The use of sophisticated techniques such as computer tomography ( CT ) scans has marked the investigation of the Lindow bodies as particularly important.

John Lindow theorizes that Sleipnir's " connection to the world of the dead grants a special poignancy to one of the kennings in which Sleipnir turns up as a horse word ," referring to the skald Úlfr Uggason's usage of " sea-Sleipnir " in his Húsdrápa, which describes the funeral of Baldr.

" Lindow adds that the eight legs of Sleipnir " have been interpreted as an indication of great speed or as being connected in some unclear way with cult activity.

John Lindow states that if the first element, mundil-is related to mund, meaning " period of time ," then the name may be a kenning for the Moon.

John Lindow says that it is unclear why the gods decide to raise Fenrir as opposed to his siblings Hel and Jörmungandr in Gylfaginning chapter 35, theorizing that it may be " because Odin had a connection with wolves?

At the time of death, Lindow Man was a healthy male in his mid-20s, and he may have been someone of high status, as his body shows little evidence of heavy or rough work.

While some preserved human remains may contain DNA, peat bogs such as Lindow Moss are generally poor for such a purpose, and it is unlikely that DNA could be recovered from Lindow Man.

There has been a tendency to ascribe the body to the Iron Age period rather than Roman due to the interpretation that Lindow Man's death may have been a ritual sacrifice or execution.

Archaeologist P. C. Buckland suggests that as the stratigraphy of the peat appears undisturbed, Lindow Man may have been deposited into a pool which was some 300 years old at the time.

Geographer K. E. Barber has argued against this hypothesis, saying that pools at Lindow Moss would have been too shallow, and suggests that the peat may have been peeled back to allow the burial and then replaced, leaving the stratigraphy apparently undisturbed.

One of the conclusions of the study was that the people buried in Lindow Moss may have had a less varied diet than their European counterparts.

According to Jody Joy, curator of the Iron Age collection at the British Museum, the importance of Lindow Man lies more in how he lived rather than how he died, as the circumstances surrounding his demise may never be fully established.

The rib fracture may also have occurred after death, perhaps during the discovery of the body, but is included in some narratives of Lindow Man's death.

Archaeologists John Hodgson and Mark Brennand suggest that bog bodies may have been related to religious practice, although there is division in the academic community over this issue and in the case of Lindow Man, whether the killing was murder or ritualistic is still debated.

The wide date range for Lindow Man's death ( 2 BC to 119 AD ) means he may have met his demise after the Romans conquered northern England in the 60s AD.

John Lindow concurs that Mímameiðr may be another name for Yggdrasil and that if the Hoard-Mímir of the name Hoddmímis holt is the same figure as Mímir ( associated with the spring named after him, Mímisbrunnr ), then the Mímir's holt — Yggdrasil — and Mímir's spring may be within the same proximity.

Lindow further states that it may be easy to lose sight of the central role Sif plays in the creation of these objects.

Scholar John Lindow comments that the episode in Gylfaginning detailing Loki's antics with a goat may have associations with castration and a ritual involving making a goddess laugh.

Some, like the Lindow Man, may have gone to their deaths willingly.

Lindow says that " Dellingr's doors " may either be a metaphor for sunrise or the reference may refer to the dwarf of the same name.

Lindow says that " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

" Lindow says that, along with many other goddess, some scholars theorize that Lofn may simply be another name for the goddess Frigg.

Lindow says that regarding the theorized connection between the Harii and the Einherjar, " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

Scholar John Lindow theorizes that a common noun may have existed in Old Norse, nanna, that roughly meant " woman ".

Lindow compares Fenrir's role to his father Loki and Fenrir's brother Jörmungandr, in that they all spend time with the gods, are bound or cast out by them, return " at the end of the current mythic order to destroy them, only to be destroyed himself as a younger generation of gods, one of them his slayer, survives into the new world order.

Scholar John Lindow proposes that a potentially understated mythological importance of Sif's role in the story of her sheared hair exists ; her headpiece is created along with the most important and powerful items in Norse mythology.

" John Lindow observes that if Hlín is indeed Frigg, then this means that Hlín's " second sorrow " in Völuspá is the death of Odin, the first being the death of Baldr.

Lindow Man is not the only bog body to have been found in the moss ; Lindow Woman was discovered the year before, and other body parts have also been recovered.

There has been debate over the reason for Lindow Man's death, for the nature of his demise was violent, perhaps ritualistic ; after a last meal of charred bread, Lindow Man was strangled, hit on the head, and his throat cut.

Dating the body has proven problematic, but it is thought that Lindow Man was deposited into Lindow Moss, face down, some time between 2 BC and 119 AD, in either the Iron Age or Romano-British period.

Investigations have not yet discovered settlement or agricultural activity around the edge of Lindow Moss that would have been contemporary with Lindow Man ; however, analysis of pollen in the peat suggests there was some cultivation in the vicinity.

When Reyn-Bardt was confronted with the discovery of the skull from Lindow Moss, he confessed to the murder of his wife.

The area of Lindow Moss where Lindow Man was discovered

A year later a further macabre discovery was made at Lindow Moss, just south-west of the Lindow Woman.

On 1 August 1984, Andy Mould, who had been involved in the discovery of Lindow Woman, took what he thought was a piece of wood off the elevator of the peat-shredding machine.

Rick Turner, the Cheshire County Archaeologist, was notified of the discovery and succeeded in finding the rest of the body, which later became known as Lindow Man.

The owners of the land on which Lindow Man was found donated the body to the British Museum, and on 21 August it was transported to London.

Although the bone was not as well preserved as that of Lindow Man, the other tissues survived in better condition.

The final discovery was that of Lindow IV on 14 June 1988.

Part of a left leg and buttocks were found on the elevator, from a site just west of where Lindow Man was found.

The discovery of Lindow Man marked the first well-preserved bog body discovered in Britain ; its condition was comparable to that of Grauballe Man and Tollund Man from Denmark.

Before Lindow Man, it was estimated that 41 bog bodies had been found in England and Wales and 15 in Scotland.