#Army of two masks viking full

But there are no skinheads, no racists, no white supremacists, no haters. There are several participants with Nordic lineage. It was co-founded by an American Jew and a man who is Native American, Latino, and Scandinavian. There are some active Christians and a couple of lapsed Lutherans. Highly regarded as “living history” even by academics, and with a prized artifact collection curated by director Jaan Calderon of Los Angeles, the group consists of otherwise ordinary people. No one is more upset at this thievery than Viking Age enthusiasts such as the Ravens of Odin, a Los Angeles-based educational reenactment group. I was most shocked to see a large raven flag-the flag associated with Viking culture. I was watching as the coverage of this white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally-turned-riot revealed several Viking symbols being sported: Odin’s raven, Thor’s hammer, rune letters, and the Valknut, as well as the Nazi SS symbol based on runic letters.

#Army of two masks viking full

by hate groups-neo-Nazis and white supremacists-to propagate their racist message.Īnd they were out in full force as white supremacists along with far-right hate groups and neo-Nazis paraded in Charlottesville, Va., this summer. I found that Viking and Norse symbols are increasingly being used in the U.S. Carlos Galin from Buenos Aires, Argentina, sports a braided beard at the Ravens of Odin encampment in Solvang, Calif.