“The dance of the spirits” are one of many ancient names for the astronomical phenomena we call the northern and southern lights. The old Nordic culture said the lights were reflected light from oceans of fire. The Swedish used to think they were huge schools of herring with sunlight shining off of their scales. Other northern indigenous peoples believed that… (more…)
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