I HAVE To React To This Viking Expert From WIRED
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- On this video I react to the recent upload by Wired where a Viking Age expert answers questions about the Vikings including Norse culture, history, archaeology and much more.
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The Viking Age, spanning roughly from the late 8th to the mid-11th century, was a transformative period in European history that saw Scandinavian seafarers, traders, and warriors leave an indelible mark on the world. This era of Norse expansion and influence reshaped the political, economic, and cultural landscape of medieval Europe and beyond.
At the heart of the Viking Age was a spirit of exploration and adventure. The Norse people, hailing from present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, were skilled navigators and shipbuilders. Their iconic longships, with their shallow drafts and ability to sail in both deep seas and rivers, allowed them to venture far beyond their Scandinavian homelands. These intrepid explorers reached as far west as North America, establishing short-lived settlements in Newfoundland, while also traveling eastward along the rivers of Eastern Europe to the Black Sea and beyond.
The Vikings' reputation as fearsome raiders is well-documented in historical accounts. Their sudden attacks on coastal communities and monasteries struck terror into the hearts of their victims. The sack of Lindisfarne in 793 CE is often cited as the beginning of the Viking Age, marking the start of a period of intense raiding activity. However, it would be a mistake to view the Vikings solely as marauders. Many Norse people were also skilled traders, artisans, and settlers who established thriving communities across Europe.
In fact, the Viking Age was characterized by significant cultural exchange and assimilation. As Norse settlers integrated into local populations, they adopted and adapted local customs and beliefs, while also introducing elements of their own culture. This process of cultural hybridization is particularly evident in places like Normandy in France, where Norse settlers eventually became the ruling class, or in the Danelaw region of England, where Norse influence can still be seen in place names and linguistic borrowings.
The political impact of the Viking Age was profound. Norse warriors carved out kingdoms in various parts of Europe, including the Danelaw in England, the Kingdom of Dublin in Ireland, and the Duchy of Normandy in France. The most far-reaching political development was perhaps the establishment of the Kievan Rus' state by Swedish Vikings, which would eventually evolve into Russia.
Economically, the Vikings were instrumental in reinvigorating trade networks across Europe and beyond. Their trading activities stretched from the North Atlantic to the Middle East, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and technologies. Viking merchants traded in a wide variety of commodities, including furs, amber, honey, slaves, silver, and exotic goods from distant lands.
The religious landscape of Scandinavia underwent significant changes during the Viking Age. While the period began with the Norse people adhering to their traditional polytheistic beliefs, it ended with the gradual Christianization of Scandinavia. This process was not always peaceful, and the tension between the old and new faiths is reflected in many Norse sagas and historical accounts.
The legacy of the Viking Age extends far beyond its historical timeframe. The Norse influence on language, law, place names, and folklore can still be observed in many parts of Europe and beyond. The sagas and myths that emerged from this period continue to captivate imaginations worldwide, inspiring countless works of literature, art, and popular culture.
In conclusion, the Viking Age was a complex and multifaceted period that defies simple characterization. While the image of the Viking raider looms large in popular imagination, a fuller understanding of this era reveals a story of exploration, cultural exchange, political transformation, and economic expansion. The Norse people of this period were not just warriors, but also traders, settlers, craftsmen, and explorers whose legacy continues to shape our world today.
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Hi Metatron
According to a couple particularly reliable sources like Hurstwick (which look at the Sagas, archaeological evidence, *&* test whatever they can to the fullest extent they can) & the Norse Magic & Beliefs channel (who's a Norse pagan who's as immersed historical Norse culture as it's possible to be) the Norse *did* practice human sacrifice; but unlike *other* cultures that practiced human sacrifice, the Norse only sacrificed *capital criminals* ; murderers, rapists, traitors, etc; they sacrificed them to Oðin by *hanging* them, that's why one of Oðins titles was "father of the hanged". But basically, that makes the human sacrifices more of ritualized *executions* .
Also, while I don't really believe there were *professional* women warriors in Viking Age Scandinavia (because there's no evidence that *anyone* in Viking Age Scandinavia was a professional warrior, as there's no evidence that any country in Viking Age Scandinavia had a *standing* army), I *do* believe that Viking Age Norse women would've known how to fight, as would the women of *most* countries in the world before Christianization or Christian influence changed things simply because in their world, it would've been *necessary* for them to survive; as would their engaging in a lot *more* activities & behaviors that are labeled masculine now. Not to mention that *no-one* wants to have to protect, or *be* protected by someone *all the time* . Maybe Skjóldmær (shield maidens) was just the term for women who knew how to fight if they *had* to.
Honestly, I'm very much *impressed* with this womans professionalism, telling things like it *is* according to the evidence instead of injecting any personal bias into it; I'm also impressed with how she brought attention to some more *obscure* elements of Norse culture like the skiing thing.
PS: The unwanted baby disposal thing probably happened way *less* frequently in Viking Age Scandinavia than you might think, same with *other* historical cultures because they tended to be a lot closer to nature than we are, & thus, a lot more in tune with their *bodies* than we are; which in this case, would mean women were in tune with their *ovulation* cycle, & thus would better know which days having sex on would get them pregnant, & which days they could have sex on *without* having to worry about that (& there's only about six *days* of the former in every month).
what about Ahmad ibn Fadlan "His account is most notable for providing a detailed description of the Volga Vikings, including eyewitness accounts of life as part of a trade caravan and ..."
@@ezrafaulk3076When four Viking fleets attacked Irland in the year 1000AD the Irish wrote that the woman with red hair was leading one of the fleets i cant remember where i red this .
In Sweden they found a Viking grave it was a woman with weapons and the weapons were not ceremonial so it seems that she knew how to fight but in not sure how many Vikings were professional warriors they were farmers mostly that took part in raids , some were warriors in the Verengy guard in the Byzantian Empire but its not impossible that some few women did fight .
Im sure Metatron knows more about this.
Dunno about Vikings but I know that w0k3 people s@crifice Humans every single day.
On the altar of dî3-worsety and Îsl@m m°gration.
Pretty sure that the Lindisfarne Monks gave the "Vikings" 1 stars on Trust Pilot for 'friendliness'. Conversely the "Vikings" rated the Monks abode 5 stars "would visit again".
This is straight up the funniest and most accurate interpretation on perception involving cultural differences I've seen in a while. 😂
😂 Oh that's great.
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Vikings " great landing place, good fish, passable cheese and decent women, but careful- they are very decent runners
As an ancestor of Mayan and Aztec people, 1 human sacrifice every 9 years is amateur at best.😂
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I have been looking into it. It worked like this, if someone died in battle it wasn't as good as sacrifice. They captured people alive. That makes sense. They had a big lower ckass, and a smaller upper class.
@@wednesdayschild3627 it seems like the Vikings were gaming the system, the gods are gonna know if it’s a half ass sacrifice.
@@scholasticaltactical9058 And they wouldn't necessarily care. It depends on whether your faith advocates personal sacrifice (as is often the case with Christianity) or sacrifice as a presentation of your conquest and strength (as was likely more common with north Germanic faiths).
It was actually 9 men every 9 years plus 9 of all the common domesticated animals of the time too.
I am Swedish and we still have the nicknames that are given to us as a kid, by other kids, mine was "Skullen" it sounds cooler in English then in Swedish, means like a pile of hay, due to my rather long hair when I was a kid.
I'll just show myself out now. (Love your show)
I was lucky, I got to move away from Vårtan, only to be re-nicknamed Stig Helmer.
"Glorious." -an American you doesn't understand this shit.
@@Azdeusät mig, Stig-Helmer
Okay pile of hay! ✋🏽
Skullen does sound cool in English. Your battle-helm should have a skull on top.
Not true. My Netflix historian grandmother said the Vikings were all black gay native Americans.
Can confirm this is true.
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who used light sabers and rode into battle on unicorns?
Oh you git, you beat me to it LoL!!
@@MrRabiddogg Decks and decks of race cards a flying and a fluttering.
I do want to point out, as a Swede, the thing in the beginning, with the “son of X” thing. The most common surname in Sweden is still Andersson, so “son of Anders”. It’s actually like this in all Scandinavian countries, in Denmark it’s Nilssen, in Norway it’s Johansen and so on.
So back in the day, with the exception of certain societal classes like nobles, priests and soldiers, if your father’s name was Anders, as a son your name would be Andersson and as a daughter it would be Andersdotter.
In Sweden we stopped with this tradition in the 18th - early 19th century, but in Iceland they still do it.
And names like Thor, or Tor in Swedish, are actually a thing/were a thing, not just the name of the god.
Same thing with other gods names, like I had a friend named Loke (Swedish for Loki), also knew someone named Freja. And there are even historical figures who had names like these.
Great points.
Also, cultures around the world have named their families for namesakes, such as my own family which is named after Odysseus. I highly doubt there is any blood relation, if such a legendary figure truly existed, but people all over have sought to boost their egos by connecting themselves to historical or mythological figures.
🤣 Someone needs to have the Vikings explain this concept to the Celts...one of my favorite Celtic names is MacTaggart which comes from Mac an t-Sagairt....which means 'son of the priest.'
so if Anderson proceeded to have children too, would his son be Andersonson? And the grandson Andersonsonson ?
I'm half joking, half genuinely asking - how did this work beyond a single generation?
@@igorbednarski8048 they inherited the father's given name, not the surname
@@igorbednarski8048 One would assume said Andersson would have a forename and not just a family name. For instance, he could be Sven Andersson, and his daughter could then be Olga Svensdottir or something to that effect. Her son would then be Arne Olgasson or whatever the father was called. I imagine men dictated who their children would be named after, usually, nowadays I could see parents debate over what to pick.
This is the first time I've seen Metatron not blow a gasket on an expert. This is a nice change of pace. I liked her.
Wired is a lot better than vanity fair they try to bring legit people without agendas
I have read her book River Kings. Very informative. She does know her stuff.
The discussion of grave goods has inspired me to bury myself with very random things when I pass away, just to confuse future archaeologists.
I fully support this idea.
Willing to share a list of the items so my burial so my random items don't accidentally coincide? 😂
What's this rubber tentacle mean?
@@embee7434 "Ah this must be a totem of some guardian spirit (it's literally a Gunpla model)" is all I've got so far but I'll keep thinking
I've had that idea as well. Thinking about starting with idols from various different religious backgrounds as a starter just to really confuse future archaeologists.
She did a great job answering all the questions in that episode.
I'm surprised tattoos didn't come up. I loved Dr. Jackson Crawford's recent video about how Vikings were not covered in tattoos, or might not even have liked them cause there are no records of them having tattoos except for the singular 'painted' description that came from Ahmad ibn Fadlan. And we don't know if the 'Rus' he is describing are Vikings or a different group of people. There's no word for tattoo or the concept of tattooing in the Norse language, and tattoos are not in any of the myths or sagas.
Strongly agree. I am sick of the modern depiction of vikings.
This could be a case of tattoos being regular enough that they aren't worth mentioning.
Similar things occur in creation myths. Specifically about dogs. Many early cultures have dogs set aside, with their own creation myth apart from animals and humans. Others have dogs being created alongside humans (human,dogs // other animals). And other cultures have creation myths for animals and humans but dogs are just already there. No mention of creation. They just *are*.
If we bar Ibn Fadlans account, then there is no evidence either way.
The educated answer will probably always be "idk".🤷♂️
@@knaveknight5737 That's a fair point and a possibility. I just find it really strange that there is this modern "image" for Vikings, and a lot of Germanic and Scandinavian groups, as being these heavily tattooed people when there just isn't a lot of historical evidence or references to suggest this. The most direct thing we have is a singular description from Ahmad ibn Fadlan, when he said that some of the men (we don't even know who he's talking about in the passage) as being painted green. And that's an odd expression cause he says "painted" when there is a word for tattoo/tattooed in Arabic which is what he writes in, but he specifically says painted. Many people think that he was indicating that they were literally painted green, similar to how the Picts in a war party painting themselves blue.
Now in fairness, both Dr. Crawford and myself both also agree that it's possible, and probable, that some individuals or even groups did have tattoos or were aware of them. That's understandable and believable. But not enough to say the whole group in general did this, or that it was a common practice by them. The Scandinavians were very descriptive with people in their stories, sagas, rune stones....I feel like if tattoos were normal or common we would have more evidence for them somewhere. We just don't at this time. And we certainty don't have enough to depict them like we do in the modern media. I really do feel there is a desire to project our modern ideas and preferences for tattoos onto them, and that's OK also...but might not be historically accurate. LOL ;o)
Almost everything that we know about the myths and sagas were written by a Christian monk 300 years after the vikingage. It's a bit of a leap of faith to think that isn't an extremely biased source and an ignorant one as well.
Vikings in parts of Sweden were referred to as the Rus. There's suggestions that it even was those vikings that gave Russia it's name.
Even today it's name is Rus-country in Swedish.
It's much more evidence that these Vikings settled all over Eastern Europe and were part of the establishment of cities that still flourish.
The Finnish people still calls Sweden Ruotsi....I forget the spelling but it sounds like that when spoken.
I think that there's much more than just that muslem that associates the Rus with the vikings.
It would have been the Vikings from that part of Scandinavia who were the ones who went East and south to Konstantinopel.
@@Ewil.Bluetooth Oh I wasn't suggesting that the Rus weren't a group of Vikings per se, I meant that there were several groups of people in this region and unless we are being specific about which group of people we are speaking about and when, our usage of terms can muddy the waters. In Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Western Russia...there were a few groups of people we could say are Scandinavian, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Celtic...or some other similar Northern European...and these groups and their cultures could have been unique or a hybrid or who knows what. In his writings Ahmad ibn Fadlan tends to describe all northern people he encounters in his travels as Rus, and we don't actually know if he is talking about a group of people that we would define today as 'Rus." If that makes sense. You are absolutely correct that Scandinavians migrated and dominated to the west and southwest. And that later groups will associate the Rus with the Vikings and all that...the historical question is what was he talking about in his writings.
I LOVE how she mentioned ibn Fadlan. He was the basis for Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead which was loosely adapted into The 13th Warrior. I love that they incorporated some of his stuff into the movie, like them passing around a communal wash bowl BLEH. 🤢
My favorite part from the book which didn't make it into the movie is that Ahmad initially comments that he never saw such jovial, hearty people, and then one day they ran out of booze.
Glad to have an unbiased expert just explain history
This was from WIRED? It's like finding a diamond in a coal mine, and a huge one at that.
I recommend their whole series with experts. They found great people and those videos are really interesting and on a great variety of topics.
I think that shield-maidens make sense in one context. Imagine there’s 400 men in your Viking age Danish settlement. Half of them go raiding for weeks at a time between Spring and Autumn, or perhaps they’ve gone on a military campaign for months at a time.
Your settlement is now a suitably depopulated target for attack by another band of Viking raiders. With half the men gone, the half that is left may need help, so you arm the women, because everyone understands that it’s a life and death situation. Shield-maidens help to defend the settlement until the men get back to bolster the number of warriors.
That makes the most sense to my mind.
Females lack the upper body strength to form a shield wall. They could use light bows & other weapons for quick raid style attacks but they could not have actually engaged in a full battle against a force of males. The males would have formed a shield wall & destroyed them. Likely "shield maidens" served to execute wounded soldiers on the battlefield ushering them to Valhalla like the Valkerey were said to do in myth. Eliminating the wounded would have been very useful to the main force so they could focus on the enemy in front of them without having to worry about being stabbed by a guy on the ground.
Also take into account that the raiders needed to mount an attack on a village of a size large enough to produce an actual raiding party, would require more than a small band of brigands; it would have to be a large army, and that means it would be a neighbouring or at least within proximity tribe/village. Now considering attacking your neighbour and enslave or kill all his women, what would happen if the viking raiders were successful and returns to this situation; honour would demand a retibutal of some severity. ...The norse were fierce and brutal, but not stupid, nor honourless.
How violent were the Vikings?
Expert: YES.
The Norse society was and is not very violent, how ever when we did go vikinge it was often used, but we did just as much trading as we did plundering, just Hollywood that don`t focus on that part.
@@Uriel-Septim.they uncivilized savage pagans
@@Uriel-Septim.Christian propaganda as per usual
They went to Constantinople to become the elite bodyguards of the emperor
I love watch Metatron roast fools. I also love when Metatron finds people who actually know their stuff.
You should definitely react to more of their history videos. Wired definitely seems to leave the politics for the politicians
hard disagree, every wired video I have been suggested has been political propaganda
Did they change or are you making a cheeky joke?
Hello everyone, have a nice day.
You too although in my case, night.
No, you have a nice day!
You have yourself a nice day too Brother
And good day to you sir.
We need more kindness in this world like that... Thank you sir, have a good one, too!
Crazy how nicknames originate like this. In high school we had a kid we called "the Grandpa" because he had been sent back like three times and was older than all of us
Arthur "Dead Eye" he was actually just a country kid, he was an ok guy
The only "kid" in the 8th grade with drivers license
Fun fact, that X/Twitter user Grimfrost asking if the Vikings smoked pot is actually a rather large company who I believe even sponsored some of Skallagrim's videos back in the day; they're still pretty much the guys to go to online for anything like mead horns or Viking jewelry and some of their executive staff have been involved with re-enactment including the guy who's seen as their main founder having spent some of his time off from his main job living in a Swedish historically accurate Viking Age settlement... that guy being Johan Hegg the vocalist from Tumba's most famous Melodic Death Metal band Amon Amarth of all people LOL.
I saw that and wondered if it was Johan asking that lol
Wow they found a real expert for one of these videos. Some are very bad on these types of videos.
This is a very bad expert, or a limited expert, she can tell you about isotopes but she's a bit clueless about Vikings. Metatron just doesn't have the expertise to judge. The most clueless thing she said is that Viking was a verb, that's total bull that's been spread on the internet. There two words in Old Norse Víking and Víkingr, both are nouns.
I know! Someone who shares what she does know, quantifies what she can and offers reasonable speculation on what she can’t.
Wired is a poo factory.
@@meginna8354You provided one example but made a claim that most of the video is wrong. Care to actually back that up?
@@trenae77 my ancestry is Nordish Vikings and the grape part is true
My Irish druid ancestors were invaded by them forced them to change their last name (my last name is morphing of both)
And graped by both male and female Vikings
So we got blondes, redheads and even strawberry blondes on my dad's side alongside Blackfoot
But if you saw me you'd think I was Black with dark red hair
It's so refreshing to watch Metatron react to "experts" that are actual _experts_ ; I watched the WIRED video a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so it's fun to see it here as well. No intellectual dishonesty, historical revisionism or making value judgments with a modern lense. Maybe it's because she's Norwegian 😉(shoutout to other Norwegians here btw!). Anyway, it's always entertaining to watch the Metatron annihilate so-called "experts," but it's also a nice change of pace to watch people who actually know what they're talking about.
I'm Swedish and growing up my nickname was "Lilleman" (Little Man) ... I'm 6'8 now ...
I was called “flaquita” basically skinny and little my Mom should be ashame to mis that hard
I could probably pass for swedish due to my ancestry but I don't have a cool nickname 😢
As a serious comment when I studied Norse cultures, particularly the Viking era, apparently it was pretty common to give some people nicknames that were the complete opposite of their actual attributes. We do this in America as well sometimes. A big thug named "Tiny" or a bald guy named "Curly" are examples found in film tropes. We find it funny. Considering how many Americans have Scandinavian ancestors, I figure they brought that idea over.
Did you fight Jon Jones?
I mean there is always that big guy nicknamed Tiny for irony.
Or bald guys called Curly
As a Norwegian I can say we’re quite proud of our Viking heritage here. We study them in school from we were very small. I love seeing an expert in the Viking age that really knows her field! The Viking age has been misrepresented in shows like Vikings to the point that so many people believe this is actually how they were, and it bugs a lot of Scandinavians to the core.
I agree, Ooh and Btw:
Many of our Danish last names like Petersen or Jacobsen or Hansen or Rasmusen or Jørnsen etc etc is just the name of the father and the Sen is son like Peters-son or Jacobs-son aso. they do the same in Sweden, Norway and Island.
About offensiv nick names, well what can I say, the Viking age is like to opposite to moden day wokeness, we still like to tease each other and banter and ridicule the attemt of wokeness.
The Norse society was and is not very violent, how ever when we did go vikinge it was often used, but we did just as much trading as we did plundering, just Hollywood that don`t focus on that part and all this searching for women warriors in every culture begin to get silly.
I have never heard of human sacrifice in our culture or in Norse mytology, it was for sure not the norm, just the fact that you have to go and search for it and only find a few that maybe suggest it did happen, show that it was`t a part of our every day culture.
Norse is a people, viking is more of a occupations and danes is english, in Danish it is Dannerne and that mostlikely come from the tribe of Dan and before that the Phoenicians, even our boats and sails are very similar and other things also suggest a connection.
And sure we did use the Northstar (polaris) to navigat (my great great grandfather was a sea captain from Gotland and even then where they did have compas and Sextant they still used it) as it never move on our rotatin, spinning flying globe .......
And sure Lørdag or søndag was the bath days in the past, not have to go future back then my grandparents, hot water was boild in the basement and all the people in the block wash their children and them self and their closed.
And yes we are very proude of our Culture and past, we where great seamen and cunning traders and warriors.
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@@Uriel-Septim. søndag seems like it would mean Sunday. So whats Sunday in Danish?
@@tylerdurden3722 Søndag is the Danish word for sunday aka sunnudagr, the day of the Sun.
They we’re uncivilized pagan savages
The roman one is another good one imo. Hers delves more into the living standards if you will like the Roman concrete
Yes definitely do more of these bro!! My morning commute was much more enjoyable with this video playing
When did the Vikings start use horned helmets?
- 19th century in a German opera
A group of friends go hiking, die, and their remains are found 1,000 years later.
Archaeologists: "Let's call them Hikings."
Get out!
Don't quite your day job...
@@anthonyoer4778What is quite your job?
@@TinusTegenlicht just telling the original commenter to not quite their job because they wouldn't make it as a comedian.
@@anthonyoer4778 I guess you wouldn't make it as an English teacher with quite instead of quit. So, maybe hold on to your own day job as well?
Wired?
Weird. Weird. Weeeirrd.
It’s okay to be Anglo Saxon
The English are a people with a culture. It is a culture that is being systematically repressed and denied.
@@MasonBryanti dont think so but :/
@@lucienarcos-palma3834good boy, you’ve been suppressed enough to the point you don’t know. Now go buy the newest iphone
It's great is what it is
Not if you're Welsh! We the Britons want our country back!
I don't care what they tell you in school: my grandma told me that vikings were non-binary
Umm, that is clearly incorrect, because MY grandma told me they were trans.
Non-binitarian Norsenonmen vs. Trutransian Viqueens *_FIGHT!!!_*
Grandthey
@@zimzobViqueens would for sure have the most fun rowing songs though
@@Shabbot *Grandbirthingperson
35 years Viking Age expert here; PhD and Professor. (English is my third language)
I agree with you on most points but on the violence point I have to add; I think the Vikings perspective was Better then some other civilizations at the time.
Their perspective at being more efficent and lethal in combat is actually a better and sophisicated way of conducted war during that age, One of their Bards had the saying which I translate:
"I rather be killed by a Viking then left a sunder by a weak soldier who will leave my soul here." I think they really put focus on this thinking.
The warrior grave topic. Vikings revered their fathers so it might just be a son that ws given his fathers weaponry and kept them because of his passion of his ancestry.
This happened often but doesn't sell that well in media and books. Sometimes men just wanted to keep weapons that reminded them of Dad.
End notes:
For being the WIRED on youtube she is actually pretty okay with her statements and facts which I think is quite rare for that channel.
I hope you do more content on Vikings in the future and best of luck!
Also something I wanted Metatron to add, we don't really know if it was only executions.. Or if people freely sacrificed themselves as well.
According to some evidence it was both people who freely wanted to be sacrificed as well as "criminals" by the norse laws.
The human sacrifices that were voluntarily was done for ritual purposes as well as transmitting messages to the gods possibly.
It was most likely people with a very extreme faith in their gods existence and their wants of meeting the gods.
Also something important to point out that was never said in the video either. Most ancient religions practiced "human sacrifices" even christianity had crucifixion and execution of many kinds.
@@gustaf3811 While most ancient religions practiced human sacrifice, Christianity was born during the height of the roman empire, long after human sacrifice had become frowned on in most of Europe. No mainstream Christian organization has condoned human sacrifice to Yahweh, even though there have been cults that practiced it. They were by and large condemned by the majority of Christians. You may be referring to the martyred saints held in high regard by the Catholic church. These were people executed for their faith by hostile governments and people groups. Not sacrifices.
If you are referring to the Sacrament of Communion, at no point has the "Blood" of Christ been literal blood. It has always been red wine or grape juice. The idea that Christians drank blood was a smear tactic. Again, there have been cults who made exceptions. Again, they were condemned by the majority of Christians.
If you are referring to Jesus himself - Jesus was executed by the Romans ostensibly for causing civil unrest. While in reality this was a sacrifice He was making, it can't be called a human sacrifice, because Jesus - being both God and man - is sacrificing Himself to Himself. This act was never intended to be repeated.
If you are referring to Isaac of the Old Testament, that "human sacrifice" was always symbolic and never intended to be carried out. While it has been referred to as a "test" of Abraham's faith, it's really a symbolized prediction of Jesus. Again, not an action intended to be repeated or even carried out the first time. There's also a long record of kings who "sacrificed their children in the fire" ie to Moloch, and this action was strongly condemned.
Execution and religious sacrifices are different things and should not be conflated.
The handing down of weapons is not stated enough. Americans should especially identify with this as many Americans who live in rural areas, keep firearms that are 100-200 years old, simply because it was owned by their great grandfather, grandfather, or father.
I was wondering, did the Vikings ride horses, I don't recall hearing anything about Vikings on horseback, because I think those are stirrups in the grave with the woman warrior at 11:00, or are those an ancient form of brass knuckles.
@@pensandshakers Why are you defending christianity by using lies? The communion, is the consumation of human flesh and blood by proxy. Aka, not just human sacrifice, but actual cannibalism.
Many claim that it turns into actual flesh and blood once consumed.
The OT human sacrifices were NOT just symbolic, as that is not what the bible says. Assuming symbolic meaning where it is not specified to be such, is just a way to prettyfie a horrific practice.
Remember that god said " all the firstborn are mine."
And you mentioned Abraham.. who was told to kill his child, then stopped at the last moment when he had agreed to do so. Leaving a little boy knowing that his father would kill him at any moment if he heard voices... and he was just lucky enough to survive.. thats child abuse, and immensely traumatic. But the bible never cared much for children, did it...
My point? Stop lying about what the bible actually says, and read ALL of it.
hi, random Dane here...
only example of a shieldmaiden I can remember was the pregnant woman who fought in Vinland, probably in defense of the settlement there (at L'anse auw Meadows in Newfoundland)...
there are probably more, but as you said, it wasn't really a common thing...
As another Random Dane I must agree, Btw:
Many of our Danish last names like Petersen or Jacobsen or Hansen or Rasmusen or Jørnsen etc etc is just the name of the father and the Sen is son like Peters-son or Jacobs-son aso. they do the same in Sweden, Norway and Island.
About offensiv nick names, well what can I say, the Viking age is like to opposite to moden day wokeness, we still like to tease each other and banter and ridicule the attemt of wokeness.
The Norse society was and is not very violent, how ever when we did go vikinge it was often used, but we did just as much trading as we did plundering, just Hollywood that don`t focus on that part and all this searching for women warriors in every culture begin to get silly.
I have never heard of human sacrifice in our culture or in Norse mytology, it was for sure not the norm, just the fact that you have to go and search for it and only find a few that maybe suggest it did happen, show that it was`t a part of our every day culture.
Norse is a people, viking is more of a occupations and danes is english, in Danish it is Dannerne and that mostlikely come from the tribe of Dan and before that the Phoenicians, even our boats and sails are very similar and other things also suggest a connection.
And sure we did use the Northstar (polaris) to navigat (my great great grandfather was a sea captain from Gotland and even then where they did have compas and Sextant they still used it) as it never move on our rotatin, spinning flying globe .......
And sure Lørdag or søndag was the bath days in the past, not have to go future back then my grandparents, hot water was boild in the basement and all the people in the block wash their children and them self and their closed.
And yes we are very proude of our Culture and past, we where great seamen and cunning traders and warriors.
the TV show vikings was FUN, but they totally "#¤"# up Harald, who really died of old age of "#¤"# 80.....80 back then would have been like 140 today, lol and with 20+ offspring, not 0 like the show say.
Björn Ironside did not die in that battle, he became the first Royal line of Sweden, the munsöätten or the house of munsö
Im sure the "#¤" up other character too, but I only knew about Ivar Benlös(boneless )finehair and ironside before going in to the show....I have no idea about Rollo and if he had any relations to ironside or not
Wasn't Rollo about 100 years later?
I stopped watching the show once his sons took the stage. 😅
"80 back then would have been like 140 today" Child mortality really makes people misunderstand age distribution... *sigh*
@@Soundofwindonsand Yes, they lumped together a lot of people and legends that have several 100 years between them in the show.
I love it when the video you review shows a real expert.
Tous mes respects depuis le Sud de la France.
Wired.... explains the title
She did well though.
Are you talking about Viking Support? This video series titles all of their videos like that, it's a play on "Tech Support" in that you can send in your questions and they will answer your questions.
Once again, a person who didn't watch the video
@pacmonster066 How come? He only commented on the title of the original video which, admittedly, is a bit lengthy
@@exantiuse497 Before they added "she did well though" in an edit, their original comment implies the expert must be crap because it comes from the Wired channel.
Basically assuming Raph's clickbaity title (not blaming him, RUclips forces this on creators to survive) inferred the expert would be saying nonsense and that is somehow typical of Wired content (it's not, Wired produces hundreds of videos a month, some are bad, some are good, most are just fine)
does it make you feel good when you comment before watching the content?
Around 6:40 the talk of the damage to the bones could have a third interpretation. 1: one group was more violent, thus more wounds on skeletons. 2: one group were better warriors, thus less wounds. 3: the group of bones with more injuries could have had better healing practices thus more people living through more wounds that would have killed others.
Number 3 doesnt work because they already account for that. Bone damage includes healed damage. Though healed vs unhealed does tell us interesting things
I've disagreed a few times in other videos but let me just say -- METATRON ROCKS! Agree with a take or not, his humor, his intelligence, his fairness (not often found among academics, sad to say), are impeccable. 'Ragnar texting from Valhalla'???? Going to make me smile all day! 🙂
Appreciate that thanks! 🙏🏻
Most ancient cultures had / have herb lore that prevented / terminated pregnancy. The vikings had shroom lore, so I'm pretty sure they would have had pregnancy prevention lore too.
Considering how population numbers were so vital to a community's ability to thrive, I also recon that the majority of those discarded babies were probably considered to be malformed in some way. It was a harsh time and being born with an extra toe was considered to be a bad omen. A breach birth may result in a broken leg which would have been considered to be a doomed future. As much as we find it horrifying now, they probably thought it was a kindness. The past was not a nice place.
I really like this historian, really knowledgeable and passionate about her field of study
There are several stories of men killing someone because their wife told them so. Norse women didn't lack bravery nor blood thirst. I assume they would rather have their men do it for them if they had the choice. Gener stereotypes also where much more dominant in Norse culture.
They were much more dominant in all non-modern cultures!
Can highly Professor Jarman’s book “River Kings”, not only does she give a good summary of Norse Society and the Vikings (it is a rather short book about 300 pages, so not over detailed, but efficient and informative), but the greatest aspect of it is that it manages to both put the Viking Age into a larger picture (especially how important their long boats could just as easily travel over oceans and (perhaps overlooked somewhat) the Rivers of Europe and how this made them part of an overlapping system of trade networks all the way to Byzantine Constantinople, Moorish Spain and even Abbasid Baghdad, with Vikings providing slaves, furs and other goods in return for silver, luxury items and other commodities) as well as an interesting micro view of how (possibly) a gemstone from India/Central Asia ended up in a Viking Grave in England!
Interesting... She mentioned Ahmad ibn Fadlan's account of the Vikings. Michael Crichton wrote the novel "Eaters of the Dead", which takes his account and combines it with a retelling of Beowulf. Most people would know the movie that came from it... "The 13th Warrior". The book is better (of course).
@@KennethAunio Aww, don't say that. It's one of my favourite movies along with Sleepy Hollow.
@@HiddenEvilStudios Never said I didn't like the movie. I actually like it quite a bit. I watch it whenever I happen upon it.
18:20 I agree. And I think most people do in another context.
For example in american tv the executioner says "by order the state of Wherever you will be put to death by However (current of electricity, usually) ...may god have mercy on your soul..." He said god! Now we can say Christian Americans do human sacrifice! few people would agree with that, so too for the old Nords.
Every society has a little bit of human sacrifice. Just depends on how it shows itself. Lol
Doesn't even need to be that. If you send a forensics/ archeological team in the far future to an American school, you could say that these were prison like sacrificial chambers where they committed child sacrifices.
@@johnnygreenface4195now its just called abortion
"Drengr", the only nickname worthy of attaining.
Just dont flaunt term around today. In modern danish dreng is an pre-teen boy, if used on older males… its mostly as a mockery for them being immature and unmanly… It gets this meaning very early in Denmark, perhaps allready toward the end of the viking age/beginning danish middle ages… where Svend becomes the term for a warrior.
Estonia mentioned! 🤗 as an Estonian I have to just say it... kind of a rule. Love this channel! Thank you for your insights Metatron.
Estonia, Letland and Litauen are old settelments of the Norse, our DNA is similar same with the Rus, I remeber when the EU was debating if they should let those 3 countries in to the Union, the Scandinavian Countries was pushing for it as we argue that it is our long lost cousins.
Btw as a Dane and after the EU have existed for +30 yeas I would rather have seen a Scandinavian/Kalmar Union, maybe with Estonia, Letland and Litauen in it aswell.
Viking Age Expert answer questions from…… TWITTER? Oh good lord
She was much more fair and informative than I expected a modern historian on a major media platform to be! Good video!
Bloody Vikings coming over ere taking our woman ! 😂
Oi mate you got a license fer that woman?
24:58 Carnelian is a pretty common material in Europe and around the European continent, anyone into collecting minerals and rocks knows that, often can be found around waterways, basically it can be found with relative ease once certain area is known for having it. Carnelian is a mineral used for making beads and intaglios throughout history like in the ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
she is very good, actually grounded in reality unlike that other guy that kept trying to claim everything was racist and gay.
Also something important I was dissapointed Metatron never pointed out.
Most ancient religions practiced "human sacrifices" even christianity had crucifixion and execution of many kinds.
@@gustaf3811 Wow, you commented this on every comment where it vaguely makes sense. Good job, high class discourse-bait. You actually got me the first time. Won't make that mistake again.
Yes compared to the other woke guy she was many degrees better and more accurate.
@@gustaf3811 "even christianity had crucifixion and execution of many kinds" Burning at the stake is not crucifixion.
5:40 When sth like a Benedictine monk decided to become missionary in Sweden (maybe Norway too, but he died in Sweden), do you think it took him hearing the recitation of Beowulf to sympathise sufficiently with peoples of the region?
Well, in her defense, Thor is a name used quite a lot in Scandinavia, and Thorson (or derivatives like Thorsen or Torson/sen) are common. Was it common then? I don't know. It does not mean you are the child of THOR though :D
And yes. Metatron, do another. I quite liked your (as usual) based reaction and analysis.
Jarman's book River Kings is a fascinating read where she goes into detail with many of these points.
Loved this! Thank you for giving me the wholesome content I needed this evening. I can also see you combing your hair in the bathtub with a bone comb (runic inscription saying I Belong To Metatron) while your wife complains you're clogging the drains and hogging all the hot water... XD
In the 50s, before we had a shower in the house, bath day was always Saturday in my family. It was taken at night before bed, to be ready for church in the morning. It never occurred to me it was a possible link to our Viking ancestors. My parents could have made much use of that knowledge, persuading me to get in the bath tub and I would have enjoyed bath day much more. After showers were installed when I was about 13 everyone took showers almost daily, and bath day was not a thing anymore, except for my dad who stuck to the old tradition yet he took baths more frequently in addition to Saturday.
That´s hilarious. In Denmark we always enjoyed Saturday ("day of satire") being the weekly mocking day when we were all supposed to poke fun on one another and any foreigner and all authorities like the Vikings used to do. Saturday is indeed called lørdag/løjerdag In Danish after all, from Old Danish: Laugardagr, from "Laugar" = modern Danish: "løjer" meaning pranks, jokes, and also modern Danish "løjerlig" meaning hilarious, ridiculous or just weird.
Especially we loved the old tradition of mocking all the ridiculous folks who would waste their Saturdays taking baths and washing clothes because they apparently were confused about what "løjer" and "lørdag" actually means.
I recommend reading Ludvig Holberg (1684 - 1754) who really brought to perfection the traditional Danish-Norwegian style of Saturday mockery and ridicule.
Saturday is Lördag in Swedish, which comes from Löga, which means clean
Saturday (day of satire/satyr play) is "lørdag" in Danish which comes from (1) "løjer" meaning pranks, mockery, ridicule and (2)"løjerlig" meaning hilarious, ridiculous, strange and weird. From Old Danish "Laugar"+ "Dag" = lørdag. Lørdag was the week day were pranks and mockery were encouraged and people were enjoying satyr plays and comedies.
@@jesperlykkeberg7438 That's very interesting, I can see some connnecting points.
Lör is very close to Lura, which means to trick someone.in Swedish, we also have the word "löjlig" meaning "redicilous".
Languages are interesting!
13:29 A more likely indication that some of those female skeletons buried with weapons were indeed of female warriors could be that the bones of one of their arms were thicker and more dense, as it happens with those of male warriors.
The human sacrifice is not in question. The expert does not mention the sacrificing of young women, for which we have the record of Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, whose journal might be the best we have for some of the Viking culture. It was not written to influence the public but to tell help his bosses.
And it is important to remember that "Viking" is hugely broad, and this does not mean all Vikings did this. There's a lot we don't know.
In the same way, many Native American tribes practiced sacrifice. Many did not.
The question is irrelevant today. Many cultures had it, like the natives from South and Central American and they are all considered good.
@@kyleolson8977 Vikings were not a group of people it was a verb for a small (5% is the estimate I have seen) group that went on viking, as a verb, expeditions during part of the year. So of those while viking would do things like invade others and another group viking would simply trade.
@@patrickbertlein4626Another theory is that it means raider.
@@patrickbertlein4626 Viking Vikingr means adventure so it's majority but which group of the Vikings is talked about
Really enjoyed this video 👌🏻 Greetings from Iceland 🇮🇸
That the women warriors were callde shield maidens instead of sword, spear or axe maidens could suggest that their role were defensive. Maybe the formed a home guard when the men were away or something like that.
Very likely. That's what the onnabugeisha were in feudal Japan: women trained in the naginata polearm to defend the home while the men were at war.
Or they went with the men on raids but more in a support role, there's definitely women mentioned in sagas - Freydís Eiríksdóttir for one. Many seem to have also settled in Britain, coming with their menfolk, if they went around fighting en masse you'd think someone would have mentioned it, but equally seems a little unlikely that they'd all sit and crochet while the men fought. And yes there was little in the way of central control in early Viking era especially, back in Scandinavia, so they must have needed to defend their homes on occasion.
Interesting. If we're basing _solely_ on the name, there are actually quite a few interpretation that can be done. One is yours. Another is they're the frontliners. Or maybe they're the ones that are assigned to make and/or maintain the shields to be used in battle. But yeah, I don't claim any expertise in any of these subjects and I'm just putting some ideas using literally *just* the name.
I first watched the original video and then your video, and i had a great time with your video despite already having seen the original one.
The fact that she didn't say Gange-Rolv and Aud The Deep Minded
I'm not sure if Metatron is delighted or disappointed to finally find an expert he broadly agrees with.
I heard many cultures gave women who died in childbirth funerary rites similar to those of a warrior and may have even laid weapons down with them because childbirth was often considered a woman's battle.
Yes like the prehistoric woman whose pelvis was cracked and the baby stuck. Buried like a warrior symbolically.
You could argue that Hygelac/Chlochilaicus faild raid into frisia pushes the Viking age back to atleast 516
Norse is a language group, the norse themselves spoke a variety of versions of old norse. Viking however is an activity, it´s something you do, quite common among younger men who were looking for fame and riches so they could settle down back home.
Literally just translates to north too. "Why yes, I live in the north."
I've seen those Wired videos, and they have experts of all kinds. They all sound very much like they know what they're talking about. Seeing your video is nice because it provides another "source" to verify that they actually are who they say they are.
I was told by an expert, that you shouldn´t blindly believe everything experts tells us, and since he was an expert, I guess you have to believe that.
My Danish great grandmother: "WE were VIKINGS!"
@@gcanaday1 Based Granny.
Remembering back to the guided tour at Björkö I forced my kids to endour, it was the "New York" at the time, THE Place to be and if you couldn't then at least you could get your relatives to transport your corpse there so that you could be buried at "The Big Apple". So Birka graves are basically a treasure trove of rich people who wanted to be there. Also, they ain't digging up anymore graves as they've concluded that little new knowledge would be gained. But there are hundreds of intact graves on the island.
Also fascinating, the fact that vikings probably had no problem converting to Christianity because they basically saw it as a way to gain important trading partners. 😂
I like to imagine that every ''viking'', including women and children, were trained to defend their village/city/home or as a last resort ? Edit: forgot to add this: this could be one of many explanations why some women had weapon at their side.
I think saying they were trained might be far fetched, but having to do it as a last resort is something I can see happening.
If a woman is in her home, her husband is away and someone invades it during a raid, I can see her using an axe or something of the sort to try and fight back, maybe even succeed in fighting back.
Yeah seems like what I would do.
I don't know if this is a myth, but I've heard that about spartan woman. I'm pretty sure it's true, but I don't wanna swear over it. They feared a slave revolt, since they had more slaves than free population at home (many were at war)
@@LenaFerrari That is pretty much what the lore seems to indicate if I remember correctly. They had their own less brutal version of military training. The Spartan military school was the best in Greece, and other Greeks also tried to train there sometimes as well.
@@jmw1500 yeah, that's what I remember. But I learned that in school, and I've find out a lot I've learned in school was bs
as an Icelander we would heartily welcome you and your wife to Iceland, it is a great place to visit with many Viking museums and interesting geological places to see. Hope that you will visit one day. Best regards from Geir Gunnarsson (Geir means weapon or spear and Gunnarsson is son of Gunnar which means Brave or bold warrior)
I dunno about human sacrifice, but they were definitely black.
huh?
@boyeatsworld-vr9ci probably a joke
@@boyeatsworld-vr9ci “Vikings: Valhalla,” and Screen Rant told me they were black. And my grandmother told me Cleopatra was black too! And they had black samurai. Did you know that?
Are you an FBA? 😂😂
@@silverbackag9790 you have the greatest sources
Acc. to Snorri Sturluson, the Swedish King Domalde was sacrificed to avert famine, when after the first autumns sacrifice of oxen, the second of men, they agreed that the scarcity was on behalf of the King, which was assaulted & killed & the Stall of the Gods (the temple of Uppsala), was sprinkled with his blood.
There is a well known painting from 1915 "Midvinterblot" (Mid Winter Sacrifice), by Carl Larsson @ Nationalmuseum. It has iconic status in Swedish art history. The way Carl Larsson painted it, the King offerred himself. But assaulted sound much more like the Sagas...
Yes, the ritual sacrifice of the king has happened in the Celtic culture, too. It's part of the job, really.
We got metatron daily updates before GTA 6
GTA6 is likely gonna be woke, skip it.
Awesome video Metatron. And I did understand the civilization game reference :) (big civ2, civ3 player). Looking forward for your next one.
Not to detract from her, since she's clearly very competent on her field, it's also rather tragic that we've come to this point, where we almost expect an expert (in any field) to be either incompetent or dishonest.
Great video. I enjoyed seeing a more light-hearted Metatron, not pulling his luscious locks out.
the Edda is not just a saga, it includes the Havamal, which is part of the Codex regius it describes behavior, Sitte, Moral, rules and wisdom.
I get fed up with weed heads trying to impose their dirty habit on everyone, the Japanese had the plant they used it for hemp, thats all. considering the vikings traveled the sea I'm sure good rope was of the upmost importance.
Cope
Nah, lots of people have used it, especially Indo-Europeans and Aryan groups.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, whose practice is vastly long. Weed is known as Ma Fey. It's been utilised as a direct consumption for its medicinal effects in Asia for centuries. Interestingly it was considered more a herb for womens problems in Chinese tradition and wasn't great for Manliness. Japanese medicinal tradition derived from Chinese. So it was used. Although not likely in the way stoners do at all. Just another helpful thing in a long list.
@@SnailShoes medicine isn't what the weed heads use it for, thats just an excuse and they seem oblivious to that fact its been genetically modified for decades for them to get increasingly stoned, even stoners from the 1960s say they can't handle the strains of today they are too strong. if a grave was found with a bag of seeds I think they would have been far more prized for their practicality, I.E rope, good rope for sea faring rather then a mild medicine.
Always enjoy your content. I appreciate your honest and professional nature! No bullshit. Just the facts.
A big reason why the Arabic people thought the ‘rus were disgusting is because “apparently” muslim folk only wash under running or poured water (meaning it can’t be stagnant and rotting, unintentionally they preferred the conditions to not allow bacteria)
Almost liked they learned it from Romans my
This was great. I’d seen this video come across my feed because I watch a lot of content about Scandinavian history and modern inclusive Heathenry, but as it came from Wired, I was skeptical of the quality. What a pleasant surprise to find it gels with my own research so far. I have a lot of Scandinavian history from the Viking Age in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Ukraine. On my father’s side were very fortunate to have very intact records going back to the 8th century. Needless to say, I’m fascinated about this culture. When she talked about what they did for fun, I was surprised she didn’t mention the board games they had. Similar to chess, it was based on strategy. The way also had dice. Probably the most interesting is their storytelling traditions. Only a few people could read and write, it was a largely oral society and she could have tied that in when she talked about the sagas having been written after the Viking age. She could have told about the importance of the skal and oral tradition. I’m glad I got to see your commentary while also seeing this video. Thanks for your input. I’d definitely like more videos on their expert pieces.
Many of our Danish last names like Petersen or Jacobsen or Hansen or Rasmusen or Jørnsen etc etc is just the name of the father and the Sen is son like Peters-son or Jacobs-son aso. they do the same in Sweden, Norway and Island.
About offensiv nick names, well what can I say, the Viking age is like to opposite to moden day wokeness, we still like to tease each other and banter and ridicule the attemt of wokeness.
The Norse society was and is not very violent, how ever when we did go vikinge it was often used, but we did just as much trading as we did plundering, just Hollywood that don`t focus on that part and all this searching for women warriors in every culture begin to get silly.
I have never heard of human sacrifice in our culture or in Norse mytology, it was for sure not the norm, just the fact that you have to go and search for it and only find a few that maybe suggest it did happen, show that it was`t a part of our every day culture.
Norse is a people, viking is more of a occupations and danes is english, in Danish it is Dannerne and that mostlikely come from the tribe of Dan and before that the Phoenicians, even our boats and sails are very similar and other things also suggest a connection.
And sure we did use the Northstar (polaris) to navigat (my great great grandfather was a sea captain from Gotland and even then where they did have compas and Sextant they still used it) as it never move on our rotatin, spinning flying globe .......
And sure Lørdag or søndag was the bath days in the past, not have to go future back then my grandparents, hot water was boild in the basement and all the people in the block wash their children and them self and their closed.
And yes we are very proude of our Culture and past, we where great seamen and cunning traders and warriors.
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It's so refreshing seeing such a well made video from Wired and the Viking expert. She was extremely informative
She was!
Who's going back and rewatching the "13 warrior"?????
26:40 Viking is someone who does the job of the viking. (But in this case it is not a meme but actually truth. Viking is not a nation, or culture, but a job)
My grandmother told me that Vikings were black…
I really like this lady, she reminds me of those good teachers who like their subject
I wonder if norse merchants were discriminated against because of vikings.
Considering they were often the same people (raiding weak targets, then trading where it was too dangerous or more profitable than fighting), it would make sense there was some apprehension.
@@kingleech16 Correct, one and the same.
Just a copy of my last post:
Many of our Danish last names like Petersen or Jacobsen or Hansen or Rasmusen or Jørnsen etc etc is just the name of the father and the Sen is son like Peters-son or Jacobs-son aso. they do the same in Sweden, Norway and Island.
About offensiv nick names, well what can I say, the Viking age is like to opposite to moden day wokeness, we still like to tease each other and banter and ridicule the attemt of wokeness.
The Norse society was and is not very violent, how ever when we did go vikinge it was often used, but we did just as much trading as we did plundering, just Hollywood that don`t focus on that part and all this searching for women warriors in every culture begin to get silly.
I have never heard of human sacrifice in our culture or in Norse mytology, it was for sure not the norm, just the fact that you have to go and search for it and only find a few that maybe suggest it did happen, show that it was`t a part of our every day culture.
Norse is a people, viking is more of a occupations and danes is english, in Danish it is Dannerne and that mostlikely come from the tribe of Dan and before that the Phoenicians, even our boats and sails are very similar and other things also suggest a connection.
And sure we did use the Northstar (polaris) to navigat (my great great grandfather was a sea captain from Gotland and even then where they did have compas and Sextant they still used it) as it never move on our rotatin, spinning flying globe .......
And sure Lørdag or søndag was the bath days in the past, not have to go future back then my grandparents, hot water was boild in the basement and all the people in the block wash their children and them self and their closed.
And yes we are very proude of our Culture and past, we where great seamen and cunning traders and warriors.
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i was expecting a roast but got a lot of head nodding instead. good video from you & surprisingly from wired this time
Metatron, hello from Louisiana in the USA! I submitted my DNA for testing about 7 years ago. I always knew about the "Highland Scottish" in my family line, from both father and mother, but was surprised to see about 20% Scandinavian in my DNA! I knew nothing of Scandinavian ancestors, so I had to think about the results for about 5 minutes. It then became obvious... Vikings! LOL. Very fair skin with blonde hair and blue-green eyes. Obvious! And my people have been in the USA since before our Revolutionary War. DNA is a wild ride sometimes! You never know what you're going to find! Great video, thank you!
well, the Vikings did a lot of "socialising' with the Scots ;)
@elingrome5853 Yes, they did! LOL
“Olaf the Witch breaker” might be one of the hardest nicknames I’ve ever heard.
This reminds me of that maniac Prof in England who was convinced that Richard III was not a hunchback - it was all HATE propaganda by his enemies.. then they found his body... he had a hunchback
ooooopzi!!!
When mentioning the citizenship test, I recalled a course in Buddhism that I took in college many years ago. One of the questions on the exam for that course was "What did the Buddha realise upon his enlightenment?". It was very, very hard to resist answering "If I knew that, I'd be a Buddha as well".
Viking: verb
Norse: tribes derived from germanic bloodlines
*Norse: Scandinavian tribes which spoke Norse and derived from germanic bloodlines
Nah, even scholars use the term viking to describe the ethnic group. Norse often refers to the language.
@@faust8218 just because people do that doesn't make it right. It's a verb
@@Kanasubigi896 This is sort of true, as Norse also includes Iceland and Greenland which are outside of Scandinavia, but their people did originate in Scandinavia as they migrated there to Iceland from Norway at the beginning of the Viking age. There’s also Scandinavians who aren’t Norse, such as the Sami, just as an interesting side note.
@@LatimusChadimus What do you mean "doesn't make it right"? You realize that language is pragmatic and that words change meaning all the time, right? The ancient Greek people did not call themselves by the modern English word "Greek" either. Does that make it wrong to refer to them as Greek? In modern parlance, we often use the word viking to refer to the ethnic group. Again, as I said, even norse scholars use the term this way.
Furthermore, why do you only apply this rigid, traditional definition to the word "viking" but not the word "norse"? The word norse only referred to the language itself historically. If viking is a verb because that's the way it was used during the viking age, why doesn't the word norse just refer to the language?
I'm just fascinated about your recommended section on the right side of the video. Bro has identical recommendations as I do.
Does anyone remember when the Swedish Minister of Culture ordered a bunch of viking and iron age artifacts melted down for scrap metal?
@@AliceBowie I do. All the more reason my initial impression is one of cynicism.
Why
@@Hoe-numan5 Ideology.
interesting, heres what chatgpt has to say: "
Yes, there was a controversy in 2023 involving Swedish authorities ordering the destruction of Viking and Iron Age artifacts, but it wasn't specifically initiated by the Swedish Minister of Culture. The issue stemmed from a mistake made by the Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) and the County Administrative Board of Gotland, where about 1,200 historical artifacts, including items from the Viking and Iron Ages, were melted down or destroyed.
These artifacts had been discovered by metal detectorists and, after being recorded, were sent for disposal rather than preservation, as they were deemed not of high value. This sparked a public outcry, especially considering Sweden’s rich Viking history. The situation led to criticism of how authorities handle cultural heritage.
However, the Minister of Culture, Parisa Liljestrand, was called to address the matter in the aftermath, though she did not order the destruction herself. The incident highlighted the need for better processes in managing historical findings."
interested in anyones thoughts...
He should have been þe minister of cultural swines
It was pleasantly refreshing to watch a video about history and not want to pull my hair out while listening😂
Thank you Metatron, more please.
Imagine getting triggered by your own workload on a daily basis
33:54, very interesting. If you're Swedish there's a solid chance you've seen Hem till Midgård, a known parody (within the country). And there's a certain scene where this specific thing happens. Never thought i'd be reminded of it in this way, knowing that scene is actually historically accurate