Why do people become Norse / Germanic pagans? The only arguments I can find for it are either political reasons (which is not a valid argument for religious beliefs, but that's a whole other discussion), racial reasons, or aesthetics. I can understand Hellenic or Roman pagans, because there's a wealth of philosophy that justifies its existence, like Platonism for instance. But what do did the Norse peoples have? They didn't have philosophy or any high class, intellectual backing to their beliefs, they had no theology. They have the Sagas, but that's just mythology. What is the actual basis of the spirituality of Norse pagans in the modern day? What do they actually believe in? What intellectual reason do Norse pagans have for being what they are?