You say Asatru was the religion of the Vikings, among other early European cultures. Weren’t they a pretty bloodthirsty lot?
Modern historians agree that the Vikings were no more violent than the other peoples of their times. Remember, the descriptions of Viking raids and invasions were all written by their enemies, who were hardly unbiased. Both the Islamic and Christian cultures used means every bit as bloody, if not more so, than the Norsemen. It was a very rough period in history for all concerned!

We keep talking about the Vikings. Does this mean that Asatru is only for people of Scandinavian ancestry?
No. Asatru, as practiced by the Norse peoples, had so much in common with the religion of the other Germanic tribes, and with their cousins the Celts, that it may be thought of as one version of a general European religion. Asatru is a natural religion for all people of European origin, whether or not their heritage is specifically Scandinavian.

Is Asatru for people of non-European ancestry?
No. Asatru is a specifically European faith. It is connected to the broader Proto-Indo-European culture, so it is possible to find cognate gods and related myths in other traditions descended from the PIE culture, but Asatru is not a universal faith. Just as a person of non-Native American ancestry should not expect to be accepted into a Native American faith, or a person of non-Indian ancestry should not expect to be accepted into a Hindu group, persons of non-European ancestry should not expect to be accepted by Asatru.