I think the protagonist One-Eye is Odin, or, at least, an insinuation of Odin, a symbolic meaning.
The types of people that appear need to be divided.
The first category is the imprisoned one-eyed tribe, they should belong to the Vikings. The little boy said that he had come from across the ocean, with Denmark as the origin, perhaps Norway, the origin of Norse mythology. The little boy said he came from hell. This is strange, because there is no hell in the Norse mythology system.
The chief of the Viking tribe despised Christianity-"We have many gods, and they only have one. They eat their own gods." He said, "Five years, he does not belong to anyone." There are many ways of understanding. They couldn't see his faith, and no one could make him surrender. "We need him." Why do we need it? Resist the invasion of paganism? Another person said "What you need is money". For the second group of people, Jerusalem is wealth. It can be understood that this symbolizes that Christianity is gradually invading the Viking faith.
One-eyed often sees some illusions and follows the instructions of the illusions. He followed the illusion and found the tool to gain freedom. He saw the ship and walked with the preacher.
The second category is preachers. They are not missionaries from inland Europe, but natives of Northern Europe. They should belong to the Vikings who have been assimilated by Christianity. They also had a struggle with the unconverted Vikings. The guy who said to the chief "you need money" is the same tribe as the chief, because his follow-up line says "He killed our chief." They simply regard the holy place as wealth. One-eyed on their missionary ship is entirely the result of following the illusion. They crossed the ocean and came to an unknown place. Jerusalem is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, and to the north is France, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Romania-an entire European interior. It is impossible to reach Jerusalem if you start from Denmark and cross an ocean.
In this place they arrived, one eye saw a small part of the future. The bare-chested man who spoke to him, the besieged primitive tribe. Maybe he has been looking for the rocky beach, looking for the place where they met primitive people. He never violated the illusion.
He is piling rocks. Maybe it is a symbol of faith? This cannot be determined. When he was beaten by primitive people, there was a shot of him submerged next to the stone pillar. The piled stones have a strong symbolic meaning, I think it is a kind of sacrifice. Odin once sacrificed by hanging upside down under the tree of the world for nine days and nights, and obtained the prophecies of the gods at dusk. But I don't know what influence and modification the Norse mythology had after the introduction of Christianity, and whether these are still credible.
In the case of inability to survive, Cyclops obviously became the core of the team, and everyone who wanted to survive followed him. If you think that they are all Vikings who have been assimilated by Christianity, then it is very interesting. On the hillside, the young follower asked One-Eyed his end, and One-Eyed said he would die. Older people will die too, no doubt. "He's lying, then why are you still following him?" I can't help but want to rise to the top-maybe the boy is asking why he should follow a leader who has a superficial understanding of Christianity (why he believes in Christ), maybe it is implying that the original faith is lingering go.
Later both followers died. In Norse mythology, death is the beginning, and brave souls will enter Valhalla, the Viking’s Hall of Valor. The elderly sat in Potou, and a ray of light fell from the sky. God can take him away, or Odin. But the leader has accused him of betraying God. He greeted the death from the Hall of Valor with the scar given in the name of God.
The name of the movie, Valhalla Rising. To be precise, the rise of the Hall of Valor. Rise, or return, or it's just ahead.
Death is a return. Inserting the submerged picture next to the stone pillar while the one-eyed is dying is very suggestive. The little boy was left alone at the beach. Whether he can survive alone is unknown.
About the little boy and the one-eyed communication. When the boy said "His name is One Eye", he still explained to him "you must have a name". At this time, maybe the boy can't communicate with him. Later, the boy was OK, after being protected by him and following him unswervingly for a long, long time. Later, another person also heard what One-Eyed said. He is the one who went missing before (maybe?). One-Eyed inserted his missionary sword in front of the crowd. The leader thought he was lost. Some people thought he was killed by One-Eyed. In fact, One-Eyed wanted to express that he no longer believed in Christ. When the team leader described the "good fantasy", he knelt on the ground and laughed, which can be confirmed. Then he heard what the one-eyed said-"He said we are in hell." The man was stripped of his clothes, and his body was painted like a rune. Rune rune is one of the things that Odin obtained after sacrifice. Maybe it was done by primitive tribes.
When they no longer believed in the paganism for the Vikings, they heard the words of One-Eyed. Norse mythology has always had a fatalistic flavor. The end of all things is destruction. Odin believes in this prophecy and also believes in what he obtained after sacrificing under the tree of the world. The brief glimpse of the future, the firm following of the illusion, the guidance of the Vikings, the prediction of death, the unresistance of the final sacrifice-so I think the symbolic meaning of the one-eyed is actually Odin. It is probably not an exaggeration to say that one-eyed is Odin. (The most obvious and obvious point that everyone hasn't mentioned is that Odin also has only one eye)
The third category is primitive tribes. It can be considered that they have some kind of contract with Odin, such as carving symbols on the lost person and helping One-Eyed complete the sacrifice. (After all, the way of killing is different...)
The title of the fifth part-Sacrifice, can be understood as sacrifice (in order to protect the little boy), and it has another meaning, which is sacrifice. Compared with primitive tribes, there are more here-not only did he die by primitive hands, he was also submerged by the stone pillars he built. This picture connection is very important. He completed the sacrifice.
Valhalla Rising. Or come back.
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