DBAHC: the Old Norse Gods remembered better than the Old Slavic Gods

So, today, though worship of the Old Slavic pantheon has long since died out (although there are neopagan revivals), Slavic mythology is some of the most well-preserved and well-known mythologies in human history, with only a few others (namely Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology) being remembered better.

Memory of Norse mythology, however, has faded much, like that of many of the other polytheistic religions people followed before converting to Christianity. However, I find it very interesting as well.

Thus, this AHC challenges you to create a world where the fate of the Slavic and Norse gods is switched, with the Norse being very, very well-preserved and prominent in popular culture while the Slavic pantheon are left on the back burner and mostly forgotten by popular culture.
 
The spread of Christianity to (some of) the area of the Slavic pantheon is delayed, while the christianisation of the domain of the Norse gods is hastened.
 

Dolan

Banned
The spread of Christianity to (some of) the area of the Slavic pantheon is delayed, while the christianisation of the domain of the Norse gods is hastened.
The Slavs being Christianized by Eastern Roman Missionaries early on 6th century, without too much Christians pressurizing them actually worked wonders to preserve the Slavic Culture through syncretism. Even now, Slavic Christianity, especially on the North, still venerate Perun and co as local Gods despite constant attempts of Constantinople to bring them into the Orthodox fold. The Slavs just put Yahweh and Jesus as Creator God, higher than the local Gods, after all.

Meanwhile, the Norse end up being forcibly conquered, and some say, culturally genocided by The Holy Roman Empire in 16th century. It was said that Generals Ulrich Zwingli and Jean Calvin personally led patrols to break up runestones and idols, while erecting churches on previous sacred Norse sites. There are no tolerance to the Old Norse faith, and Bruders being sent there to raise Viking children as Christians after ripping them from their parents.
 
Fewer monasteries in Rus, Czechia, and Lechia, more in Germany. The introduction of literacy through monks who followed Cyril and Methodius helped preserve the old myths in epic poetry. You’ll want to reverse that dynamic—maybe give the Roman Patriarch more success in evangelizing Germany to the Elbe and beyond (maybe even a Latin Rite Lechia and Scandinavia?). Latin letters would be better for preserving the German myths than oral tradition.
 
The Slavs being Christianized by Eastern Roman Missionaries early on 6th century, without too much Christians pressurizing them actually worked wonders to preserve the Slavic Culture through syncretism. Even now, Slavic Christianity, especially on the North, still venerate Perun and co as local Gods despite constant attempts of Constantinople to bring them into the Orthodox fold. The Slavs just put Yahweh and Jesus as Creator God, higher than the local Gods, after all.
Isn't the relationship between Christianity and Slavic Paganism akin to the relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan where Christianity/Buddhism are the religions for major life events and urban elites while the "old gods" form the basis for day-to-day folk religion?
 

Dolan

Banned
Isn't the relationship between Christianity and Slavic Paganism akin to the relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan where Christianity/Buddhism are the religions for major life events and urban elites while the "old gods" form the basis for day-to-day folk religion?
Kind of that, but far more diffusion. With even the Elites still sacrifice animals to Old Gods in their festivals.

The Slavs Priesthood actually argued that the "No Other Gods" clause only applies to Baal and other Semitic Gods, while Slavic Gods are still permitted to be worshipped due to being their descendants.

That's why Church Reformers picked the Slavs as how Missionary Gone Wrong.
 
The Slavs being Christianized by Eastern Roman Missionaries early on 6th century, without too much Christians pressurizing them actually worked wonders to preserve the Slavic Culture through syncretism. Even now, Slavic Christianity, especially on the North, still venerate Perun and co as local Gods despite constant attempts of Constantinople to bring them into the Orthodox fold. The Slavs just put Yahweh and Jesus as Creator God, higher than the local Gods, after all.

Kind of that, but far more diffusion. With even the Elites still sacrifice animals to Old Gods in their festivals.

The Slavs Priesthood actually argued that the "No Other Gods" clause only applies to Baal and other Semitic Gods, while Slavic Gods are still permitted to be worshipped due to being their descendants.

That's why Church Reformers picked the Slavs as how Missionary Gone Wrong.

Wow. I didn't know about that at all. I thought the old Slavic faith was dead, with only a few neopagan revivals stemming from the Russo-Columbian* counter-culture movement in the 1950s...

*OOC: Columbia = TTL's America, but they predominantly speak TTL's equivalent of Dutch.
 
Imagine one of those silly superhero movies with some minor Norse character like, for example, Thor instead of Svarog.

That would be absolutely hilarious.
 
Really? I think it'd be kind of cool! Thor, like Svarog, is an absolute badass, but a Thor movie would be very different from the Svarog superhero franchise. They're very different gods...

Then again, svarog from the films is just about as close to og mythology svarog as either is to og mythology Thor. If the common archetypes in literature are still the same it might not actually make much of a difference.
 
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