I see narrator's just pissing their pants to say vikings don't have horned helmets, it was just invented for opera.Well that may be so but lets not dismiss to lightly the reliefs on the helmets of cow men with the horns and men with boars on their helmets. we've found the boar helmets and as for horns--well the cow fed us and released us from the ice. Shaman wore horned head gear sometimes. We often take on the qualities of natures creatures to attain there qualities. A personal story but when I was 18 I joined the army and got tattoos of the panther and the hawk. This in my primitive instinct was to give me the speed of the cat and the eye of the hawk. Obviously good qualities for a warrior. We haven't changed much over the years. I really enjoy your movies. The insights and visuals are a help. Thank u Gare p.s. Did ya ever notice dicks that write all small letters without capitols where they should be. Pretty lazy. I guess there's BIG lazy stupid and small lazy stupid. Is conventional stupid better than unconventional stupid. Is the beginning of a circle at the end. Take care Gare
+Alistair Duncan I Alistair, i didn't see the your full comment before. I hope to make a feature length film again but it requires a lot of work and I will need some help. Next Summer I am going to Sri Lanka and making a film about my family there but it won't be as long as FRtR
Thorsteinn Gislason Many of the elites among the vendel swedes probably fought as mercenaries down south, both against and as allies to the romans im sure, so they probably got inspiration from helmets they saw down south when they forged these vendel helmets.
i need to write a historical fiction for school on something within the nordic bronze age and im so lost there's so little information. thank u for what u do im a little less confused now.
hey Thomas dude is there any more details about the ritual with the horned man and the other guy in the bear suit I find it super fascinating and I was wondering if you know more about it
wonderful video. I've been wondering about the whole flaming arrows and boat burnings that appear in cinema, and popular culture so often and what evidence there is for that. I know that the death of Baldr and Beowulf describe the boat being pushed out into the water, similar to many Arthurian legends, actually. And I've read descriptions of boats being burnt on land and then a mound raised over them, butiI haven't been able to find an sources that show germanic peoples were burning ships on water.
Survive the Jive Thanks, It's one of those things that I am still looking for evidence for though, it appears everywhere and I don't know where it comes from. It's like plaited beards which I think come from Tolkien's dwarves. Though he may well have got it from somewhere.
+Patrick Pienne No examples of boat cremation at sea that I can find but Ynglingasaga attributes the following custom to Odin himself "all the dead should be burnt...and the ashes cast in the sea"
Survive the Jive I guess in reality, a boat burning at sea would would result in a partially burnt probably washing up on shore the next day. Not something you really want.
How does this link to the mounds from earlier Indo European culture? (did they just add the stone in the shapes of ships) I used the account of Ahmad ibn Fadlan when developing a scene in a book I am working on. I don't think there has been evidence found for a ship cremation on mainland Britain though? Howell thought it best not to approach the village via the ford but to travel North, they could observe the village in relative safety from there. He had seen a number of Vikingers gathering, they were definitely planning something, there was a lot of activity. Penda agreed and the group moved as silently as they could through the woods. From their vantage point, hidden by thick vegetation they observed the gathering. Minute by minute more Vikinger seemed to arrive. Their soothsayer chanted over the carcass of a horse whilst other prepeared a fire and spit over which the animal could be roasted. A large metal rod entered the animal’s arse and pushed through until it emerged out of his mouth, four large Vikinger lifted it into position turning the animal upon the spit was let to a slave. Even though the day was far from warm the unfortunate Angle soon removed his shirt due to the heat of the fire, the poor man uncertain as to if he or the animal would be roasted first. Penda and his warriors sat and waited. They were in for a long wait. This was a real Vikinger gathering the foreigners must have travelled miles to be there, penda hadn’t realized there were so many of them in the West of the country. Squinting Penda then made out the purpose for their assembly. The body of the vikinger he had killed, ‘the red haired bastard’ was carried toward an old hag. The woman swayed as if enhenriated and chanted out an hideous caw of high pitched words. She then proceeded to dress the dead Vikinger in new clothes. No wonder she looked pissed Aeasc thought, the ‘red haired bastard’ must be reeking by now. You would need to be pissed to go anywhere near that stench. Then there was yet more waiting the only entertainment coming from the Vikinger as they strained to pull a small boat into the middle of the village. Eventually they achieved their objective and wood from the houses that hadn’t been already burned was pilled up around the vessel. Evening was approached before two Vikinger walked toward the ford and stared into the forest. AEasc recognized one of them, he was ‘the talker’, he had seen him in his own village, the other was their soothsayer. “Penda, “ the talker screamed into the tree, “are you here yet.” Then he drank fro a large horn. “Yes of course you are here, we have come to send Raoulfr to Valhalla.” “We have a surprise for you Penda,” the talking raised his arm and a woman was urged out of the shadows. Penda’s eyed bulged and his throat constricted, the woman was Edyth, his wife. Edyth had a beautiful voice, she always had had, Penda thought. He wasn’t a joyful song but there was joy in the woman’s voices. “Happy Juice,” Alwalda whispered into Penda’s ear. The Vikinger stared along the track whilst the Englisher looked on, unable to see his face. They were positioned to the side and slightly behind him. Alwalda gestured that they should leave, but Penda waved away his friends signal. Edyth was staggering too, being helped along by the hag who had obvious drank far much of the same concoxians herself. Another girl appeared I a similar condition. The woman giggled like young girls even exchanging an embrace. Then they sang. Both women were Angles but the song was unmistakably Vikinger. Torches were being light to replace the light of the sun as it faded over the trees. The Vikinger surrounded Edyth and the other slave girl, whilst the talker continued to stare into the wood. “It is time to go,” Alwalda stated as he gripped Penda’s shoulder. Alwalda’s hand was firmly pushed to one side. Whatever Penda saw here it could be any worse than the events that he imagined in his own mind. Edyth laughed even as the first Vikiner pushed her legs apart. Her laughter turning into the howling of an orgasm as he rived on top of her. The Vikinger stood stating clearly that he taken the woman out of love for his lord and she was to inform him of that. It must only have been a few seconds before other Vikinger remounted the two women. Though at times their laughing and screaming seemed hysterical. These Vikingers too had only fucked the women out of reverence of their lord, it seemed. Alwalda indicated again that they should leave, Penda was transfixed, he didn’t want to see what was happening tears filled his eyes at first. However, he couldn’t look away either. His emotions drifted away too, the only thing left was his cold hatred for the Vikinger. Perhaps the women were taken five or six times to be honest they lost count. Then they were taken to the boat, where Raoulfr, the red haired Vikinger, had been laid to rest. The event had been far from silent but call of crow just before it had its throat cut was harsh and brutal far beyond its volume, the hen accepted her fait with more serenity. The horsemeat was they cut from the bone and thrown onto the vessel. Edyth was given more intoxicating drink, her swaying developing into an exotic, provocative dance. Two men lifted her above what looked like a door frame. She let out an excited screamed and her first words were totally incoherent. Then ahe talked of her father and mother. Before saying what she was expected to say, what she had been tutored to say. She could see the after world and Raoulfr was beckoning her. A scream of ower and joy rose from the crowd. The talker continued to watch. Had Penda even got his message? Surely the Angle would have appeared to avenge what they were doing to his woman? Yes, Penda wanted to attack, but the Vikinger hadn’t taken his mind with rage. His rage had cooled into something much more power long ago. He wasn’t going to play to their tune no matter how much he once loved Edyth. The Edyth he had loved wasn’t the thing he saw in front of him, the thing the Vikinger had created. Edyth walked unsteadily up a gangplank onto the boat the other slave followed. The Hag helped her remove her bracklets. The hag then placed a rope around Edyth’s neck and the Vikinger banged loudly upon their shields. Two men pulled the rope and old woman stabbed her between the ribs. She offered no resistance; neither did the other slave girl. The Vikingers had taken possession of them body and soul. The living left the boat as torches were thrown on board and the wood around the vessel set alit. Evil shadows of the stationary Viknger danced across the land. This time it really was time for the Englisher to leave. Solemnly they made their way back to their camp.
+Robert Faulkner Don't think so no, there was a boat cremation grave in Britanny, France though. There are over 420 boats burials and boat cremations found in Northern Europe so far. All date from Vendel and Viking era. It is hard to say how they connect with earlier cultures. Boats clearly had prominence in earlier Nordic culture while burial mounds are found all over Europe and are recorded in literature such as Homer's Odyssey.
I think there is a definite link between Sweden and East Anglia. You make that clear. I am just interested about the link between Norse and Indo European. The language in Northern Europe is IE but a lot of borrowed words from earlier people, culture very district too. The Celtic and Latin far closer linguistically than they are to Germanic Norse culture. Perhaps further North more of the older pre IE culture survived. Great videos though, you always give me something to think about.
Tom, you’re a national treasure (and your iconic casual wear is in the top drawer). Thanks! 🌞
The spear is a glorious weapon. Simple to make, easy to use - yet good enough for the Allfather, Oden himself.
I see narrator's just pissing their pants to say vikings don't have horned helmets, it was just invented for opera.Well that may be so but lets not dismiss to lightly the reliefs on the helmets of cow men with the horns and men with boars on their helmets. we've found the boar helmets and as for horns--well the cow fed us and released us from the ice. Shaman wore horned head gear sometimes. We often take on the qualities of natures creatures to attain there qualities. A personal story but when I was 18 I joined the army and got tattoos of the panther and the hawk. This in my primitive instinct was to give me the speed of the cat and the eye of the hawk. Obviously good qualities for a warrior. We haven't changed much over the years. I really enjoy your movies. The insights and visuals are a help. Thank u Gare
p.s. Did ya ever notice dicks that write all small letters without capitols where they should be. Pretty lazy. I guess there's BIG lazy stupid and small lazy stupid. Is conventional stupid better than unconventional stupid. Is the beginning of a circle at the end. Take care Gare
Thank you for what you do.
Wonderful video, what a beautiful landscape Valsgarde is in. Will you be making another feature length film like Runes to Ruins? I do hope so.
+Alistair Duncan I Alistair, i didn't see the your full comment before. I hope to make a feature length film again but it requires a lot of work and I will need some help. Next Summer I am going to Sri Lanka and making a film about my family there but it won't be as long as FRtR
Great documentary !! Very interesting period in our history.. But not so much told
Thank you for these uploads
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Absolutely!
I got a commercial with Shaq so now this is doubly my favorite channel.
You should put a tiny Shaq in your videos and see if people can find him.
oh you did't know i already have?
The Swedish Vendel helmets look similar to helmets worn by late Roman/Byzantine and Sassanid Persian cataphract cavalrymen
Thorsteinn Gislason Many of the elites among the vendel swedes probably fought as mercenaries down south, both against and as allies to the romans im sure, so they probably got inspiration from helmets they saw down south when they forged these vendel helmets.
Thorsteinn Gislason, The vendel 14 helmet looks very similar to the roman legionnary helmet.
@@joonte1010 it is based on a late roman cavalry helmet
i need to write a historical fiction for school on something within the nordic bronze age and im so lost there's so little information. thank u for what u do im a little less confused now.
hey Thomas dude is there any more details about the ritual with
the horned man and the other guy in the bear suit
I find it super fascinating and I was wondering if you know more about it
yeh lots has been said about a cult of Woden and the Ulfhednar
Great videos
When u mentioned oseberg it looked like u where standing by the smaller gokstad ship thats in the same location. Great video though :)
yeah i was
wonderful video. I've been wondering about the whole flaming arrows and boat burnings that appear in cinema, and popular culture so often and what evidence there is for that. I know that the death of Baldr and Beowulf describe the boat being pushed out into the water, similar to many Arthurian legends, actually. And I've read descriptions of boats being burnt on land and then a mound raised over them, butiI haven't been able to find an sources that show germanic peoples were burning ships on water.
+Patrick Pienne nor have I. We have evidence of the cremated ship inhumations but only historical accounts of the ships sent out to sea.
+Patrick Pienne I think I got mixed up confusing those 2 customs even though I have only read about them separately. I blame the idiot box
Survive the Jive Thanks, It's one of those things that I am still looking for evidence for though, it appears everywhere and I don't know where it comes from. It's like plaited beards which I think come from Tolkien's dwarves. Though he may well have got it from somewhere.
+Patrick Pienne No examples of boat cremation at sea that I can find but Ynglingasaga attributes the following custom to Odin himself "all the dead should be burnt...and the ashes cast in the sea"
Survive the Jive I guess in reality, a boat burning at sea would would result in a partially burnt probably washing up on shore the next day. Not something you really want.
How does this link to the mounds from earlier Indo European culture? (did they just add the stone in the shapes of ships) I used the account of Ahmad ibn Fadlan when developing a scene in a book I am working on. I don't think there has been evidence found for a ship cremation on mainland Britain though?
Howell thought it best not to approach the village via the ford but to travel North, they could observe the village in relative safety from there. He had seen a number of Vikingers gathering, they were definitely planning something, there was a lot of activity. Penda agreed and the group moved as silently as they could through the woods.
From their vantage point, hidden by thick vegetation they observed the gathering. Minute by minute more Vikinger seemed to arrive. Their soothsayer chanted over the carcass of a horse whilst other prepeared a fire and spit over which the animal could be roasted. A large metal rod entered the animal’s arse and pushed through until it emerged out of his mouth, four large Vikinger lifted it into position turning the animal upon the spit was let to a slave. Even though the day was far from warm the unfortunate Angle soon removed his shirt due to the heat of the fire, the poor man uncertain as to if he or the animal would be roasted first.
Penda and his warriors sat and waited. They were in for a long wait. This was a real Vikinger gathering the foreigners must have travelled miles to be there, penda hadn’t realized there were so many of them in the West of the country. Squinting Penda then made out the purpose for their assembly.
The body of the vikinger he had killed, ‘the red haired bastard’ was carried toward an old hag. The woman swayed as if enhenriated and chanted out an hideous caw of high pitched words. She then proceeded to dress the dead Vikinger in new clothes. No wonder she looked pissed Aeasc thought, the ‘red haired bastard’ must be reeking by now. You would need to be pissed to go anywhere near that stench. Then there was yet more waiting the only entertainment coming from the Vikinger as they strained to pull a small boat into the middle of the village. Eventually they achieved their objective and wood from the houses that hadn’t been already burned was pilled up around the vessel. Evening was approached before two Vikinger walked toward the ford and stared into the forest. AEasc recognized one of them, he was ‘the talker’, he had seen him in his own village, the other was their soothsayer.
“Penda, “ the talker screamed into the tree, “are you here yet.” Then he drank fro a large horn. “Yes of course you are here, we have come to send Raoulfr to Valhalla.”
“We have a surprise for you Penda,” the talking raised his arm and a woman was urged out of the shadows. Penda’s eyed bulged and his throat constricted, the woman was Edyth, his wife. Edyth had a beautiful voice, she always had had, Penda thought. He wasn’t a joyful song but there was joy in the woman’s voices.
“Happy Juice,” Alwalda whispered into Penda’s ear.
The Vikinger stared along the track whilst the Englisher looked on, unable to see his face. They were positioned to the side and slightly behind him.
Alwalda gestured that they should leave, but Penda waved away his friends signal.
Edyth was staggering too, being helped along by the hag who had obvious drank far much of the same concoxians herself. Another girl appeared I a similar condition. The woman giggled like young girls even exchanging an embrace. Then they sang. Both women were Angles but the song was unmistakably Vikinger.
Torches were being light to replace the light of the sun as it faded over the trees.
The Vikinger surrounded Edyth and the other slave girl, whilst the talker continued to stare into the wood.
“It is time to go,” Alwalda stated as he gripped Penda’s shoulder. Alwalda’s hand was firmly pushed to one side. Whatever Penda saw here it could be any worse than the events that he imagined in his own mind.
Edyth laughed even as the first Vikiner pushed her legs apart. Her laughter turning into the howling of an orgasm as he rived on top of her. The Vikinger stood stating clearly that he taken the woman out of love for his lord and she was to inform him of that. It must only have been a few seconds before other Vikinger remounted the two women. Though at times their laughing and screaming seemed hysterical. These Vikingers too had only fucked the women out of reverence of their lord, it seemed.
Alwalda indicated again that they should leave, Penda was transfixed, he didn’t want to see what was happening tears filled his eyes at first. However, he couldn’t look away either. His emotions drifted away too, the only thing left was his cold hatred for the Vikinger.
Perhaps the women were taken five or six times to be honest they lost count. Then they were taken to the boat, where Raoulfr, the red haired Vikinger, had been laid to rest.
The event had been far from silent but call of crow just before it had its throat cut was harsh and brutal far beyond its volume, the hen accepted her fait with more serenity. The horsemeat was they cut from the bone and thrown onto the vessel.
Edyth was given more intoxicating drink, her swaying developing into an exotic, provocative dance. Two men lifted her above what looked like a door frame. She let out an excited screamed and her first words were totally incoherent. Then ahe talked of her father and mother. Before saying what she was expected to say, what she had been tutored to say. She could see the after world and Raoulfr was beckoning her. A scream of ower and joy rose from the crowd. The talker continued to watch. Had Penda even got his message? Surely the Angle would have appeared to avenge what they were doing to his woman?
Yes, Penda wanted to attack, but the Vikinger hadn’t taken his mind with rage. His rage had cooled into something much more power long ago. He wasn’t going to play to their tune no matter how much he once loved Edyth. The Edyth he had loved wasn’t the thing he saw in front of him, the thing the Vikinger had created.
Edyth walked unsteadily up a gangplank onto the boat the other slave followed. The Hag helped her remove her bracklets. The hag then placed a rope around Edyth’s neck and the Vikinger banged loudly upon their shields. Two men pulled the rope and old woman stabbed her between the ribs. She offered no resistance; neither did the other slave girl. The Vikingers had taken possession of them body and soul.
The living left the boat as torches were thrown on board and the wood around the vessel set alit. Evil shadows of the stationary Viknger danced across the land. This time it really was time for the Englisher to leave. Solemnly they made their way back to their camp.
+Robert Faulkner Don't think so no, there was a boat cremation grave in Britanny, France though. There are over 420 boats burials and boat cremations found in Northern Europe so far. All date from Vendel and Viking era. It is hard to say how they connect with earlier cultures. Boats clearly had prominence in earlier Nordic culture while burial mounds are found all over Europe and are recorded in literature such as Homer's Odyssey.
I think there is a definite link between Sweden and East Anglia. You make that clear. I am just interested about the link between Norse and Indo European. The language in Northern Europe is IE but a lot of borrowed words from earlier people, culture very district too. The Celtic and Latin far closer linguistically than they are to Germanic Norse culture. Perhaps further North more of the older pre IE culture survived. Great videos though, you always give me something to think about.