In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson describes the Vikings as being descended from Trojans. Much like Virgil claimed the Romans descend from Aeneas (a Trojan prince) in the Aeneid.
So Roman (and Greek) influence wouldn't surprise me.
So Roman (and Greek) influence wouldn't surprise me.
[1] The Prose Edda was written in the early 13th century; the earliest recorded Viking raids on Britain are late 8th century; original Viking culture/beliefs must be even older.
> The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, consisting of a euhemerized Christian account of the origins of Norse mythology: the Nordic gods are described as human Trojan warriors who left Troy after the fall of that city (an origin similar to the one chosen by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century to account for the ancestry of the British nation, and which parallels Virgil's Aeneid).