10 Unsolved Viking Mysteries

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So many mysteries, so few Vikings...
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The vikings settled in Greenland at the end of the 9th century. Their colonies flourished for over 400 years before the Greenlandic vikings suddenly disappeared. Today we don't know what happened to them. Some say they killed each other. Some say they fled to Scandinavia after a plague devastated them. We also don't know how far their explorers reached. Sagas describe a colony in North America known as Vinland. But it's unclear where Vinland actually was.
Ulfberht swords are a mysterious collection of viking swords. They were forged using crucible steel, which was first created in the 18th century. Or at least, that's when history thought crucible steel was created. Clearly the Vikings were using the steel one thousand years before this to make their Ulfberht swords. It's unknown how this was possible for them.
Ragnar Lothbrok is known to viewers of the history channel show Vikings. But you might not be aware that he's a Norwegian folk hero. Dozens of Sagas and poems tell of Ragnar's raids in England and France. The only problem is we don't know if he even existed.

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@iammaxhailme 5 жыл бұрын

I took a vacation to Denmark and I was almost killed by the prices on food in restaurants

@Druwuwho1337 5 жыл бұрын

If you come from America or some other place in the world, where its common to go out and eat, rather than making your own meals. Then yeah its gonna be pricey as fuck XD

@jacktattis143 5 жыл бұрын

imman: What was the cheese like?

@lsaint7504 4 жыл бұрын

This Dude

@Delicious_J 4 жыл бұрын

@ronkstars then stay in your own country. Nobody wants bigots like you visiting their country. Dick.

@riles13 4 жыл бұрын

@@Delicious_J damn dude... this is the problem with humans we believe in imaginary Border Lines... Stupid ass patriotic dumbfucks who thinks their land is better than everybody else's land or thinks if they dont share the same believes or values said person shouldnt be allowed in their country. Like fuck off. we all find ourselves on this planet share it if no one physically Harms you levave the fuck alone.

@ya_like_jazz 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah totally... I live in Copenhagen and I can’t go to school without being stabbed 24 times in the chest by a Viking with an axe.

@Robertahausen 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Chankonabebot 4 жыл бұрын

Question, how does one get stabbed by an axe? An axe normally doesnt have a stabbing point..

@kongkyllan4847 4 жыл бұрын

@@Chankonabebot a dane axe can stab, pull, Hack and slash one's foe 👌🏻 look it up

@Chankonabebot 4 жыл бұрын

@@kongkyllan4847 Haven't been able to find anything suggesting the dane axe being used to stab at all, but okay

@kongkyllan4847 4 жыл бұрын

@@Chankonabebot the diamond shaped head were shaped like that so You could Hook your foes shield and the stab and or cut him/her afterwards.

@DingleCerri 4 жыл бұрын

“They say Denmark is the most mysterious country, and when I say “they” I mostly mean myself” lmao what...

@jgreene658 4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@Thorfinn_Son_Of_Thors 3 жыл бұрын

@M A OK

@jaceomcgregor882 3 жыл бұрын

This guy needs help

@tacosandtitties 3 жыл бұрын

He must be one of those confused binary or trans who use "they" as pronoun 🤦‍♂️🤣🤔

@schizoposter7495 5 жыл бұрын

“We don’t know if Ragnar existed” Pretty safe to assume that he did since his SONS EXISTED.

@aivarjaanus713 5 жыл бұрын

Haha.. Yeah.. The way he says is kind of silly. IVAR boneless existed but his father might have not.. In everyday that sentence makes no sense

@schizoposter7495 5 жыл бұрын

Aivar Jaanus And his wife and Björn, Sigurd, etc, it’s bullshit what he pulls off.

@Jbread456 4 жыл бұрын

This man thinks with logic right here!!!

@dogdude259 4 жыл бұрын

Idk if you guys kniw this or not but there is no concrete evidence to support the claim that bjorn segert ubart or ivar were sons of ragnar lothbrod

@andwhat 4 жыл бұрын

There’s insufficient evidence to say for sure if the figures of Björn Járnsíða, Sigurðr Ormr í Auga, Hálfdanr, “Ubba,” and Ívarr beinlausi were actually brothers, let alone all sons of the legendary figure.

@joshuamarin5723 4 жыл бұрын

You'd think that leftover sword would be a rust stain by now, good job Viking swordsmith.

@direct2397 3 жыл бұрын

They were actually germanic swords. The vikings probably stole them or trade for them. That info is known because a way larger amount of that kind of sword were found in germany. Suggesting it came from there rather then from vikings.

@tiffc5774 3 жыл бұрын

floki was with us

@suurikuryellow-tooth9054 3 жыл бұрын

@@direct2397 I doubt.

@direct2397 3 жыл бұрын

@@suurikuryellow-tooth9054 www.historynet.com/singing-swords-ulfberht-blades-from-germany.htm

@suurikuryellow-tooth9054 3 жыл бұрын

@@direct2397 I still doubt. Ulfberht is too much of a Nordic name. They may have used metal from Germany, because iron was rare in Norway and Sweden.

@Moopies 4 жыл бұрын

there were lots of funny stories in my Icelandic school books when i was little. One of them theorised that the Vikings traded cow milk for furs from the North American natives, and after becoming violently ill the natives thought the vikings had intentionally poisoned them and chased them back into the sea. The Vikings thought they were just crazy and didn't think it was worth the trouble of settling 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Stories are great.

@jwsmith1470 2 жыл бұрын

Even funnier than that... chances are that the First Nation Natives who met these Norsemen probably experienced a case of Lactose Intolerance. To think that this first meeting between the Natives and Norse was "spoiled" by a case of Bubble Guts.

@sunnyland3952 Жыл бұрын

@@jwsmith1470 good jokes, but nothing more than that, KEK

@GeirRuneTeigen 5 жыл бұрын

The sun stone isn't a myth. It's still in use, although mostly for keeping the knowledge alive. It's a known crystal in the west and north of Norway.

@Youbeentagged 3 жыл бұрын

My mother told me Someday I would buy Galley with good oars Sail to distant shores

@Mustang00 2 жыл бұрын

@MIKE SHINODA its shanty

@Mustang00 2 жыл бұрын

@MIKE SHINODA its shanty, the song when pirate sailing

@Mustang00 2 жыл бұрын

@MIKE SHINODA A song when pirate sailing like drunken sailor, leave her john and wellerman

@XoXo_Dezi 6 жыл бұрын

My grandmother came to America from Norway, I’m so obsessed with finding out new things about the Vikings, or anything else Scandinavian for that matter.

@ulfdanielsen6009 5 жыл бұрын

Check out classic and contemporary Scandinavian design and fashion. Architechture, interior design, furniture, clothing. You might like it.

@sirknighty511 4 жыл бұрын

The Vikings beleived that ysing Animal Bones gave strength to there weapon from the Animals spirit or power.. when really the carbon feom the organic matter from the bones mixing with Iron made the iron steonger eventually even steel

@tanvikhare9710 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@Tapirrr 2 жыл бұрын

Source of using animal bones? And how would animal bones make their forges hotter? They couldnt make crucible steel cause they didnt have the knowledge on how to reach the temperatures needed. They used steel from asia, where they knew how to reach the high temperatures needed.

@BiggshowKF 5 жыл бұрын

"They say Denmark is the worlds most mysterious country. And when I say they, I mostly mean myself."

@user-zw4mz2gx5w 3 жыл бұрын

Unsolved mystery: Vikings disappeared from Greenland. Viking Ancestor: moved to Faroe island on cheaper rent.

@sharlineevripidou7876 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently they weren't paying their taxes to Norway so they were all killed

@forcecrafted 6 жыл бұрын

I'm from denmark don't worry we are not that scary

@MetallicaSindre 6 жыл бұрын

pik johan, the price on beer is scary low!

@croonbs2501 6 жыл бұрын

Shh, det behøver de ikke at vide.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 жыл бұрын

Danes have always scared the shit out of me.

@croonbs2501 6 жыл бұрын

That's just rude my dude

@athenascurse 6 жыл бұрын

And full of sexyness

@babobabowaba698 6 жыл бұрын

When i say they, i mean myself. Lmfao

@therightway1413 5 жыл бұрын

Mike Babowicz no it’s vey

@slackert9x 5 жыл бұрын

Your so viking

@empoleonfrost7132 5 жыл бұрын

Your just jealous of me

@triplesixsoulzay3681 5 жыл бұрын

Loser

@sunnyland3952 5 жыл бұрын

My tuppence worth of observations as a Dane. I uploaded it once already, but cannot find it, so here it is again, with a few additions. Today, historians (or should that be archaeologists, for real history had not begun in Scandinavia by then) are of the opinion that though Harald Bluetooth had engraved on the famous Jelling stone that he Christened Denmark, this by and large didn't reach the populace in his time. Most Danish Churches were built in the 12th century, but they are thought to have often replaced earlier wooden Churches. It is probably safe to say that the old and new religions struggled for supremacy in Denmark during much of the 11th century. It may well have been a bit later in Norway and Sweden. However, many remnants of the old religion persisted much longer. My mother often used expressions pagan in origin, such as 'i guder!' (ye gods! - note the plural) and 'det må guderne vide' or 'guderne må vide' (both roughly translating as, the gods may know, but actually used to mean that noone has a clue). The romantic writers (19th century) reintroduced pagan themes with surprising success (but varying authenticity), and I assume that this was in part because the memories were not that far away. Pagan customs have survived until recently, such as offering a needle to the man buried in a burial mound, throwing items up into tree tops, aversion to eating horse meat (the old people venerated their horses) - all of these into my own lifetime. Burying a live adder in a pot under the door of a new farm house has been done until fairly recently too, perhaps as late as the early 19th century. In Iceland, pagan blood sacrifices (blōt, related to 'blood') occurred as late as the (late?) 19th century. In Denmark, at least, we still eat pig on Christmas Eve, sacred to Freia or Frey! Also various less important forms of superstitions probably have pagan origins, as has most likely the German 'invention' of the Christmas tree. Pagan gods' names survive (as in English) in the names of the days of the week. (From Tuesday to Friday, Tyr, Odin, Thor and Freia.) Some personal names also have pagan origins, Torsten is still a common name (meaning Thor's stone), as is Ulf (meaning wolf). I think basically that Scandinavia never became entirely Christian through-and-through, unlike the British Isles, and this is why Scandinavia has left the faith much more radically than has England, say. Another thing. I assume that many people don't know this, but Sweden is separated in the middle into two parts by a huge forest which separate arable tracts to the north and the south of it. Today roads and trains run through this wide band of forest, but it is often forgotten that they were a formidable barrier in former times. Not only was the huge belt of forest isolated and uninhabited, but the forest was home to dangerous animals, the worst being wolves, but also wild boar, lynx, less dangerous bears, moose and perhaps also wolverines. The lands south of this forest belonged to Denmark until the wars with Sweden, when in 1658 we lost them. After a century (and a failed attempt at re-conquest) we had to concede that these lands were lost forever, for the Swedes had successfully turned the inhabitants into being Swedish-minded. A third thing. For over a century, the three Scandinavian countries were joined into a union (the Kalmar Union, 1397 - 1523) in defence against the Hanseatic League, and Denmark had the de facto leadership of it, although in particular the Swedish nobility never really accepted it. After the break-up of the Union, Norway remained under Danish rule till 1814. It was then ceded to Swedish rule. In1905 they got independence with their own royal family - which is of Danish descent until now. Fourth, while Danes and Norwegians sailed west, the Swedish vikings largely went east. They called their intrepid river-farers Rus, which is related to the verb for rowing, and from which Russia gets her name. King Vladimir, who Christened the Russians, of course, carries the Scandinavian name of Valdemar - he was of Viking descent. Some of these vikings became employed as the Varangian Guard in Constantinople. Viking is indeed used almost as a verb, 'gå i viking', or 'go-in-viking'. Another word for it was 'gå i leding', a word that I don't know the origin of. Maybe someone knows? Actually, I've found it. norrønt leiðangr, gammelsvensk leþung første led er substantivet LED 'vej, krigstog', sidste led snarest GANG i betydningen 'færd' In English: Norse leiðangr, old Swedish leþung. First part is the noun LED 'way, path, warpath', last part most likely GANG in the sense 'journey' It may interest somebody else, too. It is related to the English verb to lead. Some of people's comments here are split between the opinions that the vikings were bloodthirsty barbarians, and that they were highly civilised. The two don't necessarily rule each other out, of course, and people are always individuals, and every population has its cultured members, and its brutal members. The Scandinavians at the time were certainly skilled in wood work (houses and ships), navigation, and arts to an extent. Some could read and write, and the runic alphabet was purposefully adapted to be written into stones, having no curved shapes. History was preserved in sagas, like the welsh did in manuscripts, and in verse, like the Celtic bards do even now. It is evident from one saga that they knew that celestial bodies were spherical. They had the sun stone as a navigational aid, using the sun's polarised light to locate it behind clouds. They also traded and built trade post settlements, e.g. in Ireland. They were also formidable fighters. Today, the Scandinavian peoples have a high number of tall and broad males, perhaps 10-15%, and I would guess that the majority of vikings were men of this size. The Old Norse faith held that war was an occasion for glory, and to die in battle was the only way to die with honour. Dying in one's bed was a detestable thing. Thus, their convictions spurred them on to great valour and fearlessness. On top of that, they had their famous BERSERKERGANG, from which the English expression to 'go berserk' derives. The origin of the word is either 'bear shirt' or, more likely, 'bare shirt', i.e. bare-chested. This is acting in a kind of powerful frenzy, and it was probably achieved by ingestion of something perhaps produced from poisonous herbs or mushrooms, but it is not known. (Asterix's potion is based on this.) For a description of the state, see dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/ulfheonar/en-en/. The practice was outlawed by the Norwegian king in 1015, which means it was a real thing. The general opinion is that nobody KNOWS why the vikings went forth. Theories are not lacking - lack of opportunities at home, too many people for the food available, opportunities for fame and plunder. Clearly, expansion is in the human character as we know it, and the Vikings were not unfamiliar with the movements of people in the great migrations of the first millenium, and also the conquests by the Romans (they can't have been, for they used their alphabet to develop their own). The most intriguing idea I have come across is that they began in retaliation for a Christian massacre of 5000 Odin worshippers outside Brehmen shortly before they went to attack Lindisfarne, the first victim of a viking raid. One last addition. My grandfather, who was an avid self-taught historian, said that there were originally twelve tribes in Denmark. I don't know any more than that. My mother didn't ask him, I suppose. Maybe there's a connection to the twelve lost tribes of the house of Israel, who went west and north from Scythia, north of what's now called the Black Sea. That is, by the way, where Odin is said to have come from. It is a little-known fact that the Danes are not the original inhabitants of Denmark. It's very hard to find out more.

@cherylcampbell9369 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your info and effort is appreciated. My maternal grandparents were Norwegian ( grandfather) and Swedish (grandmother).

@Asgard2208 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very interesting info from an Irishman living in Halland, once a Danish possession. My svärmor has written some books about the period you mention when Denmark ruled southern Sweden. Not sure how you would get one if you're interested, but drop me a line if you are. Regarding the reason for the Viking expansion, I was taught that this arose because of primogeniture, whereby the first born son would inherit after the father, because splitting the available land became unsustainable for future generations due to insufficient food production. So, what did idle second, third, and other sons do? They went off to make fame, fortune, and a living by raiding, something that sat well with their religious beliefs, their mastery of the ocean, and navigation, and their superior weapons. Frankly, I thought history kinda ended with Stamford Bridge in 1066 and the end of the Viking era. Anyway, cheers for the info. It was very informative.

@Kenzofeis 3 жыл бұрын

@@Asgard2208 Primogeniture, well, Norway and Orkneyar (Orkneys) are the last ones to have Odal/Odel laws (I think it is the Orkneys) that this refers to, it has been meddled with in Norway for decades, though.

@sheep1ewe 5 жыл бұрын

We love Englishmen! Easpecially with just a pinch of salt and some applesauce...

@themonsterbaby 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@donholland6524 4 жыл бұрын

No, that would be mint jelly.

@HartRaver 4 жыл бұрын

And drinking mjöd from their skulls...

@user-dq1uv3ql8o 4 жыл бұрын

I feel ya Danish guys

@serialcarpens290 4 жыл бұрын

I know this is a joke, but seriously, how disgusted would your ancestors be if they would magically appear in modern Scandinavia?

@kyleparker8207 6 жыл бұрын

Vikings > Columbus

@kyleparker8207 6 жыл бұрын

Jess Vermont Good idea.

@2Jeezuzisreal 6 жыл бұрын

Kyle Parker ........and columbus was a fraud ! And history teachers lie.

@blacktophemirt8526 6 жыл бұрын

Theres ideas the chinese were in america before the vikings

@2Jeezuzisreal 6 жыл бұрын

We know Columbus did not set foot on america. So....they lied ! We do know Americos Vespusious did. Every one knows leaf Erickson or some European was in canada. But to crefit Columbus with a holiday ! Ugg

@pandorasbox4238 6 жыл бұрын

Rollan Raimer Columbus was a fraud, a murderer and a whole lot of other bad things. The government determines what is printed in history books and what is taught in school is a lot of bullshit. America wasn't discovered because it was already inhabited. The first visitors were the Vikings. There was no 'First Thanksgiving' and the pilgrims wouldn't have invited the Natives for dinner either way. The US government went on a campaign of brutal destruction of Natives as policy and citizens were encouraged to hunt down and murder Natives. Those ard just a few of the lies our government has been shoving down our throats for many decades.

@mallory2847 6 жыл бұрын

The sun stone was actually found to be real and was even tested to see if it works

@ChrisLeeW00 5 жыл бұрын

It's made from Icelandic feldspar, I have one!

@danconrad920 5 жыл бұрын

I would think it would be easy to test

@christianandal6303 5 жыл бұрын

...when did they find a Real sunstone?..i know they Just have proven the navigation works.. but they havent got any Real sunstones... as far as i know at least?

@christianandal6303 5 жыл бұрын

....and where are theese mines in Norway?;))) ......just bullshit.

@christianandal6303 5 жыл бұрын

...dont forget that they couldnt have fount it in Iceland.. they came from Norway.

@Rinmeh 5 жыл бұрын

first mystery has another source, when asked, the Inuit natives from greenland have a story that the vikings went north, where they had heard stories of a land that was never touched by winter. a perpetual summer, a paradise. and they went to settle there, some say they went **into** the earth, through the north pole entry.

@gasmask7064 4 жыл бұрын

Hemnir sounds creepy

@theprohibitedstone3228 4 жыл бұрын

Where did you hear that story? Id love to read/hear the whole thing myself.

@davidcostello5318 2 жыл бұрын

Yes share the story

@lucasehrenhaus9993 5 жыл бұрын

The sword is on display and can be visited for free in a tiny museum in Lom, Norway.

@mathiass1999 6 жыл бұрын

As a Dane watching your intro, I couldn't stop laughing!! 😂😂😂🔥

@ailishadoyle4660 5 жыл бұрын

His an idiot!! Denmark is beautiful, love you guys;)

@prisregil 5 жыл бұрын

As an Icelandic i was kinda sad... Guess we ain't viking enough anymore :(

@Fvckdig 4 жыл бұрын

@@prisregil it is only scandinavians Who Are viking denmark took over your country back then and that is why you have a confused about you being viking

@kongkyllan4847 4 жыл бұрын

@@Fvckdig took over ? You do know iceland was a Scandinavian settlement and not populated before they came there right ?

@Felix-fx1zu 4 жыл бұрын

Fenrir Iceland were never Vikings, Icelandic people are Norwegians who traveled to Iceland to farm at the end of the Viking age, you brought the culture but you were never vikings

@blueraven7803 6 жыл бұрын

#7 was obviously the flying Dutch Man.

@staley101 6 жыл бұрын

Blue Raven Which is seen at see, not in the sky.

@bige8949 5 жыл бұрын

Dutchman* It means the same but the emphasis makes a difference.

@Sool101 5 жыл бұрын

@@staley101 hence the name 'Flying Dutchman'?...

@staley101 5 жыл бұрын

@@Sool101 The flying Dutchman was the alleged name of the ship, probably based on the Dutch East India company ships. All alleged reports are of being seen at sea, not in the sky.

@Sool101 5 жыл бұрын

@@staley101 it was never the name of a real ship but that of a ghost ship. It was observed some times on the coast of South Africa. Observed from the water it was like it was floating in the air, hence the name. Most likely an aerel mirror phenomenon if you ask me though.

@ragnarlothbrok7858 4 жыл бұрын

Skååååål danske brødre 🇩🇰

@okla_native121 4 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@vestty5802 4 жыл бұрын

Ragnar Lothbrok he’s Norwegian

@itsad7194 4 жыл бұрын

@@vestty5802 or Danish we don't know

@kongkyllan4847 4 жыл бұрын

@@vestty5802 What is now called norway belonged to the danes back in the Viking age.

@vestty5802 4 жыл бұрын

Thor Espersen no that’s not true

@brandonmccomas5363 5 жыл бұрын

"And when i say they i mostly mean myself" lmao

@duvalian 4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Mccomas and when I say ‘VEY’ I mean ‘VEY !’ 😂

@jscotthatcher380 6 жыл бұрын

i visit Norway a lot. most metal place on earth.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 жыл бұрын

More so than Finland?

@5thgen691 6 жыл бұрын

Why's that?

@xmasso2k12 6 жыл бұрын

J Scott Hatcher I agree, land of black metal and great atmosphere & Viking history

@muninskirata6725 6 жыл бұрын

I mean now we are the most peace haha but back then I do not believe that

@VikingsRBloodyAwsome 5 жыл бұрын

Except Sweden and Finland are more metal but oke

@unicornmomma4376 6 жыл бұрын

I was able to trace my ancestry all the way back to Scandinavia. I was pretty impressed to find out I came from Vikings. I mean, I know millions of people are also, but it’s still cool.

@Eskify 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should invoke your viking blood and raid some monasteries ⚔ 😈 ⚔

@thekillingduck 6 жыл бұрын

not all scandanavians were vikings.

@unicornmomma4376 6 жыл бұрын

TheK1llingDuck thank you captain obvious lol

@thekillingduck 6 жыл бұрын

xDD you're welcome

@ultrahumantrash2488 6 жыл бұрын

TheK1llingDuck not all Vikings were Scandinavians lol

@samuelplyler1511 5 жыл бұрын

I remember reading an article about a letter that a general wrote to his king after losing a viking settlement they had previously taken. The letter basically stated that though the general and his army were able to defeat the viking soldiers of the town that they could not hold up against the women of the town who, after a short time, rose up against their enemy and defeated them, forcing the general to retreat. I wish I could remember the title of the article so that I could find it again.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 жыл бұрын

I've been to Denmark. It was a nightmare of swordfights and cod

@finvinkm 4 жыл бұрын

so you don't come back I guess😁

@MadameRaven1 6 жыл бұрын

Denmark is completely lovely! I want to go there again.

@totalxxownagexx5087 6 жыл бұрын

Love Your content bro keep up the good work

@Eskify 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'll try to 🙂

@DMS-pq8 5 жыл бұрын

Took about ten seconds to figure out this video was going to be crap

@creekersquad2374 5 жыл бұрын

Its a dodgy video some of the info is false theres holes everywhere in this vid its pointless I should,know I decended from,the vikings

@harrykimura9830 4 жыл бұрын

Does that make you a historian?

@BucketPukes1969 4 жыл бұрын

@@harrykimura9830 Nah we just read some books or even watched a simple documentary. Its easy to spot ignorance and fakeness/sensationalism in others if you actually research for yourself.

@robinsinpost 4 жыл бұрын

What was wrong with the video. Enlighten us.

@BucketPukes1969 4 жыл бұрын

Robinsinpost not gonna watch the whole thing again sorry. But from what I just saw, crucible steel Ulfberth swords were from Francia, made by Frankish smiths. Many migration era Northern European cultures used similar weaponry, especially spatula-bladed triangular pommel one handed swords. Later on there’s just not a lot of fact checked info and a lot of myths

@sessionbox4256 4 жыл бұрын

Vikings are one of the most famous warriors in history

@TheSexyConan 4 жыл бұрын

Lol yet the england defeated them

@ynglcfr9424 4 жыл бұрын

iron tanker the were outnumbered man.

@Paul-fl7fs 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSexyConan England was their bitch lmao. They only managed to defeat them when they outnumbered them. Not only that but the english got fucked by the normans like 2 days later. The poetic part is that the normans came from vikings. So in the end the vikings did get the last laugh.

@Lily10138 6 жыл бұрын

I'm early, anyone want coffee?

@haleme9244 6 жыл бұрын

Layloni0014 yes please

@jackmehov5788 6 жыл бұрын

I'll make some doughnuts

@victor.guilherme1995 6 жыл бұрын

That was adorable, thank you.

@perrydowd9285 5 жыл бұрын

Yes please. Brewed in the Scandinavian style please. ;-)

@sfsf5555 5 жыл бұрын

@wonderwaffle93 6 жыл бұрын

Always love your vids, you do a good breakdown, not boring and idk I guess the music does a great job at keeping the vibe going with the subject. Keep it up as always my dude

@serotonin.scavenger 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot the most important mystery of all: it's always almost harvesting season. Always.

@adamanderson8149 5 жыл бұрын

Great video bro thanks

@bettysweet967 6 жыл бұрын

so fascinating eskify love ya

@Eskify 6 жыл бұрын

You're so sweet, Betty

@bryancaulfield2066 5 жыл бұрын

A nation responsable for Lego and Peter Schmeichel isn't all bad.

@pieiskool7725 5 жыл бұрын

Here’s a Viking mystery: Why is ragnorocks Viking ship still on a mountain

@matthewsunderland4795 4 жыл бұрын

Life Recorder Ragnarök is a when not a what or who

@HartRaver 4 жыл бұрын

OMG..Ragnarok is a term.. it's chaos,mayhem,the end of the world... not a person !

@user-dq1uv3ql8o 4 жыл бұрын

He means Ragnar the dude from the series

@e.mailissimo2146 3 жыл бұрын

@@HartRaver More precisely it is the end of a cycle, not the end of the world. Its the end of a time or an era and also the beginning of another cycle, not the end of the world in the christian sense.

@suurikuryellow-tooth9054 3 жыл бұрын

Hva?

@petergoettler8680 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting,Thxs.

@Fabian6980 4 жыл бұрын

They created swords 900 plus years ahead of their time badass well that confirms they were the deadliest warriors in the world at the time

@davidradtke5166 4 жыл бұрын

Well that's entirely not true what they tell about the Ulfberth swords in that video. Ulfberth swords are clearly Frankish smithery. Probably made in possible monasteries Fulda or/and Lorch in Hessen/Germany. Notice the two crosses at the name on the swords, thats not viking. Vikings got the swords by trade or through raids in Frankish lands. The vikings obviously changed hilt and crossguard into the nordic style. These swords were clearly state of the art, but the technique of forging that steel was from Afghanistan or Persia. Altough there were many forgeries of these swords. Vikings could not do such good swords, so they used more the ax, which was way cheaper than a good sword.

@robinsinpost 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidradtke5166 What you say there is so totally wrong. There is no doubt whatsoever tha the Ulberth sword is a Viking sword made by Vikings.

@joeljohansson472 4 жыл бұрын

Some think they got The Steel and forged it from The arabs.

@CarlosSanchez-my7zg 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidradtke5166 truth.

@CarlosSanchez-my7zg 4 жыл бұрын

@@robinsinpost its clearly frankish design.

@PrinsaVossum 6 жыл бұрын

You know "viking pirates" is redundant, right?

@dalecox5928 5 жыл бұрын

Viking were not pirates. Pirates were criminals that attacked other ships at sea. Because they were criminals pirates were hunted by the sea-going military forces of the countries that the ships they attacked belonged to. Vikings used their longboats for transportation to attack other countries on land. Usually to conquer parts or all of those countries. Vikings WERE the military forces of their respective countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, etc,) and were not considered criminals by their country. Often the attacking Viking military force was led by a high-ranking nobleman if not the king himself. They wanted this land to set up farms because farm land was getting overused in Scandinavia. Vikings were also explorers something pirates were not.

@peo4989 5 жыл бұрын

@@dalecox5928 Vikings means "to go raid using boats" Vik=small inlet surrounded by mountains or rural terrain Vikings is not a military name. Ledung was however a assembled military fleet under one ruler. The prase vikings is thus false. Norsemen and or danefolk are the correct term for Scandinavians of this time no matter if they were danish norwegian or Swedish norsemen.

@peterarchibald9650 5 жыл бұрын

Freaker

@droopy83ffm96 5 жыл бұрын

it is not. Pirates where privateers filling their own pockets using a power structure above. vikings where "rowmen". Everyone being an equal on the journey. A sailor, navigator, fighter as the situation demanded. I find it funny that to this day there seems to be a need for demonizing them.

@ohioagainsttheworld676 5 жыл бұрын

but "zombie ninjas" is totally logical....

@countrygirlxo7188 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video 💕

@mikemartin5423 3 жыл бұрын

I'm American but I find this very, very interesting. Would love to learn more about Vikings and Norse culture

@n00byboss 4 жыл бұрын

the vikings explored the world then spread out, they didn't just disappear out of nowhere

@tacticalbacon1188 5 жыл бұрын

Being a Viking wasnt a race, it was more of a profession. Acting as a "Viking" is just raiding by sea.

@martpuk5608 5 жыл бұрын

John Triplett why this reaction?

@dmitriykinzhebulatov 5 жыл бұрын

@John Triplett can you give evidence for the E-V13 statement? I thought scandinavians, including vikings, were haplogroup I1?

@peo4989 5 жыл бұрын

@John Triplett Lol you are just useless BS spewer. Norsemen are not from greece region.

@OldglenSea-cw4ps 5 жыл бұрын

TB. You're guessing. You don't know how the name came about. I do.

@sceptreofjudah 5 жыл бұрын

@kim a And Finns would have no idea because they 'ain't' scandinavian. But some Finns use scandinavian words, like ja, if their family comes from border areas, like my family did. Some of our 5th generation US in the family speak Finn pretty good, but I didn't retain much.

@joshuaschwien8415 5 жыл бұрын

The ulfbuhrt sword was figured out. A blacksmith managed to recreate a close replica with methods of the time. It takes extreme skill

@HenzEmpire 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve now been to Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Such amazing countries! The people are great and there’s so much to do and see

@jaredbabin2356 5 жыл бұрын

Love the Danes!!! My beautiful, fierce , wonderful people. I’d love to live there. Like being back with my family.

@ragnarlothbrok7858 4 жыл бұрын

Odin Favored we shall feast in Valhalla!

@serialcarpens290 4 жыл бұрын

Be honest, your name is Larry Smith and you live in Arkansas.

@willardpattersoniii8587 5 жыл бұрын

8:43 I can't get back

@XxLavedogxX 5 жыл бұрын

I swear you've monopolized so many areas of KZfaq you sound like so many of the people I listen to

@DJS11811 5 жыл бұрын

If you want a good mystery, try the Kensington Runestone. This is a stone found in Alexandria Minnesota hat described the deaths of several Norwegians and Swedes from plague-like symptoms. The mystery is that it is found so far inland; but Native fur trading routes through the great lakes make that possible. The area was also a center of Norwegian and Swedish immigration in the 1890s; and the stone was found by a Norwegian-descended farmer

@lonewolf5475 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else sees the thumbnail and thought of Mount And Blade??

@dennisroriksson1889 5 жыл бұрын

The Ulfberht Swords were actually frankish not scandinavian. The steel of wich the Ulfberth Swords were made came from the Rheinland in what is now central-west Germany. This Region is known for its high quality steel. By the 9th century the Ulfberht Swords even were part of the standard weaponary of scandinavian raiders.

@peterburt2905 4 жыл бұрын

Well, standard weaponry might be stretching things a bit. Indications are that those things were not all that numerous and probably cost a shitload back in the day. But yeah, the original metallurgy came from elsewhere.

@dennisroriksson1889 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterburt2905 Sure not all Vikings had Ulfberth Swords, they were indeed very expensive. But if we talk about experienced Vikings who already were on a couple of raids and trade expeditions they were definetly able to afford those swords. Those Swords were very high quality (many even say that those swords were the best you could get in Europe during the Viking Age), hence they were really popular among the Vikings. The arabic chronicler Ibn Fadlān who traveled to the Volga Vikings (Varangians) and lived among them for some time, remarks that swords of frankish type were common among them. As a matter of fact most Ulfberth swords found by archaeologists were found in Scandinavia. Apart from that it is likely that not all Ulfberth swords that the Vikings used were bought, the Vikings also used to raid the frankish empire and many Viking Ulfberth swords probably got taken as booty from the Franks.

@petergoettler7159 5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@FranckLarsen 5 жыл бұрын

Hehe. Wonderful piece of art! :D

@artmoovz3035 5 жыл бұрын

I know an feel Viking blood through my veins

@ivo_kovacevic 4 жыл бұрын

English yes

@nickh4280 4 жыл бұрын

Do research like I did, I got norwegian viking heritage. So you might get Swede, Norwegian, Danish.

@lmjp1623 3 жыл бұрын

@@nickh4280 Viking is a job description not a race.

@nickh4280 3 жыл бұрын

@@lmjp1623 I know...you didn't teach me anything new, I know what I was saying bud

@lmjp1623 3 жыл бұрын

@@nickh4280 ''I got norwegian viking heritage'' how is that possible then ? or are you 100% sure that your ancestors were raider with some of these backgrounds norsemen/baltic/finnic or rus ?

@bob.jacobsen360 6 жыл бұрын

Ecen though I'm from denmark myself. Those green longboats in the sky usually scare me to...*lol*

@kajjeekanalenfan72 5 жыл бұрын

Bo B. Jacobsen Heard of Naglfar?

@kenstofft3230 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@tommybiggers5881 5 жыл бұрын

glorious video for sure

@demonprinces17 3 жыл бұрын

Left Greenland because when they settled it was warm, later it reverted back to its normal cold

@jounik8980 3 жыл бұрын

Cut all trees

@carlbeeblebronx9061 5 жыл бұрын

Some Viking relics were found in the far north of New Zealand by Kelly Tarlton dated to approx 900A.D. The discovery was supressed and objects removed. (upsets the official history)

@shreyvaghela3963 5 жыл бұрын

Carl Freimann wow really can you send me a link

@ottodidakt3069 5 жыл бұрын

@@tonysmith1949 are you implying that their was in fact Vikings relics the somehow ended up in NZ ? links ?

@tonysmith1949 5 жыл бұрын

@@ottodidakt3069 nah I don't, the english found them in England somewhere, they looked similiar to hei-tiki, but I doubt they came from NZ. The idea of the vikings here is made up to suit white people who look to discredit indigenous here, similiar to the stories of Nga Tamariki o te Kohu (the children of the mist) of the Ureweras, talked about in Tuhoe lore, who were pale with light coloured eyes, Europeans use that folklore to justify their presence here

@tehjamerz 5 жыл бұрын

Tony Smith just because history clashes with the snowflakes story doesnt mean it is attempting to actively discredit their story...

@tehjamerz 5 жыл бұрын

Tony Smith btw, explain this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLZjm72jx7zIlGw.html

@viviblaat5831 5 жыл бұрын

Before people started writing down history, it was very common for events that had taken place to be told in the form of songs and poems. (Most people couldn't even read or write back then) Considering the amount of poems written about Ragnar Lothbrok by different people, we can be sure that he really existed. What we can't be sure of is, how accurate some things are and a lot of things that we can only be sure about in the poems/songs that have been made before men started writing history down is that most of it has to be taken with a grain of salt. It's like the saying "History books are written by the winners" which is true in some way, but most people are too lazy to read both sides of a history story and the truth can often be found in the middle.

@sunnyland3952 5 жыл бұрын

I'm Danish, I agree.

@nathanialwittmore7415 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is is great question.

@schwinnstingrayguy3757 5 жыл бұрын

NORGE💪🏻💪🏻🇳🇴

@FBI-kc3fs 4 жыл бұрын

Schwinn Stingray Guy sry Danmark var lederen

@ulfhenarynglinga108 4 жыл бұрын

Jeg vil gjerne komme til å besøke Norges hjemsted for familiehilsener fra Amerika

@gurunpetreagunnarsdottir8192 4 жыл бұрын

Satt segirðu Norski bróðir.😉 ofursterkir.

@kasperknutsen8283 4 жыл бұрын

@@FBI-kc3fs dannmark var langt ifra lederen. Det var en union en gang

@jrnbloodaxehaugen678 4 жыл бұрын

NORGE!!!!