Superb sit-down with a fascinating man. As an old Kernowyon of Cornish, Breton and Irish family lines, I am used to our Celtic Western Atlantic Seaboard 'soft days' ( mist ), interspersed with generous helpings of rain. Thankfully the Gulf-Stream ensures a relative warmth: but always there are our Trade Winds, in varying degrees of intensity: none of which seem to deter the "inward South-Westerly movement" across the River Tamar, our traditional boundary with England..The blazing hot long summers of the sixties and seventies are behind us now, as we head inexorably toward another Glacial period. Bring it on.
Elongated heads and necks have examples in African, Eurasian and Asian cultures. There are also examples of head elongations in Egyptian dynastic history. Cultural practices tend to travel and crop up from time to time and places.
Matthiass surname sounds very much turkish… TOPLAK must have a central asian,uralic,hungarian,or likewise origin…listening to the talk now,hope its interesting…
1. The teeth markings were most probably slaves or as you say some kind of certain family/guild or such. Only found on Gotland, different ages, female and male and also found in graves in England. 2. Ibn Fadlan had an account with vikings having tattoos from fingers to neck, but it's impossible to know if it was actual vikings he saw and also if he is telling the truth, just as with the burial he saw. 3. Slaves weren't allowed to have children, and we know this because we can see it in DNA that they didn't pass on their genes. 4. Just because one object is from arabic lands, doesn't mean they personally had contacts with them. They traded with other Europeans who might have gotten them from further down. 5. The "viking period" is just the end of the scandinavian boat culture. The classic viking boats with oars were mentioned already 80 CE by Tacitus when he mentions the Swedes, who had "Big fleets, lots of arms, men and horses" 6. Viking is synonymous with Scandinavian culture today. That's what many confuse. Viking in itself wasn't a word our scandinavian ancestors used about themselves except as something you do "go over seas". But today it's synonymous with everything that has to do with scandinavian culture. I dislike when people try to confuse this word and say it had nothing to do with scandinavians or such. Interesting talk, teached me nothing new. But maybe some who aren't well read on the subject.
Superb sit-down with a fascinating man. As an old Kernowyon of Cornish, Breton and Irish family lines, I am used to our Celtic Western Atlantic Seaboard 'soft days' ( mist ), interspersed with generous helpings of rain. Thankfully the Gulf-Stream ensures a relative warmth: but always there are our Trade Winds, in varying degrees of intensity: none of which seem to deter the "inward South-Westerly movement" across the River Tamar, our traditional boundary with England..The blazing hot long summers of the sixties and seventies are behind us now, as we head inexorably toward another Glacial period. Bring it on.
Magnificent podcast. Fascinating topic and super entertaining and educational! Thank you for this. One more reason why I love Grimfrost.
Coming from the UK, the whole "crap summer" intro made me feel welcome.
Yes, cats are cool. The egg joke was funny. I'm sure the vikings would appreciate it and laugh, too. Awesome interview. I learned a lot. Thank you. 🤘
Excellent! Thank you.
Elongated heads and necks have examples in African, Eurasian and Asian cultures. There are also examples of head elongations in Egyptian dynastic history. Cultural practices tend to travel and crop up from time to time and places.
This was a most interesting podcast. I particularly liked the theories on Viking sailing. Could this go much further back with other peoples?
Awesome interview!
Thanks Again 💚
Cooooooool!
AUF GEHT'S DEUTSCHE! 🙂
A Viking man can impress women by demonstrating how he takes his longship up a canal to deliver seeds which can be planted in fertile places.
uhhhh...lame.
Matthiass surname sounds very much turkish… TOPLAK must have a central asian,uralic,hungarian,or likewise origin…listening to the talk now,hope its interesting…
1. The teeth markings were most probably slaves or as you say some kind of certain family/guild or such. Only found on Gotland, different ages, female and male and also found in graves in England.
2. Ibn Fadlan had an account with vikings having tattoos from fingers to neck, but it's impossible to know if it was actual vikings he saw and also if he is telling the truth, just as with the burial he saw.
3. Slaves weren't allowed to have children, and we know this because we can see it in DNA that they didn't pass on their genes.
4. Just because one object is from arabic lands, doesn't mean they personally had contacts with them. They traded with other Europeans who might have gotten them from further down.
5. The "viking period" is just the end of the scandinavian boat culture. The classic viking boats with oars were mentioned already 80 CE by Tacitus when he mentions the Swedes, who had "Big fleets, lots of arms, men and horses"
6. Viking is synonymous with Scandinavian culture today. That's what many confuse. Viking in itself wasn't a word our scandinavian ancestors used about themselves except as something you do "go over seas". But today it's synonymous with everything that has to do with scandinavian culture. I dislike when people try to confuse this word and say it had nothing to do with scandinavians or such.
Interesting talk, teached me nothing new. But maybe some who aren't well read on the subject.
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