Iceland has reportedly been planning to construct a Norse temple next month, which will mark the nation's first pagan place of worship since Christianity's arrival almost 10 centuries ago. Though it's an ancient religion, a modernized Norse paganism will be making its comeback to the most sparsely populated European nation.

Since the age of the Vikings, Iceland will soon be embracing the return of Norse paganism after a temple is built next month. According to the Huffington Post, neo-pagan organization Ásatrúarfélagið is the one responsible for helming the construction.

Since modern Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland's pop culture, the creation of the Norse temple will surely excite Icelanders. The Telegraph shared the citizens of Iceland will soon be given an opportunity to publicly worship Thor, Odi, Loki and Frigg at the soon-to-be-constructed worship site.

Since the followers of Ásatrúarfélagið have tripled in the last decade, Iceland is now building its first Norse temple in 1,000 years. Though the shrine will be dedicated to ancient Norse principles, the context will be quite different in modern times. The Independent revealed the reason for its popularity is not because of the "widely supernatural tales" but because of the Icelanders' perspective of its stories as "metaphors for life."

"I don't believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet," Ásatrúarfélagið's high priest Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson said as quoted by The Guardian. "We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology."

Iceland's Norse temple will be circular in shape with four meters excavation down into a hill. The Globe and Mail revealed the shrine's location will be overlooking Reykjavik, the country's capital, with a dome on top to let the sunlight in.

"The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us," Hilmarsson added.

Meanwhile, the city council of Reykjavik donated the land for the temple. However, BBC reported the neo-pagan organization still has to raise almost $1 million for its construction. But once completed, Iceland's first ever Norse temple since the Viking age will accommodate worshippers and will host weddings, funerals, naming rituals and initiation ceremonies among other events.