Guh. We offer it up to our kids just fine. I distinctly remember when we were being taught about Norse mythology in school and I had to go "Wait... why are we mostly Christian in Norway again? This is awesome!" It is probably the only religion I can cotton to, slightly. Don't get me wrong, there's pretty much nothing that can make me believe in -any- religion but the Norse mythology certainly provides some downright fantastic examples of ideals and concepts to aspire to. Strength and courage. Loyalty and willingness to stand for your beliefs. A severe distaste for deceit and falsehoods. All good things... and yet it doesn't fall into the trap of being unrealistically idealistic. It accounts for all the crap out there and admits that all these things aren't even remotely possible to make universal. Just that it's something each and every one can aspire to.
Besides... I can't get past that Ragnarok is the most mindshatteringly awesome end-of-all-things out there. When even the Gods themselves die in fire, by wolf, by world-serpents and so on, it just can't be beat. Especially given that it's just a reset button for a single mortal man and woman to create a new world.
Recently spoke with a Belgian friend of mine who is also interested in that mythos and it struck us... why has this not been made into a movie? Just name it Ragnarok, set it in 2012 (for the lulz) and just do the End of the World Norsestyle, with the Gods themselves coming down to Midgar for the end times. Hell, even Hollywood should appreciate it since it'd allow for the love-story of the two remaining humans after it's all done. Just imagine all the greatest Nolan Disaster Movies you've seen and superimpose Fenrir gaping from earth to the sky, Jormungandr in an epic struggle with Thor and his Mjølnir, Odin Allfather and all the other Norse Gods and Bad Guys clashing throughout the movie... and do it all from the perspective of a few mortals. Never let them interact with the Gods, just have the world powerless as the destruction reigns.
Gods, that'd be the best damn disaster movie of all time. I can't believe no movie-maker hasn't seized upon that yet.