On the vikings encountering Jewish people, its very possible the Varangians encountered the Khazars on their way to Constantinople; and according to some sources their Nobles converted to Judaism around the same time as the Viking age. Ahmed ibn Fadlan funnily enough, on his trip where he documented his encounter with the Rus vikings, wrote about them and said "the core element of the state, the Khazars, were Judaized"
The ancient world was way more interconnected than a lot of people think.
not Viking times as much but another possible jewish steppe clan are the Seljuks before their conversion to islam, olde poppa Seljuq's kids had first testament names---also cudda been Nestorian tho
judaism was common enough in inner asia, they got to China in the T'ang or Sui dynasty
The Witcher uses its elves as a metaphor for a bunch of different groups (specifically their oppression), in some stories they're used as analogues for Jews. For all my complaints with the Witcher videogames they do manage to continue these themes with some success.
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On the vikings encountering Jewish people, its very possible the Varangians encountered the Khazars on their way to Constantinople; and according to some sources their Nobles converted to Judaism around the same time as the Viking age. Ahmed ibn Fadlan funnily enough, on his trip where he documented his encounter with the Rus vikings, wrote about them and said "the core element of the state, the Khazars, were Judaized"
The ancient world was way more interconnected than a lot of people think.
not Viking times as much but another possible jewish steppe clan are the Seljuks before their conversion to islam, olde poppa Seljuq's kids had first testament names---also cudda been Nestorian tho
judaism was common enough in inner asia, they got to China in the T'ang or Sui dynasty
The Witcher uses its elves as a metaphor for a bunch of different groups (specifically their oppression), in some stories they're used as analogues for Jews. For all my complaints with the Witcher videogames they do manage to continue these themes with some success.