Erik the Red: The Most Famous Viking in History

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A formidable figure with flaming red hair, a wild beard, and a temper to match is not the type of person most people would choose to cross swords with. And that, by all accounts, is a fitting description of Erik the Red. This was not a man to be taken lightly or challenged in battle. He was courageous on the battlefield, an accomplished seafarer, indomitable warrior, and unstoppable adventurer. In short, Erik the Red was everything we imagine a Viking to be.
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@bigtav_ Жыл бұрын

My family has had a legend passed down that we descend from Erik the Red and Leif Erikkssen. Anyone else who has might be a very distant relative!

@ar1462 Жыл бұрын

waddup cuz lets party like its the 900s

@SandyTobey Жыл бұрын

yuuuup

@kevinjohnson7300 11 ай бұрын

Same here, I just learned that our family may be decendants of Erik through ancestry tests. I even have the reddish beard to go with it. I always wondered why my beard has such a strong red color but the hair on my head doesn't have it. Especially when the sunlight hits my beard it really shows up red We are not 100% sure, but it seems more likely as we learn more with ancestry tests.

@andresguevara7832 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Great job!

@professorrosenstock5026 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking him this week.

@JonathanPhillips2k 2 жыл бұрын

Viking Valhalla brought me here as I like lore

@AmericanDesertEagle 2 жыл бұрын

I was really, really fucking little when I heard of Erik the Red, prolly in between 6-8. That’s the only Viking I ever knew, and for a long time I didn’t even know he was Viking, I just knew the name.

@NathanPaulBell 2 жыл бұрын

How did you come to know of him. May I ask

@AmericanDesertEagle 2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanPaulBell that’s the thing, I have absolutely no clue, I just knew his name out of nowhere as if it was just imbedded in my mind from a previous life

@AmericanDesertEagle 2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanPaulBell no clue how I would hear of it in conversation at such a young age, my parents didn’t know of him till a few years ago, so they didn’t tell me about him

@asdfjklasdfjkl1988 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone interested in any nice fiction novel involving the first Vikings in North America And a lot of native culture should check out the wolf in the whale. Great book

@leespiderpod Жыл бұрын

My son recently did his DNA test then added the results to a archeology genealogy database. Turns out he has a 97% sample match closer than others to Eric the Red

@dakodaboutilier Жыл бұрын

so does rob the viking

@ayyye9459 11 ай бұрын

B.s

@Eric-yp9nc 11 ай бұрын

@@ayyye9459 lol...I agree

@hazzanfl9814 2 жыл бұрын

Ivar the boneless and Ragnar Lothbrook be like am I a joke to you

@adrizcota Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are a joke, and so are you. They were not real, as in never existed.

@hazzanfl9814 Жыл бұрын

@@adrizcota yes they did lol

@familytreenutshistorygenealogy 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I was definitely born in the wrong time.

@stemill1569 2 жыл бұрын

Thrall!

@MichaelDouglas-24 2 жыл бұрын

If he's the most famous how come I've never heard of him lmao. Only Ragnar!

@Yfreyr 2 жыл бұрын

Well known figure for those who know some norse history dude,and ,of course his son Leif.Ragnar is actually little more in the dark,more of a mythological figure,sources r vague,and contradicts each other.

@MichaelDouglas-24 2 жыл бұрын

@@matkamdi540 ragnar lothbrok? Yes he is..

@Orion-of9oq Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha you're ignorant.

@OOO-gm2sn Жыл бұрын

i've only heard of harald hardrada

@navekroos6759 Жыл бұрын

Bcoz u watch only Netflix and not reading history

@miketime4290 2 жыл бұрын

His son is the most famous viking at least in America

@dawnslaughter3809 Жыл бұрын

Erik The red is my eternal grandfather

@xyalbo5892 2 жыл бұрын

My Name is Thorvaldson and I am a direct Follower of Eric

@goatboytheimmortal8359 6 ай бұрын

Lack of manner's my A55 cheek's, from what I've heard it sounds like his neighbors were always the 1's in the wrong.

@dominicomucci3014 2 жыл бұрын

Ragnar wants a word.

@adrizcota Жыл бұрын

Ragnar never existed

@ingrid3291 Жыл бұрын

@@adrizcota Ragnar Lothbrok was a real person...so was Rollo. They just weren't brothers in real life.

@FingerBob 7 ай бұрын

Almost nothing is known about Ragnar Lothbrok and Vikings is very questionable at times

@johnsobscura439 2 жыл бұрын

I am a direct descendent of this guy

@annettegeorge209 2 ай бұрын

I might be a distant relative of Erik the Red

@imlexiwright Жыл бұрын

We're related to Erik the red from my grandpa's side

@kevinjohnson7300 11 ай бұрын

I just found out that I am most likely a decendant of Erik through a family members ancestry test I even have the reddish beard to go with it, kinda cool but I'm not positive.

@NathanPaulBell 2 жыл бұрын

I know of Erik the Red through age of empires 2

@goldenwarrior5664 2 жыл бұрын

Lief Erickson discovered America

@nicholasdonvito1703 2 жыл бұрын

Damn ads!!!

@Lorwildrose 2 жыл бұрын

Grapes could have been blueberry bushes? Naming stuff for actually what or where it was, wasn’t something the Norse did very much. They liked word play and fooling people.

@Lykapodium 2 жыл бұрын

The most famous Viking of all time is Ragnar Lothbrook...

@Jeffdachefz 2 жыл бұрын

Right after vikings series came out, yup nothing tops Ragnar

@jondetwiler3913 2 жыл бұрын

Historians haven't yet proven Ragnar was even a real person. He's the King Arthur of vikings

@steviedogs8148 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@Lykapodium 2 жыл бұрын

@@jondetwiler3913 I think you mean King Arthur was the Ragnar Lothbrook of his time...

@slugs1043 2 жыл бұрын

I’d say harald is better known and also proven to be real

@djh4696 2 жыл бұрын

Famous for naming things after him. Not a warrior. Ragnar and sons saga way better

@adrizcota Жыл бұрын

The problem with Ragnar is the there is no proof he and his son's ever existed. He exists only in Norse Mythology

@Jannik-augustus 2 жыл бұрын

In Danmark is King Erik the red the most famoust person All danes knows the story about him 💪🤩🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

@howser1961 2 жыл бұрын

Too many inaccuracies to count as a credible retelling of the life and adventures of Eiríkur and his family. F.i. there was no concept of "murder" in the fledgeling society of the Icelandic nation. There was only manslaughter, justifiable or not. And the "outlaw" sentence was 3 years regardless. The population in Iceland referred to themselves as "Icelanders" and Þjóðhildur (Eiríks wife) was born an Icelander. They used the term "Norrænn" to describe anyone of Norwegian or Danish decent, (speaking of Swedes as Swedes) so they would not have used the term "norseman" for anyone except perhaps Eiríkur himself. As with all the sagas written in Iceland by Icelanders, there is embellishment and extrapolation for narrative purposes - but what facts and statements there are should be retold accurately.

@csmats5374 2 жыл бұрын

The second I saw him use the term "CE" for dating purposes I knew his content would be inaccurate.

@donaldmichaellumsden2714 2 жыл бұрын

It needs to be known that at this time the climate in Greenland was warmer , so Eric may not have been stretching the truth all that much . It was about 100yr later that the clmate began to change . This town prospered greatly for about 75 yr . DML

@wrathuponhope9370 2 жыл бұрын

The most famous Viking was Jamie 'Mol' Field

@applypressure9193 2 жыл бұрын

Was he in Viking Valhalla on Netflix 🤔

@Halejexst 2 жыл бұрын

@KartikDude 2 жыл бұрын

His son was

@miketime4290 2 жыл бұрын

That's his son

@applypressure9193 2 жыл бұрын

@@Halejexst his son was u could of said that but u probably didn’t know

@fritzdadog4619 2 жыл бұрын

He was mentioned and his son Leif Eriksson was in valhalla

@toledoborn1392 2 жыл бұрын

Who?

@muhammadnoorbinrohani39 2 жыл бұрын

Erik The Red Viking.

@johnrwoodrum614 5 ай бұрын

The OG ginger

@jvan6582 2 ай бұрын

Discovered America

@TimOdne-bb9vd 6 ай бұрын

Agalphehaap🌸✝️

@stack7746 2 жыл бұрын

Bjorn Ironside was greater then Earl Ragnar

@chadwickmacarthur4760 2 жыл бұрын

A distant ancedtor of mine

@michaelanderson3006 Жыл бұрын

My dad said we're related to him, which I'm kinda scared 😳 lmao

@dakodaboutilier Жыл бұрын

so is rob the viking a producer

@erikkornelsen9459 5 ай бұрын

And I'm back from the dead even though I have a different last name. I also brade my hair

@BoereViking 2 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Leif Eriksen and Ragnar Lothbroek...

@blomborg6120 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically the “most famous Viking in history” wasn’t even a Viking LOL. When in his life did he actually hop on a ship and go raiding in order to be a Viking? A Norseman? Yes. A Viking? No

@blomborg6120 2 жыл бұрын

@@franklinjackson3637 I think that was the term “Rus.” To go a Viking meant to go pirating.

@franklinjackson3637 2 жыл бұрын

@@blomborg6120 no. Viking literally meant your time at the oar. Not the act of rowing. Rus is row. And viking is how long you rowed. It took a voyage to become a viking

@rileyhogan8202 2 жыл бұрын

@@franklinjackson3637 I’m trying to find something to back up what you’ve said on the word ‘Viking’ and I can find nothing. Etymology is far from a perfect science anyways. Your claim is well far from fact

@franklinjackson3637 2 жыл бұрын

@@rileyhogan8202 so is yours

@rileyhogan8202 2 жыл бұрын

@@franklinjackson3637 I think you’re confusing what a 2005 work had to say about it. Anyways it puts forward the idea that it meant something more like “shifting” like the shifting of rowers. Vikingr still referring to those who viking or go viking

@felipeacostamunoz1249 2 жыл бұрын

Skoggomor

@jimsweep9291 Жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter what viking the come up with. Ragnar Is the greatest viking of all time and his sons. King Ragnar that's my name king Ragnar

@tkenny8527 2 жыл бұрын

Re: your hat pics Viking's didn't wear hats

@bglrj 2 жыл бұрын

The first people to arrive in North America? I don't think so, said the people who had lived there for 15,000 years.

@hoponpop3330 2 жыл бұрын

He said first Europeans

@stemill1569 2 жыл бұрын

yeah yeah yadda yadda. He said "The first people from Europe..." Be careful, white knight on your donkey. Even your kind falls easily down.

@KartikDude 2 жыл бұрын

berserker

@TbagZ 2 жыл бұрын

Harald Sigurdsson is more the most badass of them all. No cap

@RyanG0899 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sethbird4859 2 жыл бұрын

The man had webos

@dariusbachiller9399 2 жыл бұрын

ragnar lothbrok,,skol!

@erikkornelsen9459 5 ай бұрын

Fun fact Greenland was actually a bit green back then. I'm not to sure about this so look into it

@Epsillion70 2 жыл бұрын

I am the real, "The real Eric the Fuckn RED!"

@thornil2231 11 ай бұрын

Erik the Red: The Most Famous Marketer and Lying Developer in History

@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U 2 жыл бұрын

Did not the Vikings rape, pillage and kill?

@stemill1569 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that was their stick. But at least not their own people - what was their village more or less - different to the English Kings and nobles.

@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U 2 жыл бұрын

@@stemill1569 Related to your post, "...But at least not their own people...". So if your grandmother, it was okay???

@nickbandz009 2 жыл бұрын

Yes nothing like raping pillaging and killing Christian's all summer my man ahhhh good old days

@Vaultboythefightingmachine Жыл бұрын

Completely wasted this character on Vikings just like Segurd, Magnus, and others. Season 4 part 2 & 5 sucks and 6 is an abomination.

@pde4lslimeball453 2 жыл бұрын

First

@maliivicadoncevic1248 2 жыл бұрын

Who t f is eric the red

@JasonBrown-xm7ky 2 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. The map you show with Eriksay is in Scotland. Do your research buddy 😜

@user-ul7pd7vf1l 2 жыл бұрын

bs Wickie is more famous

@akitoyeptho8775 2 жыл бұрын

Erik who ? Ragnar lothbrok is the most famous Viking.. A dislike for u my friend

@mrconfusion87 14 күн бұрын

Erik The Red is one of the world's greatest grifters! His grift lives on in maps around the world over a thousand years later (thanks to his naming a famously icy island "Greenland")! 🤣🤣🤣