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?satr? (Icelandic "?sir faith") is a new religious movement whose focus is reviving the Norse paganism of the Viking Age - as described in the Eddas - prior to the arrival of Christianity.
Adherents of ?satr? are called ?satr?armenn (singular ?satr?arma?ur) in Icelandic (literally "people of Aesir faith"); in English usage, the genitive Asatruar "of Aesir faith" is often used on its own to denote adherents (both singular and plural).
?satr? was established in the 1960s and early 1970s in Iceland, by the ?slenska ?satr?arf?lagi?, an organization founded by Sveinbj?rn Beinteinsson. ?satr? is a religion officially recognized by the governments of Iceland (since 1973), Norway (since 1994), Denmark (since 2003) and Sweden (since 2007). The United States government does not officially endorse or recognize any religious group, but numerous ?satr? groups have been granted nonprofit religious status going back to the 1970s.[1]
While the term ?satr? originally referred specifically to the Icelandic adherents of the religion, Germanic neopagan and reconstructionist groups widely identify themselves as ?satr?. In this wider sense, the term ?satr? is used somewhat synonymously with Germanic neopaganism or Germanic paganism, along with the terms Forn Sed, Odinism, Heithni, Heathenry and others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asatru
http://www.religioustolerance.org/asatru.htm
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