Valhalla Does Not Await: The Abrahamic Misfit as Hero

The Viking has become an object of aesthetic fetishization and a space for rehearsing the primordial ethical and metaphysical truths of Western (Christian) civilization. But how did this happen?

Feb 22, 2025

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The question is not whether the Norse have, a millennium after Hastings and Stamford Bridge, conquered the Anglo-Saxons; the question is how, and for how long. One not-totally arbitrary inflection point for the Nordic Revenge might be 2009. In the decade and a half since, we have watched the raven flag fly high across the cultural landscape—in film (Val…

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A guest post by

Ahmed Elbenni

Ahmed is a senior editor at Muftah and PhD student at Princeton University, where he studies the theorization and creation of “Islamic” media across the modern Near East. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in history and political science.