everted back to heathenism as soon as Otto II was far enough away. As soon as Hacon got control of Norway " the converted reverted, and once again, the gods of Aesir were transcendent"(30).
             The first Viking ruler to take initiative in truly spreading Christianity was Olaf Trygvesson. In 994 A.D., "biding his time in the Scilly Islands, off Land's End, the Viking [Olaf] heard of a local fortune-teller personally"(17). At first he tried to trick the fortune-teller by sending one
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