Druwayu is not part of Neo-Heathenry
Modern Neo-Heathenry and the Myth of Authentic Reconstruction
In recent decades, movements such as Asatru, Vanatru, and other neo-Heathen groups have claimed to revive the pre-Christian religions of Scandinavia and Germanic societies.
These movements portray themselves as faithful reconstructions of Viking Age belief systems, rituals, and social structures, emphasizing polytheism, ancestral veneration, and moral codes. Yet a careful examination of the historical and literary evidence demonstrates that these claims are fundamentally untenable.
Modern neo-Heathenry is a contemporary construction, shaped by fragmentary sources, modern imagination, and cultural reinterpretation, not a revival of a preserved religious tradition.
Fragmentary and Contradictory Sources
