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What problems might there be with using Viking myths as historical sources?

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This is the same problem as using any myths as historical sources: they are not reliable. Myths are often created as a story, for the purpose of story-telling, or to make a point, and people would find it appropriate to change myths to be in accordance with the views of the time, making them a biased, and therefore not reliable, source.
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