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College Professor:
I'm afraid Indiana isn't really known for its pagan worship.

Dean Winchester:
Well what if it was imported? You know, like the Pilgrims brought their religion over. Wasn't a lot of this area settled by immigrants?

College Professor:
Yeah.

Dean Winchester:
Like that town near here, Burkettsville. Where're their ancestors from?

College Professor:
Ah, Northern Europe I believe, Scandinavia.

Dean Winchester:
Well what could you tell me about those pagan gods?

College Professor:
Well there are hundreds of Norse gods and goddesses.

Dean Winchester:
I'm actually lookin' for one. Might live in an orchard.

College Professor:
[looking in a book] A woods god, hm? Well, let's see. [flips through the book, Dean sees a picture that resembles the scarecrow]

Dean Winchester:
Wait, wait, what's that one?

College Professor:
Well, that's not a woods god, per se.

Dean Winchester:
[reads] The Vanir were Norse gods of protection and prosperity, keeping local settlements safe from harm. The villages built effigies of the Vanir in their fields, other villages practiced human sacrifice, one male, and one female. [about the picture] Kinda looks like a scarecrow, huh?

College Professor:
Well, I suppose.

Dean Winchester:
This particular Vanir, its energy sprung from a sacred tree?

College Professor:
Well, pagans believed all kinds of things were infused with magic.

Dean Winchester:
So what would happen if this sacred tree was torched? You think it'd kill the god?

College Professor:
[laughs] Son, these are just legends we're discussing.

Dean Winchester:
Oh, of course. Yeah, you're right. Listen, thank you, very much.