North German Realm wrote:(Responding to both) Not very surprising to be honest. I'd compare the Norse history of "fixing the invasive culture" to that of Iranians regarding Arab, and later Turk and Mongol invading cultures in its efficiency. Neither could manage to keep the old culture going completely, but both did force the invading culture to change itself for their victims.
Makes absolutely sense. For a successful takeover in a region, one often needs to adopt a few particularities of local culture - one could also compared it to Spain or Italy having some differences in traditions compared to, say, Croatia or Hungary, despite being Catholic. And similarly, German particularities may even vary from region to region, a good example being the maypole, another Germanic tradition still well alive in many areas, such as NRW, my home state. And even in here, there are differences, with the large one put up in the center of a village or town in the Westphalian part, and with smaller ones put up in front of the house of a person you love in the Rhenish part.
Old traditions like these are like regional accents - you won't get them out of us, no matter how hard you try. ^^
This is what being culturally taken over must feel like.
