The Indo-European Connection

The Indo-European Connection is the relationship that exists between the ancient Indo-European peoples. Specifically…

Contents

• The Norse-Vedic Connection
  • The Search For Knowledge

The Norse–Vedic Connection

The number of connections that we can make between the Norse and Vedic-Hindu languages, traditions, and customs are extensive. Surprisingly extensive, considering their distance apart from one another (India–Norway) which we know to have been established in excess of 4000 years ago.

Pastoralists

Europe was settled by… Both the Vedic Aryans and the ancestors of the Norse lived and died by their cows. Both of these peoples are the descendants of Anatolian/Middle Eastern farmers and pastoralists — the first pastoralists of the world.

The Search For Knowledge

In Vedic tradition, specifically in the Upanishads, both the Devas and the Asuras go to Prajapati to understand what is Self (Atman, soul) and how to realize it. [1] In other words, both of these classes of divine beings seek out advanced knowledge from Prajapati, a higher being or a central being of some sort.

A potential parallel for this in Norse religion is the statement of how the Aesir gods (like Odin and Thor) seek knowledge from the Jotnar, travelling far (to the east, no less) to seek it.

Resources

1. Wikipedia Editors. Asuras. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura. Accessed 9 June 2024.