Seid was necessary for the survival of the tribe; hence breaking taboos was necessary. Odin had to be a queer god, because only by his doing seid and being queer could the world continue to exist. That androgyny was considered as a divine trait is known from several cultures and religions. Eliade has put it this way: “This idea of universal bisexuality, a necessary consequence of the idea of the bisexual divinity as a model and principle of all existence. [. . .] For basically, what is implied in such a conception is the idea that perfection, and therefore Being, ultimately consists of a unity-totality. Everything that exists must therefore be a totality, carrying the coincidentia oppositorum to all levels and applying it to all contexts” (Eliade, 1965, 108). I conclude with Jennifer Terry that “[i]n an ironic way, ‘deviance’ is central to the narrative history of normal” (Terry, 1991, 70–71)
Queering the Cosmology of the Vikings: A Queer Analysis of the Cult of Odin and " Holy White Stones " Queering the Gods Queering Norway, Brit Solli
