priests like that [[Christianity|Christians]], the gothi may have helped to oversee religious rituals, as seen in this painting. Scandinavians would have believed that the gothi served the gods by knowing the law. Law was considered an instrument of order and harmony. Just as the gods gave order to the universe, the gothi's knowledge of law helped to keep the peace among the | His title, "gothi"; from the goð, or "[[Norse mythology|god]]", might suggest he held a religious role. While the medieval [[Scandinavia]]ns did not have priests like that [[Christianity|Christians]], the ''gothi'' may have helped to oversee religious rituals, as seen in this painting. Scandinavians would have believed that the ''gothi'' served the gods by knowing the law. Law was considered an instrument of order and harmony. Just as the gods gave order to the universe, the ''gothi''{{'}}s knowledge of law helped to keep the peace among the [[human]]s of his community. | ||
[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | [[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | ||
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The gothi was a keeper of the law; he knew all the rules of his society by heart and used his knowledge to guide its actions.
His title, "gothi"; from the goð, or "god", might suggest he held a religious role. While the medieval Scandinavians did not have priests like that Christians, the gothi may have helped to oversee religious rituals, as seen in this painting. Scandinavians would have believed that the gothi served the gods by knowing the law. Law was considered an instrument of order and harmony. Just as the gods gave order to the universe, the gothi's knowledge of law helped to keep the peace among the humans of his community.