These could be inherited or borrowed, and although the great geographical distances of Scandinavia led to a variety of cultural differences, people understood each other's customs, poetic traditions and myths.
Estas puideron ser herdadas ou emprestadas, e malia que as grandes distancias xeográficas de Escandinavia levaron a unha serie de diferenzas culturais, a xente entendía e compartía as tradicións, os mitos poéticos e as costumes dos demais.