Freyr and Ship Burials of Vendel

Following on from my last video about ship burials, I’d like to expand on the symbolic importance of the boat in the pagan rituals of Sweden. This video looks specifically at Vendel in Uppland. Some people think that since the Uppland was in the kingdom of the Svea where Freyr was the primary ancestral god, that the boat burial rite might be related to him. His cult was prominent at nearby Gamla Uppsala Frey had the magic boat Skíðblaðnir and was son of the sea god Njörðr. The Ynglingar origin myth begi