This meant that, during the, was referred to as nýr sidr (the new custom) while paganism was called forn sidr (ancient custom). The closest counterpart is the word sidr, meaning custom. Pre-Christian Scandinavians had no word for religion in a modern sense. The leaders managed the faith on behalf of society on a local level, the leader would have been the head of the family, and nationwide, the leader was the king. Therefore, the faith was decentralized and tied to the village and the family, although evidence exists of great national religious festivals.
Norse religion was a (as opposed to an organised religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society. Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times.
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