"Keeper of the faith—Jörmundur Ingi, leader of Iceland's pagans, stands in their Reykjavik burial ground. The old religion faded as the Vikings adopted Christianity. But change came slowly. Some became not-so-peaceful missionaries, seeking converts by the sword. Viking times are ancient history, yet something, Jörmundur thinks, lives on. 'Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal,' states an Icelandic poem. 'One thing that never dies: the glory of the great deed.'"
—From "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine
