@3.00: Regarding what a Birkebeiner is, they were cross-country skiers who went all over Norway with the mail and other things. They often worked for a King, and they used skis made of birch. Today the "Birkebeiner race" is held every year from Rema to Lillehammer, a distance of 54 km.
And the sorce for this is? I have never ever heard of this, Norwegian and very interested in my history. I hva read King Sverres saga. The cross-country story is when two Birkebeinere, Torstein Skjelva and Skjervald Skrukka, fled with King Sverres grandson Håkon Håkonson, and brought him safe to Trondheim. There is a cross-country race named after followings the same route over from Lillehamme to Rena. There were no mail routes in Norway by early medeval time.
Cool, I didn't expect to hear the word Birkebeiner today. They supposedly camped out here in my hometown (Lillehammer), and it's a big part of the makeup of our city. We have running, skiing and biking races dedicated to Birkebeinerne. We even had a movie a few years ago, which was also filmed here, which was... fine, I suppose
@@catansfr3532 Nils Gaup indeed. I always wonder how Norwegian dialogue sounds to a non-Norwegian. For me, it's always so stiff and painfully theatrical. But that's an issue I have with most Norwegian movies
Sverresborg in my home town of Trondheim is part of a very rich viking and post viking era history in this whole area. The skeleton has been mentioned many times, but it is very interesting that they are still finding out more about it.
I too had a good time at the first class of Original Stories of Norse Mythology and am looking forward to the next. I'm glad we are taking our time going through it carefully, there's a lot of nuance to the text. It's also cool that we used several stanzas from Voluspa in the Old Norse for Beginners class. It's good to see those stanzas again in this class in ON, then seeing it in the manuscript, *then* getting some scholarly background behind the translation. It's pretty much a history lesson as well as a mythology and poetry discussion.
And here I was expecting to hear about the 50 skeletons "just" found in Odense from the 9-10'th century. Turned out to be another, and also cool story. TY ^^
The "birchlegs" are mentioned in Karen Larson's "A History of Norway". I'd read that first, then "Heimskringla: the Sagas of the Norse Kings" after Snorri Sturlusson. Both books, if memory serves, mention Sverre's saga. The Gutenburg Project (online) has a version of the Sagas in an older dialect of English that is quite beautiful. For a novel by Sgrid Undset, "Kristin Lavransdatter" is a spellbinding look into the spirit of 12th(ish) century thought and action. Anyone of Scandinavian heritage who reads it will be moved. Don't ask me how she could think and write like that.
I was just looking online for a translation of Sverrissaga and found that leatherbound 1899 translation you mentioned on sale for £250, but AmazonUK also has a very recent translation in two paperback volumes for around £35.
Yeah ! Some of his history takes place in my city of Bergen and its absolutely fascinating to read about stuff happening around here in ancient times !
I've been to Sverresborg! its quite remarkable! They had an archery setup there that visitors could try, and sometimes people dressed up acting out funny murder mysteries! They have heaps of historical buildings as well as the old fortification ruins, and a very old stave church, and also some historical boats in a boat-house. The skeleton from the well is in the museum in Trondheim, also a remarkable museum to visit, lots of prehistoric artefacts.
Lol, how did this pop up!?😄 Greetings from Trondheim! We used to visit Sverresborg with my schools in the 80s and 90s. The assumption that the man in the well matched the one in the sagas was always made. Do you know where in Norway they think he was from?
When is your next visit with Herr Professor/Director Moss Mattbrucker, Dinosaurologist, for another instructional, educational video? BTW, what was Alley Oop's pet brontosauraus' name?
Thanks for straightening out that the find of the bones was not that recent. The impression I got from a couple of stories was that the skeletin had only just been found in the well.
My own preference would have been for the skulls and skeletons on display in museums or languishing in their store-rooms to be afforded a decent burial, but we have developed scientific methods undreamt of in the 1930s, so it's just as well that this skeleton was still available to have its DNA extracted and studied. I suppose we will have better techniques in years to come.
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As reported at e.g. NPR: www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5162392/old-norse-saga-dna
Im just impressed with the fact a cowboy scholar talking about ancient Norse related topics is a thing. What a time to be alive
Exactly my thought. I am Scandinavian, so it is humbling to say the least, to have Dr. Crawford in a cowboy hat explaining the Sagas.
@@k.e.becquer4681 He claims they are all fake then writes his Star Wars fanfics instead. You like an American manchild doing this to your history?
@@foxtanukiboy Stop spitting poison, Loki!
@3.00: Regarding what a Birkebeiner is, they were cross-country skiers who went all over Norway with the mail and other things. They often worked for a King, and they used skis made of birch. Today the "Birkebeiner race" is held every year from Rema to Lillehammer, a distance of 54 km.
And the sorce for this is? I have never ever heard of this, Norwegian and very interested in my history. I hva read King Sverres saga. The cross-country story is when two Birkebeinere, Torstein Skjelva and Skjervald Skrukka, fled with King Sverres grandson Håkon Håkonson, and brought him safe to Trondheim. There is a cross-country race named after followings the same route over from Lillehamme to Rena. There were no mail routes in Norway by early medeval time.
Cool, I didn't expect to hear the word Birkebeiner today. They supposedly camped out here in my hometown (Lillehammer), and it's a big part of the makeup of our city. We have running, skiing and biking races dedicated to Birkebeinerne. We even had a movie a few years ago, which was also filmed here, which was... fine, I suppose
the Nils Gaup one? aside from the two blade axe it was much better than any of the viking themed trash thats been churned out sinceXD
@@catansfr3532 Nils Gaup indeed. I always wonder how Norwegian dialogue sounds to a non-Norwegian. For me, it's always so stiff and painfully theatrical. But that's an issue I have with most Norwegian movies
@@jon-vegard8386 Same with Swedish movies to Swedish speakers. It just "clings false"...
@@sirseigan Really? That's pretty interesting because I find Swedish and Danish movies a lot better than Norwegian ones
Sverresborg in my home town of Trondheim is part of a very rich viking and post viking era history in this whole area. The skeleton has been mentioned many times, but it is very interesting that they are still finding out more about it.
I too had a good time at the first class of Original Stories of Norse Mythology and am looking forward to the next. I'm glad we are taking our time going through it carefully, there's a lot of nuance to the text.
It's also cool that we used several stanzas from Voluspa in the Old Norse for Beginners class. It's good to see those stanzas again in this class in ON, then seeing it in the manuscript, *then* getting some scholarly background behind the translation. It's pretty much a history lesson as well as a mythology and poetry discussion.
I was waiting for this when I saw the headline.
same here. the second I saw it.
Jøss! Dette visste jeg ingenting om! Interessant! 👍
And here I was expecting to hear about the 50 skeletons "just" found in Odense from the 9-10'th century.
Turned out to be another, and also cool story. TY ^^
Thanks for the update - very interesting! Tusen takk og ha en god dag!
Thank you, sir! I have all of your books and I am learning a ton!
The "birchlegs" are mentioned in Karen Larson's "A History of Norway". I'd read that first, then "Heimskringla: the Sagas of the Norse Kings" after Snorri Sturlusson. Both books, if memory serves, mention Sverre's saga.
The Gutenburg Project (online) has a version of the Sagas in an older dialect of English that is quite beautiful.
For a novel by Sgrid Undset, "Kristin Lavransdatter" is a spellbinding look into the spirit of 12th(ish) century thought and action. Anyone of Scandinavian heritage who reads it will be moved. Don't ask me how she could think and write like that.
Thank you for the suggestions, good information.
I was just looking online for a translation of Sverrissaga and found that leatherbound 1899 translation you mentioned on sale for £250, but AmazonUK also has a very recent translation in two paperback volumes for around £35.
Yeah ! Some of his history takes place in my city of Bergen and its absolutely fascinating to read about stuff happening around here in ancient times !
I read this article just the other day. Cool to see your take on it!
I've been to Sverresborg! its quite remarkable! They had an archery setup there that visitors could try, and sometimes people dressed up acting out funny murder mysteries! They have heaps of historical buildings as well as the old fortification ruins, and a very old stave church, and also some historical boats in a boat-house. The skeleton from the well is in the museum in Trondheim, also a remarkable museum to visit, lots of prehistoric artefacts.
Love your work!
Great Stuff! I am really happy to discover your channel. Greetings from Athens.
Beautiful pronounciation. Sounds authentic to me as a modern Norwegian.
thank you for another cool video norse cowboy
I saw this in the news and was hoping you'd comment on it!
Lol, how did this pop up!?😄 Greetings from Trondheim! We used to visit Sverresborg with my schools in the 80s and 90s. The assumption that the man in the well matched the one in the sagas was always made. Do you know where in Norway they think he was from?
Norge fra hvis fjelde Sverre
talte Roma midt imod
From Norway's national anthem
Bønder sine økser brynte hvor en hær drog frem;
Tordenskjold langs kysten lynte, så den lystes hjem.
That's a book I have too in Norwegian, interesting person that I got my name from.
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When is your next visit with Herr Professor/Director Moss Mattbrucker, Dinosaurologist, for another instructional, educational video? BTW, what was Alley Oop's pet brontosauraus' name?
They just found 50 Viking skeletons in Denmark
Name has to be OLE
Scyhtes, ou Saca, Saga, Saha, Scala, Souqutes,Skeleton, etc. ce sont originaire grand familles Tourque Touranienne. la familles Tourque Touranienne, ce sont montagnard, nomade, et amozonienne. voilà la familles, Tatares, Scyhtes, la Sibèrie, Sarmates, Mongol, Mançour, Tounguz, Ainu, Guril, Kore, Ougro Finnios, lapon, Esquimos, Odin, Thrace, Gètes, Cimmètienne, Caucase, Basque, Bèrberes, Assam, Indus Valles, Aborigines, Bengal, Urdu, Dravidienne, Souryas ou Tourcoman, Hus, Khazar, Ashkenazi, Avar, Alans, Celtique, Massagètes, Nagas, Nadam, Sikkim, Sindh, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Birman, Siam, laos, Joung, Mekong, Khmer, Males Tsiganes ou Roman, Maori, Polonesienne, Azteque Inca, Tupis et Carip.etc. la familles Tourque Touranienne, ce sont parentè et mix population. Merci Beaucoup.
Dr Jackson Crawford, you repeatedly refuse to acknowledge that Dairy Queen is an underrated fast food restaurant in your videos. Shame on you!
Thanks for straightening out that the find of the bones was not that recent.
The impression I got from a couple of stories was that the skeletin had only just been found in the well.
My own preference would have been for the skulls and skeletons on display in museums or languishing in their store-rooms to be afforded a decent burial, but we have developed scientific methods undreamt of in the 1930s, so it's just as well that this skeleton was still available to have its DNA extracted and studied. I suppose we will have better techniques in years to come.
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