Editing Linden, North Carolina (section)

==History==
[[Ellerslie (Linden, North Carolina)|Ellerslie]], [[Ivy Burne]], and the [[Dr. Wayman C. Melvin House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> In 2020, a [[neo-pagan]] religion known as the [[Asatru Folk Assembly]] (AFA) purchased a former church in Linden to use as a [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|Viking neo-pagan]] [[Heathen hof|temple]] serving AFA members in the [[Southeastern United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://paganplaces.com/places/thorshof-in-linden-north-carolina/ | title=Thorshof in Linden, North Carolina • Pagan Places | date=June 24, 2020 }}</ref> The temple is dedicated to the [[Viking]] god [[Thor]] and is called "Thorshof" which means "Thor's temple" in [[Old Norse]], the language of the Vikings.<ref>[https://thorshof.org/thorfile/ Thor file] thorshof.org {{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref>