There is a long history of the far right co-opting Norse imagery. Jake Angeli, the Trump supporter who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing horns and displaying his tattoos, is just the latest example.

It was that their banners bore the symbols of his religion ... a new temple is being built to accommodate followers of Iceland’s old Norse religion. It’s set to open next June.

The sonnenrad is sometimes misconstrued as an ancient symbol connected with the Vikings. The “QAnon shaman” had this symbol tattooed alongside other, more neutral images from Norse myth.

refers to Odin as the “Allfather,” who ruled over man and other Norse gods, known as the Æsir. The bracteate also includes an inscription of a swastika — an ancient religious symbol found ...