AH Challenge: Holy-War Cult of Odin

After listening to the song "Hail to Odin" by Iron Fire probably too much, that got me thinking...

How might we have it so that during the Viking era, there is a cult that worships the Norse god Odin exclusively, views non-Norse religions as false, and wages holy war against Christians?
 
Well, we Norse never really took our religion all that seriously. Now I imagine we could do something about that, at least small scale. Let's say you have a single somewhat crazed military genius who rises to leadership of the Jomsvikings. With the right kind of crazy he could very well reform it to a cult, as well as a warrior tribe. Since the Jomsvikings were such a (relatively) disciplined bunch of people they could very well follow his orders and do it.

Is that about what you are looking for?
 
Odinist-theocratic Jomsvikings waging a holy war against the weak followers of the White Christ?

Interesting...

(The above paragraph does not constitute an endorsement of Odinism over Christianity, but a coment from their POV.)
 
Yes but do keep in mind that you are talking about a people who only went Christian once the missionaries told them it is customary to get gifts (aka, free stuff!) when you are baptised. The spiritual part of religion was a non-issue to the Norse really (and in many ways it still is). You'd need a pretty crazy guy to pull this off.
 
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