In the United States , some white supremacist groups and terrorists — including several with neo-fascist or neo-Nazi leanings — have built their ideologies around pagan religious imagery , including Odinism or Wotanism . One such group is the White Order of Thule . Founding members of The Order were Wotanists ( a racial form of Odinism ) . Anders Brievik , a Norwegian terrorist who committed the 2011 Oslo attacks , identified himself as an Odinist . Wotanism is another religion that has appeared in the American white supremacist movement and also utilizes imagery derived from paganism . Odalism is a European ideology advocated by the defunct Heathen Front and the National Socialist Black Metal musician Varg Vikernes
2011 Oslo attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Neo-völkisch movements