This is a secret, even in Norway. But you want to know why there are only stave churches in Norway and in the parts of Sweden that used to be a part of Norway? Well, let's find out.
The reason why we have stave churches in Norway is because Norway was converted, officially, not to Catholicism, but to what is known as Celtic Christianity.[1]Celtic Christianity was the Christianity they had in the British Isles before they became Catholics. And before they became Catholics, they managed to officially Christianize Norway. Denmark and Sweden, on the other hand, were converted from Germany, where they were Catholics.
The Celtic Christians had a completely different type of Christianity, where they saw the serpent in the Garden of Eden as the savior, the same as Jesus.[2]And Jehovah, the god, was an evil creature. So they built their temples with snakeskin-like roofs and dragon heads, because the dragon, the serpent in the Garden of Eden, was the savior.
Funnily enough, Norwegians, by and large, have no idea about this, because they are not taught this in school. This is, of course, completely in conflict with the Christianity of today, so they don't like it.
For example, the story about the Birkebeinerne and Kong Sverre. Because Kong Sverre was known to talk the Pope, to show the finger to the Pope. And, of course, what they don't tell us is that he did because he wasn't a Catholic. Why would he care what that lunatic down there in Rome would say? He said, fuck off to him, we do as we want, you're not our leader, because they were Celtic Christians. And, of course, the Danes and the Germans and the Swedes tried to influence Christianity in Norway. So there was a conflict between Catholics and Celtic Christians in Norway.[3]And we know this best from the story about the Birkebeiners
and the Baglers. And, of course, the Baglers, that would be the Catholics, and they were in conflict with the King, the Birkebeiners. And, interestingly, the Celtic Christians won the conflict. And Norway remained Celtic Christian, in name, of course, they were religious pagans.[4]But in name, Norway remained Celtic Christian until 1450, when Norway became a part of Denmark. And Norway did because of the Black Death. The Black Death completely destroyed the infrastructure, or rather the political infrastructure of Norway, and also the religious infrastructure. Because the Celtic Christian clergy was heavily involved in trying to heal the sick. Ergo, they died en masse. So there were very few of them left in 1450.
And then Norway became part of Denmark, and the Danes, being Catholics, were rather frustrated. And they sent Christian bishops, Catholic bishops, to Norway to convert not only the pagans, because they were still pagans, but also the Christians there. Because they weren't the right type of Christianity. This resulted in a huge number of murders by Norwegians on Danish priests and sheriffs and so forth. And we have stories about a single Norwegian outlaw having killed 12 priests, Danish priests. What changed the situation was the Reformation, where both the Celtic Christians and the Catholics could sort of like meet on the middle ground.
I may add that the Celtic Christians saw the number 666 as being a symbol of the sun, because they had a Gnostic fate. And when Olaf the Sacred, a Celtic Christian by the way, not a Catholic or a Protestant indeed, when he died you had a certain burial ritual that they repeated a number of times to add up the number 666, to make him sacred, to make him a symbol of the sun.
Because this was not traditional Christianity, and this is also why they called him Kvite Krist, which means White Christ, which of course is the sun. So it was a type of sun worship, and you could say that it was a mix between paganism and Christianity. And it was indeed not anything like the Christianity you think of today. Which of course explains why the today officially Christian Norway don't want to talk a lot about this. Because their kings, King Sverre, King Olaf and so forth, they were not Christians of the type that they would appreciate today. Probably had these Celtic Christians survived until the 16th-17th century, they would have been burned alive as Satanists, along with other Europeans. Other heretics indeed, because Christians burn each other all the time, that seems to be their favourite pastime activity, in the past at least. Maybe in the future as well, who knows.
When the Templars were persecuted in France and elsewhere in Catholic Europe, many of them fled to Norway - because they were safe there. The Norwegians were not Catholics, and also "gave the Pope the finger" anyhow.
But that's the reason why we have stave churches, and why there are stave churches only in Norway and in the parts of Sweden that used to be a part of Norway.
When they rejected Christianity, King Olaf attacked the Norwegian population itself, with Swedish mercenaries, that he could pay for because he received financial support from Christians in France. Where I come from (reality), King Olaf (also known as "Olaf the Fat") would have been used as the best ever example of a traitor, but apparently as long as he was a Christian attacking Pagans, that can be ignored - and he is instead holy and a hero. Hail Tore Hund! (The Norwegian hero who killed that fat sack of shit)
The reason why we have stave churches in Norway is because Norway was converted, officially, not to Catholicism, but to what is known as Celtic Christianity.[1]Celtic Christianity was the Christianity they had in the British Isles before they became Catholics. And before they became Catholics, they managed to officially Christianize Norway. Denmark and Sweden, on the other hand, were converted from Germany, where they were Catholics.
The Celtic Christians had a completely different type of Christianity, where they saw the serpent in the Garden of Eden as the savior, the same as Jesus.[2]And Jehovah, the god, was an evil creature. So they built their temples with snakeskin-like roofs and dragon heads, because the dragon, the serpent in the Garden of Eden, was the savior.
Celtic-Christian Serpent Temple
Funnily enough, Norwegians, by and large, have no idea about this, because they are not taught this in school. This is, of course, completely in conflict with the Christianity of today, so they don't like it.
For example, the story about the Birkebeinerne and Kong Sverre. Because Kong Sverre was known to talk the Pope, to show the finger to the Pope. And, of course, what they don't tell us is that he did because he wasn't a Catholic. Why would he care what that lunatic down there in Rome would say? He said, fuck off to him, we do as we want, you're not our leader, because they were Celtic Christians. And, of course, the Danes and the Germans and the Swedes tried to influence Christianity in Norway. So there was a conflict between Catholics and Celtic Christians in Norway.[3]And we know this best from the story about the Birkebeiners
Birkebeiners.
and the Baglers. And, of course, the Baglers, that would be the Catholics, and they were in conflict with the King, the Birkebeiners. And, interestingly, the Celtic Christians won the conflict. And Norway remained Celtic Christian, in name, of course, they were religious pagans.[4]But in name, Norway remained Celtic Christian until 1450, when Norway became a part of Denmark. And Norway did because of the Black Death. The Black Death completely destroyed the infrastructure, or rather the political infrastructure of Norway, and also the religious infrastructure. Because the Celtic Christian clergy was heavily involved in trying to heal the sick. Ergo, they died en masse. So there were very few of them left in 1450.
And then Norway became part of Denmark, and the Danes, being Catholics, were rather frustrated. And they sent Christian bishops, Catholic bishops, to Norway to convert not only the pagans, because they were still pagans, but also the Christians there. Because they weren't the right type of Christianity. This resulted in a huge number of murders by Norwegians on Danish priests and sheriffs and so forth. And we have stories about a single Norwegian outlaw having killed 12 priests, Danish priests. What changed the situation was the Reformation, where both the Celtic Christians and the Catholics could sort of like meet on the middle ground.
I may add that the Celtic Christians saw the number 666 as being a symbol of the sun, because they had a Gnostic fate. And when Olaf the Sacred, a Celtic Christian by the way, not a Catholic or a Protestant indeed, when he died you had a certain burial ritual that they repeated a number of times to add up the number 666, to make him sacred, to make him a symbol of the sun.
In gnosticism this is the 'diagram' of the Sun.
Because this was not traditional Christianity, and this is also why they called him Kvite Krist, which means White Christ, which of course is the sun. So it was a type of sun worship, and you could say that it was a mix between paganism and Christianity. And it was indeed not anything like the Christianity you think of today. Which of course explains why the today officially Christian Norway don't want to talk a lot about this. Because their kings, King Sverre, King Olaf and so forth, they were not Christians of the type that they would appreciate today. Probably had these Celtic Christians survived until the 16th-17th century, they would have been burned alive as Satanists, along with other Europeans. Other heretics indeed, because Christians burn each other all the time, that seems to be their favourite pastime activity, in the past at least. Maybe in the future as well, who knows.
They would have been burned alive, with these guys. The Knight Templars
When the Templars were persecuted in France and elsewhere in Catholic Europe, many of them fled to Norway - because they were safe there. The Norwegians were not Catholics, and also "gave the Pope the finger" anyhow.
The round monastery you see in the background, from Trondheim, is an example of a Templar monastery, operational until 1537!
But that's the reason why we have stave churches, and why there are stave churches only in Norway and in the parts of Sweden that used to be a part of Norway.
King Olaf 'the sacred' being killed by a Norwegian peasant army, for trying to Christianize Norway.
When they rejected Christianity, King Olaf attacked the Norwegian population itself, with Swedish mercenaries, that he could pay for because he received financial support from Christians in France. Where I come from (reality), King Olaf (also known as "Olaf the Fat") would have been used as the best ever example of a traitor, but apparently as long as he was a Christian attacking Pagans, that can be ignored - and he is instead holy and a hero. Hail Tore Hund! (The Norwegian hero who killed that fat sack of shit)
- Iceland was a part of Norway so the same is the case for them.
- "Salvation through gnosis". He made them revolt against the evil demi-urge, Jehovah, who was keeping them in ignorance. It was basically a type of Bogomilism/Catharism/Gnosticism.
- This religious conflict is just called a "civil war" in official Norwegian history.
- The rulers were christians. The people pagans.
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