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Mikið rosalega er þetta vel gert hjá ykkur, ha! Til hamingju, og takk fyrir okkur! ===== direct A lot awesome is this well done with you, ha! To happyness, and thanks for us! ===== correct-ish Very awesome and well done you guys, ha! Congratulations, and thanks for us!
A while ago someone told me Greenland got its name because the Icelandic people wanted to be left alone and wanted to divert everyone else to someplace else. This story is actually funnier.
Another one I heard is that they called it Greenland for propaganda reasons to actually get people to settle there, because otherwise nobody would come there
Tale of Eric the Red: Father gets exiled to Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument. Eric gets exiled from Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument. Goes to an English isle, ends up killing neighbors in an argument. Finds a place with no neighbors to bug him. Said territory is an icy wilderness which needs a lot of people to tame and develop - i.e. more neighbors. Eric: FML.
And his son Leifur Eiríksson/Leifur heppni(Leif Erikson) is exiled from Greenland for killing his neighbor and discovers Canada. Like he said, killing goes in his family.
When I visited Iceland, I was awed by its beauty. It's truly like no other places in this world. These sort of videos make me wonder if these explorers felt the same. I like to think they did.
Well, things have changed quite a bit there since back then. First of all, you know those purple flowers everywhere on Iceland these days? Those are a invasive species that arrived just a few years ago and has been spreading like wildfire. Oh, and you know all those dry areas with sand? Back in the days those where forests. Not big oak trees or anything of that sort of course. Small hardy trees like you'll find in Northern Norway today barely taller then a man when shielded from the wind, and in less sheltered areas the trees are even smaller.
And that's How Greenland and Iceland got their confusing names. One because of Unusually harsh Winters, the other Because that one Jerk couldn't live there all by himself no matter how hard he tried XD
Between this, Operation Odysseus (a collaboration of a bunch of channels about naval history) and both World War Two and TimeGhost uploading I'm overwhelmed by awesome historical content today.
This video is pretty badly researched and presented. I like a lot of their other stuff but as a person who knows quite a bit of the source material these guys are butchering it or just didn't read it at all.
@@AurelioSon no. Because fuck the union. The only way i'd like to see the north united would be as a constitutional republic, akin to the US with local laws plus a federal government, otherwise cultural differences would probably tear it apart too fast.
Close! 'Circumvent' would mean that he avoided the island, which you could kind of say he had, but I think the oft overlooked 'circumnavigate' takes the verbal cake here, friends! Sorry, I couldn't help myself...
Iceland is still going through its literary explosion. They have the most authors per head of any country in the world I believe. 1 in every 10 Icelanders has had a book published and they have the biggest number of books per person as well.
wich is pretty weird considering we tend to name everything as literal as possible. A farm owned by a guy named Sven? Sven's Farm. A kingdom inhabited by franks? Frankrealm. A smokey bay? Smokebay. A country covered by ice? Greenland!.. wait WHAT
In all fairness, a thousand years ago Greenland was more green. You could grow barley and wheat there. Just recently it has become hot enough to grow potatoes there.
Chicken Kentucky I like how the history channel used to be high-quality shows and documentaries. Now it’s just: “Was Jesus an alien?” and a bald man saying “I work here with my son, Hoss.”
Although it gives me great pleasure to hear non natives pronounce our silly names and failing in the most spectacular manner i must say well done. You had a good go at it :)
I just love it when Viking names are still comprehensible from a modern Norwegian perspective. “Røyk” is “smoke” (pronounced only slightly differently), “vik” is still “bay”.
Thor: "Hey, Aegir, one of my guys asked me for some input on where he should settle. But he did that by dumping some stuff in the ocean. That's not really my area of expertise, so I wanted to ask if-" Aegir: "I'm still kinda pissed about all the stuff you broke last time I threw a party for you guys...but don't worry, I'll find some place _very_ nice to stick him. Heh..."
@@FOLIPE Let me disagree. There a lot of important and decisive moments in the brazilian history that defined what we are today, some of then arent even studied in school for the reason that, well, there are simply much to be seen. A period so long like the Empire is in nothing less important and exciting than the others, but has one difference among the times that came before: temporal proximity. The Empire is one of the first times when we can see with more clarity where all the the decisons, events, and changes that came before and during this period are leading in contemporary Brazil. Its the time of the ascencion of São Paulo as the economic heart of the country, of the great decadence of Brazilian Northeast (of which it havent totaly recoverd even to this days), the unwritten rules of brazilian politcs, the paper that we would take in South America diplomacy, all of which and much more happened or was solidified in the lifespan of the Empire. So no, friend. As a brazilian I cant stand give little credit to any moment of our history, and the Empire is for sure one of the most decisive of it in a national scale. It has much to be seen and studied and, as any other moment, has a great value to define what we are today.
@@macanaeh Extra Credits disagree with you. See series like Majapahit, Zulu Empire, Kamehameha The Great and you'll notice that this channel has plenty of no euro-centric nor northen-centric content. I just undertand, like the makers of Extra Credits, how the history of all nations are important to define humanity, and was tring to suggest another theme for them to talk about. If you can't see the importance of this, I feel sory for you. By the way, we don't fall becouse of gravity. And up and down are references that dont realy make sense in the scale of Earth or bigger.
I loved this video. And as an Icelander I can confirm many of the things as in our Icelandic class we learn our history, although I did not know Eiríkur rauði(Erik the red) settled on the north west of Greenland and he named it that as a scam. I thought he landed on the south part in the summer where there would be more green and that's why he named it that(Plus to lure people in).
"So you're telling me in order for me to get away from all my neighbors... I need to go out and recruit some people to be my neighbors..." - Erik the Red
You know, I actually love the new narrator. Hes perfect for stories like this, of adventure and bloodshed. Nobodys complaining anymore, so I think everyone agees! Still miss Dan a little though.
I love the creativity on this channel. Simple things that most wouldn't think to do, like the chest that was a book referring to cultural treasure. Just one of the many reasons I enjoy your stuff!
Flóki is also the name of a single malt whiskey they started making in Iceland a few years ago. It's expensive (at least by my standards, around 10,000 Krónur if I remember right, £70 ~ 90USD), but it's nice. It's Iceland's fist and only commerically produced whiskey, so they named it after the first person to give Iceland its current name, Flóki Vilgerðarson. I quite like that little nod to history in something as simple as a name.
Erik the red, the man who performed the earliest real estate scam and was hated to the degree that people wrote a saga to inform the world what a neighbour killer and liar he is...🤦🏻♂️
When the clans used to meet their meeting place was between the two tectonic plates of Euroasia and North America. There are also some waterfalls near by. It's honestly beautiful there.
Excellent video! Honorable of you, Extra credits. Well done. One of my all time fave channels. The video game 'how to do', is just wonderful too. I learn so much from you guys. You deserve very good. Gangi ykkur sem best vinir, já og okkur öllum. Takk.
Harald Fairhair, son of Halfdan the Black, next king was Eric Bloodaxe, followed by Haakon the Good (his younger brother). Next was Harald Greycloak, and then a few danish kings, before we get to Olaf the Stout, better known as St. Olaf. Given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae in 1169, along with a canonisation by Pope Alexander III. Then came Magnus the Good, and Harald Hardrule. Later we get Magnus Barefoot followed by Sigurd the Crusader, and Magnus the Blind. Even later we are granted with kings with names like Haakon the Crazy and Magnus Law-mender or Lawmaker.
@@GardEngebretsen If by wrong you mean closer to the original pronounciation, you would be flat wrong, Icelandic is closer to old norse than any other living language. Besides, our pronounciations of Icelandic names are by definition correct as they are the icelandic pronounciations for those places.
-Hey, Eric, there is no green land here! -Oh, you thought I meant it literally! No, it was more the "green is the color of hope" kind of stuff *Neighbor quarrel ensues
0:50 Nobody was better than they were. It wasn't until the magnetic compass was perfected by the 14th century that long distance travel across the open ocean became possible.
I've heard before the pre-christian iceland was something like anarcho-capitalism before that was a thing. Something like the chiefdom wasn't just a geographical thing, but you could choose who you were ruled by, or sometimes it was bought by rich men
1:08 Those vikings were under the leadership of the famous Björn Ironside who mistook the city for Rome due to it's impregnable defenses Fun Fact: He managed to get into the city by telling the bishops that he had converted to christianity and was on his deathbed. Believing he had died the brough him and a band of vikings into the city to bury him. Then Bjorn jumped out of the coffin and fought his way through the city and then opened up it's gates.
There once was a "hero" named Eric the Red Who stabbed all his neighbours until they were dead And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade As he told of new land, a discovery he'd made...
And thus we get the irony, questioned by all grade school students who are just learning these names, of Iceland, a relatively green land, and Greenland, made almost entirely of ice. :)
Snorri Sturluson was a great help for me to find and continue my family ancestory from Harald Hardrada who is my 31st grandfather which meant thanks to Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla Harald Fairhair is my 34th grandfather.
Greenland was the original clickbait. May I also point out that Alþing(i) translates to the congress/assembly of all. By calling it althing at 5:24 it is implied it is all things. Not really an error on your behalf since you were not really translating it but I wanted to point it out. Not terrible with the pronunciation btw, I know it is difficult unless you really practice. p.s. only the chieftains/goðar were allowed to really participate in lawmaking at Alþing, who needs the common pepole :D
The Scandinavians stumbled on Iceland, bewildered at first by its desolation--then realized that it was perfect for settlers and saga-writers.
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Your history is so good! I can't wait to see what you come up with next.
Im from Iceland or Ísland and love your channel and am learning about how Iceland was found
Uh I think there's a artistic mistake at 1:43?
Mikið rosalega er þetta vel gert hjá ykkur, ha! Til hamingju, og takk fyrir okkur!
===== direct
A lot awesome is this well done with you, ha! To happyness, and thanks for us!
===== correct-ish
Very awesome and well done you guys, ha! Congratulations, and thanks for us!
Could the next video be about Vinland and Leif Eriksson?
A while ago someone told me Greenland got its name because the Icelandic people wanted to be left alone and wanted to divert everyone else to someplace else. This story is actually funnier.
DragoniteSpam there are many stories that are told. I think I’ve told a few different stories. Lol
It is likely also true with the run on the limited land in more temperate areas.
Very true
Another one I heard is that they called it Greenland for propaganda reasons to actually get people to settle there, because otherwise nobody would come there
I heard it was a Viking kin in Iceland that got booted out and he found Greenland and called it that to trick people into coming over there
Tale of Eric the Red:
Father gets exiled to Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument.
Eric gets exiled from Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument.
Goes to an English isle, ends up killing neighbors in an argument.
Finds a place with no neighbors to bug him.
Said territory is an icy wilderness which needs a lot of people to tame and develop - i.e. more neighbors.
Eric: FML.
Yep!
🤣
If you thought this has a happy ending Erik you clearly are not paying attention - his wife
'No matter where I live, all my neighbors are assholes' rewrites as ' I'm an asshole' in most cases.
And his son Leifur Eiríksson/Leifur heppni(Leif Erikson) is exiled from Greenland for killing his neighbor and discovers Canada. Like he said, killing goes in his family.
It's not often that I laugh out loud when watching Extra History.. But that flower punching Erik in the face got to me XD
I loved the jumping black eye, as well...
yeah, the animations in this one are particularly good
When I visited Iceland, I was awed by its beauty. It's truly like no other places in this world.
These sort of videos make me wonder if these explorers felt the same. I like to think they did.
They probably did but much more extreme since no one really had seen it hefore so no pictures or stories or anything
Well, things have changed quite a bit there since back then.
First of all, you know those purple flowers everywhere on Iceland these days?
Those are a invasive species that arrived just a few years ago and has been spreading like wildfire.
Oh, and you know all those dry areas with sand?
Back in the days those where forests.
Not big oak trees or anything of that sort of course.
Small hardy trees like you'll find in Northern Norway today barely taller then a man when shielded from the wind, and in less sheltered areas the trees are even smaller.
@HolyMolyOllyPolly True, if we don't punish you, the Huldufólk will. They own the lava fields, not us Icelanders.
Erik the Red: Busy discoverer, neighbor-hater, inventor of the real state industry and of publicity scams.
as stated in the video: he didn't discover shit.
Erik the Red: Father of all shady real-estate business, spinner of tales and Neighbor-murderer (3x)
Viking version of Trump...
my kind of guy
And that's How Greenland and Iceland got their confusing names. One because of Unusually harsh Winters, the other Because that one Jerk couldn't live there all by himself no matter how hard he tried XD
“In the name of Odin’s might, Eric, stop killing the neighborhood! Why you looking me that way?”
Damn, the jojo reference.
KONO DIO DA!!!
3:20 for those that aren’t in the know
I can't believe I would live to see a goddamn jojo reference in this channel..
You thought this was Extra History.
But it was me, Dio!
@@musicmadness301916 everything is a jojo reference 🙆🏻♂️
Between this, Operation Odysseus (a collaboration of a bunch of channels about naval history) and both World War Two and TimeGhost uploading I'm overwhelmed by awesome historical content today.
I wish to put another like right now
This video is pretty badly researched and presented. I like a lot of their other stuff but as a person who knows quite a bit of the source material these guys are butchering it or just didn't read it at all.
"content"
I just finished up Operation Odesseus today! Led me to a couple channels I wasn't aware of and liked.
3:19 A surprise, to be sure, but a welcomed one...
You thought it was a Sith Lord but it was me, Dio!
DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This must be the work of an enemy Stand!
You thought it was a random settler, Kono Dio Da!
So Greenland is named after a marketing scam?
Hang on while I tell this to every Dane I know!
//Swede
We already know
yeah but you're Swedish, and no-one cares what Svenskefaen thinks, now buy more oil!
-A Norwegian
@@Plankensen Can't you guys unite again as brothers as the Kalmar Union and share your precious oil?
@@AurelioSon no. Because fuck the union. The only way i'd like to see the north united would be as a constitutional republic, akin to the US with local laws plus a federal government, otherwise cultural differences would probably tear it apart too fast.
We know that already
Being icelandic I am very happy that you made this
Your homeland is beautiful. I just hope one day to visit it.
Kannski Ekki That’s the most icelandic thing to say on the internet
Being Faroese, I'm excited that he mentioned us.
Kannski Ekki
I am sure you and the 5 other Icelanders are happy :)
Being swedish i have no time for either of you western islanders, since the only islands im interested in are Åland and Gotland.
*Greenland* -- Cold and very snowy
*Iceland* -- Full of green grasses
Me: WAT DA FU--
me to I told that to my teacher once and they told me they don't know either why
Iceland is hardly full of green grasses but it was still more green than Greenland. Also Iceland has glaciers and snow that justifies the name
Scandinavians: You just got pranked, bro!
@@SergioKoolhaas that actually was the reason why it was named that. They wanted to trick people.
try and look at pictures of greenland its pretty green yo!
"Let's just ask for directions"
"good idea my dear, I'm going to let these ravens lose and they will tell us the way"
Close! 'Circumvent' would mean that he avoided the island, which you could kind of say he had, but I think the oft overlooked 'circumnavigate' takes the verbal cake here, friends! Sorry, I couldn't help myself...
3:20
“You thought it was just a random viking, but it was me, DIO!”
Aim for the Faroe, and if you miss, you'll land among the ice.
Iceland is still going through its literary explosion. They have the most authors per head of any country in the world I believe. 1 in every 10 Icelanders has had a book published and they have the biggest number of books per person as well.
3:20 it's him, Dio!
Vikings named the green island *Iceland* and the icy one *Greenland.*
*_>GENIUS._*
wich is pretty weird considering we tend to name everything as literal as possible. A farm owned by a guy named Sven? Sven's Farm. A kingdom inhabited by franks? Frankrealm. A smokey bay? Smokebay. A country covered by ice? Greenland!.. wait WHAT
1 trillion IQ
In all fairness, a thousand years ago Greenland was more green. You could grow barley and wheat there. Just recently it has become hot enough to grow potatoes there.
Well we named the most dangerous ocean Pacific, the most dangerous cape Good Hope.
3:20 JOJO reference
KONO DIO DA！
mudamudamudamudamudamudamudamuda
@@shockedgame5558 oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
Zhaohui Deng Nani
Bakada Co dO diO
*WWRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY*
researchinbreeder dio
(Jotoro)
I will never get sick of these videos. I love how you guys bring these histories to life.
Vikings: Accidental Discoverers
JohnnyDaPrankstaGangsta hey, as long as it works
Next time on the History Channel: Were vikings really Aliens?
Woops I've ended up somewhere.
Chicken Kentucky I like how the history channel used to be high-quality shows and documentaries. Now it’s just: “Was Jesus an alien?” and a bald man saying “I work here with my son, Hoss.”
Greetings from Iceland! Love your channel
Reading the Sagas is so much fun. Seeing the proceedings of the Alþing is fascinating
Although it gives me great pleasure to hear non natives pronounce our silly names and failing in the most spectacular manner i must say well done. You had a good go at it :)
8:32 Even the black eye goes viking...
I just love it when Viking names are still comprehensible from a modern Norwegian perspective. “Røyk” is “smoke” (pronounced only slightly differently), “vik” is still “bay”.
I love extra-history so much, thank you for your hardwork.
Thor: "Hey, Aegir, one of my guys asked me for some input on where he should settle. But he did that by dumping some stuff in the ocean. That's not really my area of expertise, so I wanted to ask if-"
Aegir: "I'm still kinda pissed about all the stuff you broke last time I threw a party for you guys...but don't worry, I'll find some place _very_ nice to stick him. Heh..."
I have not often been as proud to be Icelandic as I am right now, watching extra credits.
You could make a series about the two emperors of Brazil, Pedro I and Pedro II
Brazil had Emporers? Color me intrigued.
Pedro, Pedro 2 Electric Boogaloo.
I don't think that be that interesting. The most exciting time in our history is probably the colonial era.
@@FOLIPE Let me disagree. There a lot of important and decisive moments in the brazilian history that defined what we are today, some of then arent even studied in school for the reason that, well, there are simply much to be seen.
A period so long like the Empire is in nothing less important and exciting than the others, but has one difference among the times that came before: temporal proximity. The Empire is one of the first times when we can see with more clarity where all the the decisons, events, and changes that came before and during this period are leading in contemporary Brazil.
Its the time of the ascencion of São Paulo as the economic heart of the country, of the great decadence of Brazilian Northeast (of which it havent totaly recoverd even to this days), the unwritten rules of brazilian politcs, the paper that we would take in South America diplomacy, all of which and much more happened or was solidified in the lifespan of the Empire.
So no, friend. As a brazilian I cant stand give little credit to any moment of our history, and the Empire is for sure one of the most decisive of it in a national scale. It has much to be seen and studied and, as any other moment, has a great value to define what we are today.
@@macanaeh Extra Credits disagree with you. See series like Majapahit, Zulu Empire, Kamehameha The Great and you'll notice that this channel has plenty of no euro-centric nor northen-centric content. I just undertand, like the makers of Extra Credits, how the history of all nations are important to define humanity, and was tring to suggest another theme for them to talk about. If you can't see the importance of this, I feel sory for you.
By the way, we don't fall becouse of gravity. And up and down are references that dont realy make sense in the scale of Earth or bigger.
I loved this video. And as an Icelander I can confirm many of the things as in our Icelandic class we learn our history, although I did not know Eiríkur rauði(Erik the red) settled on the north west of Greenland and he named it that as a scam. I thought he landed on the south part in the summer where there would be more green and that's why he named it that(Plus to lure people in).
"So you're telling me in order for me to get away from all my neighbors... I need to go out and recruit some people to be my neighbors..." - Erik the Red
You know, I actually love the new narrator. Hes perfect for stories like this, of adventure and bloodshed.
Nobodys complaining anymore, so I think everyone agees!
Still miss Dan a little though.
I love the creativity on this channel. Simple things that most wouldn't think to do, like the chest that was a book referring to cultural treasure. Just one of the many reasons I enjoy your stuff!
I've been binging these videos so hard I've watched some twice.
Never liked history as a kid but thanks to you guys it fascinates me
Flóki is also the name of a single malt whiskey they started making in Iceland a few years ago. It's expensive (at least by my standards, around 10,000 Krónur if I remember right, £70 ~ 90USD), but it's nice. It's Iceland's fist and only commerically produced whiskey, so they named it after the first person to give Iceland its current name, Flóki Vilgerðarson. I quite like that little nod to history in something as simple as a name.
great job animating. Love the erik the red part.
Also, love U Snorrie.
Erik the red, the man who performed the earliest real estate scam and was hated to the degree that people wrote a saga to inform the world what a neighbour killer and liar he is...🤦🏻♂️
8:37 literally everyone’s response to neighbors 🤣
So that’s why Greenland has a bunch of reviews from angry settlers saying they were scammed…
Sounds like something Walpole would pull off, honestly. I wonder if him and Erik were Partners?
@@alexandersturnn4530 but, I'm the one that did all the economic shinanigines not Walpole.
@@johnblunt5243 This is getting out of hand. Now this guy is here too!
0:09 Papa was a rollin' stone! (dun-dun dun dun) Wherever he laid his hat, was his home!
That animation for "the land was unforgiving" was awesome! :)
Greenland: *exists*
Vikings: *its free real estate*
This is the first time ive seen this story so accurate on youtube congrats
Erik's Marketing Technique:
Greenland: It's free real estate
When the clans used to meet their meeting place was between the two tectonic plates of Euroasia and North America. There are also some waterfalls near by. It's honestly beautiful there.
Excellent video! Honorable of you, Extra credits. Well done. One of my all time fave channels. The video game 'how to do', is just wonderful too. I learn so much from you guys. You deserve very good.
Gangi ykkur sem best vinir, já og okkur öllum. Takk.
8:02 that dam funny smile I love it
How they came up with the Althing.
"this is a great idea, what do we call this THING?"
"That's perfect."
0:44 Okay, I laughed way too hard at this.
3:20 KONO DIO DA!!!
Damn but Scandinavians have epic titles/names. The Lawspeaker? How awesome is that!
Harald Fairhair, son of Halfdan the Black, next king was Eric Bloodaxe, followed by Haakon the Good (his younger brother). Next was Harald Greycloak, and then a few danish kings, before we get to Olaf the Stout, better known as St. Olaf. Given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae in 1169, along with a canonisation by Pope Alexander III. Then came Magnus the Good, and Harald Hardrule. Later we get Magnus Barefoot followed by Sigurd the Crusader, and Magnus the Blind. Even later we are granted with kings with names like Haakon the Crazy and Magnus Law-mender or Lawmaker.
I'm happy my captions stuck around through RUclipss update madnesss.
Erik the Red: Get off my lawn
Neighbour: It's an ice field!
Erik the Red: It's about to be a red ice field
yeeeeees, pls keep these viking videos coming. Its endlessly fascinating
Love this video so much!
Really shed light on our beutiful country
You create a lot of good history videos so people can learn about history and technology
-Noob
3:20 You thought this was an Extra History episode about Viking expansion into Iceland...
*BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!*
Greenland is larger than Scandinavia. He really hit the jackpot.
As a Scandinavian (Norwegian) hearing you pronounce Reykjavik made me say "At least you tried"
I don't even know what that Ingolfr was either.
Hei kompis
to be completely fair, to Icelanders, the way norwegians pronounce Icelandic places is only marginally better.
@@countjondi9672 That's because the Icelanders mispronounce them ;)
@@GardEngebretsen If by wrong you mean closer to the original pronounciation, you would be flat wrong, Icelandic is closer to old norse than any other living language. Besides, our pronounciations of Icelandic names are by definition correct as they are the icelandic pronounciations for those places.
-Hey, Eric, there is no green land here!
-Oh, you thought I meant it literally! No, it was more the "green is the color of hope" kind of stuff
*Neighbor quarrel ensues
0:50
Nobody was better than they were. It wasn't until the magnetic compass was perfected by the 14th century that long distance travel across the open ocean became possible.
Throughout this episode's ending, one thought tumbled through my brain... "Prank'd!"
3:24 What the sagas don’t tell you about Aud, widow of Olaf, was how much she hated rabbits, and how she eventually changed her name to Anyanka...
*Greenland* - always cold
*Iceland* - cold in the winter
*Finland* - *cold*
*Iceland exist*
Vikings: Its free real estate
I find it a propos that I got an Iceland travel advert when I started to watch this LOL
You know. It may be a huge playlist but it would be dope to watch all these in chronological order
Shoot for the faroe isles. If you miss, you'll land in Iceland apparently
The place of green, where ice is seen, where medicine and good health is revered, and Plague Inc. players fear, Greenland...
I've heard before the pre-christian iceland was something like anarcho-capitalism before that was a thing. Something like the chiefdom wasn't just a geographical thing, but you could choose who you were ruled by, or sometimes it was bought by rich men
1:08 Those vikings were under the leadership of the famous Björn Ironside who mistook the city for Rome due to it's impregnable defenses
Fun Fact: He managed to get into the city by telling the bishops that he had converted to christianity and was on his deathbed. Believing he had died the brough him and a band of vikings into the city to bury him. Then Bjorn jumped out of the coffin and fought his way through the city and then opened up it's gates.
3:19 Is that DIO?
The story of how Greenland got its name is too good.
Now I wanna read every Icelandic book.
Harald’s hair certainly is fair.
That title though. I love it so much
3:20
You thought you would find free land here in Iceland,
BUT IT WAS ME DIO!!
I remember this stuff from my time in Iceland. It's nice to trigger some memories.
3:19 *"You thought it was just a regular viking, but it is I, Dio!*
Loved the Greenland flower punch
"not everyone there was what you'd expect"
*"KONO DIO DA"*
The interactive fiction game, Choice of Vikings, is all about settling Iceland, its culture, religions, and politics. It's fun.
3:19 You thought you're the one who marked this land for ownership first -- but it was me, Dio!
Reading this in Reykjavik having just learned all the same things from visiting museums earlier today - TOP COINCIDENCE! :-D
"Too wild for their homeland" When the vikings think you need to dial it down, you really have issues.
Can't wait for the next episode.
There once was a "hero" named Eric the Red
Who stabbed all his neighbours until they were dead
And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade
As he told of new land, a discovery he'd made...
Is it a coincidence I got an Iceland travel ad before this video?
Normal people in comments: [talking about the jokes in the video]
Me: KONO DIO DA
I love the Middle Ages, especially the stories of the Holy Roman Empire's shenanigans.
And thus we get the irony, questioned by all grade school students who are just learning these names, of Iceland, a relatively green land, and Greenland, made almost entirely of ice. :)
Im glad somebody amongst these guys is a fellow JoJo fan
1:38 Circumvented it -> Circumnavigated it
Snorri Sturluson was a great help for me to find and continue my family ancestory from Harald Hardrada who is my 31st grandfather which meant thanks to Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla Harald Fairhair is my 34th grandfather.
Greenland was the original clickbait.
May I also point out that Alþing(i) translates to the congress/assembly of all. By calling it althing at 5:24 it is implied it is all things. Not really an error on your behalf since you were not really translating it but I wanted to point it out.
Not terrible with the pronunciation btw, I know it is difficult unless you really practice.
p.s. only the chieftains/goðar were allowed to really participate in lawmaking at Alþing, who needs the common pepole :D
This is the first video where I'm starting like the new narrator. Sounds less dramatic and partial and more like a story teller.
Ever heard of vinland saga ? One of the best manga ever
Fun fact: There actually is a manga named the Vinland sagas
-don't ask where I found that out-
@@dimitri5345 lol
getting an anime adaption next year. pretty hype.
Yeah, I'm hoping it doesn't get the Berserk 2016/2017 treatment. And that it gets enough enough episodes that they don't have to fuck anything up.