About Harald Hardråde
A parantheses in this story concerns the viking king Harald Hardråde (Harald Hard Ruler), who brought with him the Gospel of Lucifer from Byzantium to Kiev. How "probable" is it that Harald Hardråde – who made the Triquetra his emblem – could have brought with him a manuscript from Byzantium and left it in Kiev? In theory – very probable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardråde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/umk/myntherr/hhaa.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/umk/bilder/br_hhaa.html
Pechersk Lavra i Kiev, Ukraine, is a very real place – a cave monastery with catacombs and a religious center for orthodox Christians:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Pechersk_Lavra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_(Kiev)
http://www.kalinkatours.no/Ukraina/Kyiv/50/severdighet/Kyiv-Pechersk-Lavra-(-grotte-klosteret)/
The Gospel of Lucifer (2009)
Aschehoug
ISBN 978-82-03-19474-0
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