And we also had what is known as the “State Institute for Racial Biology” (or in Swedish: Statens institut för rasbiologi) 😏

@Mikael That sounds horrible.

Do you remember some of the titles?

Maikàfer flieg ?

Yeah I mostly liked the series too, but it turns out the creators of it are super woke. Apparently they even casted Arminius, to not be an actor who looked too "Germanic" with blond hair and such. They specifically wanted somebody that would look like a foreigner for the role, and even then they made him play second fiddle to Thusnelda. They were apparently really worried about accidently making a "Far-right icon" of a main character in the show. All things considered it could have been worse though.

@@Nordic_Barbarian True, I think he was blonde and tall But he probably did have that yee yee ass haircut because he was with the Romanz n shiet

@@jaklm4221 haha made me chuckle "yee yee ass haircut" 😂

Do not believe what you here see in Netflix! Watch the History Channel instead!

Sabellius Maximus Well there's actually alot of truth to it, Roman journalists wrote alot about female fighters in the Germanic ranks, especially during the final days of Rome in the 470s AD many of the Germanic sackers and pillagers were females

Germans the Abrahamic tribe of Judah Pharez. Isaac's sons. Saxons.

Don pelayo was an a native astur and yes vikings raided a lot cantabria,Galicia, al-andalus, pamplona, and balearic islands

I would love to make a video on Don Pelayo, the Visigoths and the Suebi. But I should travel to Spain for this video. That's my intention.. :)

@@VikingStories nice, i think you will like to visit Galicia Asturias, basque country, and castilla leon y la mancha for that fron visigoths and suebii

@@dinamycvideosgaming1597 I have been to Castilla Leon and the Basque country before. I need to return soon though. I like the region very much!

@@VikingStories nice :) balearic islands ia good to is where i live now we have a legend that bjorn ironside went to Mallorca one time

Must be. Thanks!

That's really cool to know. Thanks. I have plans to go see Mjälleborgen, one of the most important places in Iron Age Scandinavia. And a sleigh ride to Røros from there would be something.. All best

@@VikingStories I think the sleigh tide is in the beginning of January. I live in Stockholm, and have never been to Jmtland myself, but I have many distant relatives that grew up near Hackås. I would also like to go on such a sleigh ride sometime.

That's a great book. I've got the first one only, for now..

Many thanks. I agree with you Dr. McLaughlin! And I am honored to have contact with a Lachlann descendant, which makes you a distant cousin of mine:)

@@VikingStories A distant Kinsman! The North Channel/Irish Sea has been a maritime highway throughout history. The McLaughlan Clan have homelands in Inishowen on the extreme north of Ireland and across the sea in Argyle in Western Scotland. My fathers from Tyrone, but I grew up in the townland between Strangford Loch (Strangr Fjörðr) and Ballyholme Bay where they found a Viking grave in 1903. There is a strong Norse influence in Irish history that is overlooked and marginalised due to modern political narratives.

Not sure. Difficult to say

@@VikingStories thank you!

And onwards.. yes, I am working on that. It's very interesting and cool

I'd love to have that as a large print

I like the addition of cats to the graphic...at least I think they are cats.

I can't remember where I read it, but the J in Jylland/Jutland/Jutes apparently were spoken closer to a G in ancient times (like in Gothic). Similar to the Charudes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charudes

Maybe they raided Slavs on their way and bent their lifestyle to a kind of nomad life

I think they were moved around by the Romans and then in the migration era saw their chance to take over some of the former roman colonies, which is why many ended up in Spain and Italy

@@jaklm4221 none of the Germanic tribes were particularly settled.

My semi-educated observation of other large migrations is large populations don't move unless they have to. In no particular order:: Food: overpopulation, drought, starvation, resource depletion Danger: threat from a stronger group, defeated and fleeing from foes. Climate: ties in with food. Cimbri and Teutones as examples. Replacement: connected with danger/war, moving into an area vacated by defeated people. You could say power grabs, land grabs or minerals grabs but that really connects with danger & war. The details vary with the time and location but reasons remain quite basic. Today many individuals move because "the grass is greener on the other side" or they just want to live somewhere else. To move 200,000 or more people takes a big reason like survival whether the enemy is nature or man.

The goths settled in different areas not just Spain and Italy...they went to Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands... However originally they are from Gotland Sweden.

Im Galician descendent now i live in Mallorca wich dna test gives to yo the haplogroup?

@@dinamycvideosgaming1597 23andMe, for example. That's the one I used

@@roicervino6171 thanks

@@dinamycvideosgaming1597 how did it go, man?

@@roicervino6171 well my haplo is R-M153 Basque Celtic French :) and my second surname is french it was part of DF27 but negative in Iberian it got possible positive in english frankish subclade

Very interesting thoughts, Dirk. Yes, I1 is indeed a puzzle. But it should get sorted in the coming (few) years ahead with new research. Have you got some links for me to read up on some of your notions?

​@@VikingStories I am flattered by you even asking Sturla. Unfortunately I am a layman at all things prehistory, genetics and things I'm actually interested in these last few years, and very much doubt I've seen any papers that you haven't. This is just a pattern I've noticed since taking a few courses at uni and reading into philology and population genetics. If you're interested, please read below and I will explain my ideas, and I hope it all doesn't sound too schizophrenic or rambling. Certain potential loanwords from pre-IE Greek like lyre, Labyrinth, copper, Odysseus, etc aren't so easily explained as being ultimately rooted in IE by philologists. This is especially the case for certain metals, geographical names, place names, the anatomy of ships, certain gods (Dionysus). To me this is indicative of pre-IE culture being so well developed in parts of the Mediterranean, especially parts related to Minoans that they survived Indo-Europeanization through maritime, martial and technological prowess. It makes sense when you look at it from the perspective of potential plague possibly contributing to the Indo-European conquest, that these more advanced Neolithic cultures could survive while the weaker EEF cultures were totally subdued. But more so, when you have ship technology and technological craftsmanship that is more advanced than horse raiders and chariot riders from the steppe have ever seen it helps your chances. I think in Northern Europe at that point this would be translated to things like, also more advanced ships but liths and tools that were at least comparable to anything Corded Ware Culture was bringing to the table initially, outside of their horse-based technology. The Neolithic Farmer cultures had impressive cultures but Crete and the Minoan settlements stood head and shoulders over their contemporaries, all contemporaries in fact and this translated into not perishing culturally or genetically in the Indo-European conquest. I never cared for learning about them as a boy, because, you know who wants to learn about the defeated? No one remembers who finished 2nd. But it's clear to me now that it was more of a cultural transformation in some cases, for some peoples at least. Minoans were explorers and traders before Indo-Europeanization. If I'm not mistaken, you even have some samples of Linear A script in rock carvings in Norway. They and the Mycenaeans played a significant role on the development of the Nordic Bronze Age, possibly proto-Germanic cosmology, language and culture. They seem to have been kind of bro-tier in many respects. When I heard that the Mycenaean remains tested were J2a and likely downstream from a Minoan ancestor, not R1, not J2b or some lineage indisputably from the Steppe, I knew it in my own mind that this pattern I was seeing made more sense than other explanations. It is from this lineage (and possibly the I2, G2a, E, etc present in Greece and the surrounding islands) that the Greek substrate came from. Now I do believe there is a pre-IE Germanic linguistic substrate, but it couldn't possibly be as strong as that of the Minoan/EEF influence on Greek for a few reasons. And philologists will echo that constantly, as they should when they find those errors, that words in Germanic languages which seem like they are pre-IE loanwords can often be explained as IE words, or possible IE words, just you know very different from what was expected. This leads to I1. The MRCA of some 99% of the I1 haplogroup was likely in the Neolithic Dagger period of Scandinavia, which was during the early phases of the Corded Ware Culture most likely. So at that point, this I1 man was genetically mostly Indo-European. Culture tends to follow such things, so this man would have been speaking an IE language and held IE customs. This interpretation could be wrong, but I do know that you start to see Kurgan burials in the Scandinavian Neolithic era, and then and only then do you see finds of I1 men becoming common, never before. And they are found in these big mound burials no less, similar to what Agamemnon describes to Achilles in his own funeral in the Odyssey. So whatever pre-IE remnant existed was already integrated into this newly formed Battle Axe Culture at that point. But at that point the transition was complete, an ethnogenesis was already basically complete with a new elite, some IE, some pre-IE, as is likely the case in SE Europe with the Mycenaeans. And like J2a in the Mediterranean, I1 clusters around the coastlands and islands of Scandinavia. I believe the G2a in Scandinavia had a similar bottleneck/founder effect, but for whatever reason didn't have as much success under the circumstances of Indo-Europeanization as I1. So we can to some extent even disregard the statistical anomaly of I1 and see that there is a pattern there with G2a persisting where further away from the sea G2a likely couldn't, only in the Mediterranean is it more common than in Germanic cultures. Likely only when G2a dispersed with Roman conquest in the iron age did it become more common inland, similar to I haplogroups once again becoming more common in places like Iberia, France, Italy, Britain, etc with Germanic conquest. And it's possibly the same case with certain clades of I2 and Q-L804 (some SHG remnants among them?) even existing. Time will tell. Either way I look forward to discovering more about Norse history in the coming years, hopefully with you at the helm Sturla. I have many more out-there ideas on all sorts of things if you're ever interested.

@@dirksharp9876 Great comment. Just some pointers: - G2a seems practically absent in Scandinavian aDNA, even among the EEF groups. Scandinavian EEF remains so far have belonged to I2. Considering the low frequency of G2a in present-day Scandinavians and the dificulties agriculturalists faced in Scandinavia, it's unlikely G2a-rich groups ever penetrated far into Scandinavia or underwent a founder effect there. Among Swedes and Norwegians, G2a seems to represent less than 2% of the total Y-DNA. Among Danes, it reaches about 4%. - The Dagger Period represents the beginning of the final stage of the Corded Ware culture in Scandinavia, so not really an early phase of the CWC. - Can direct contact between Nordic Bronze Age people and Mycenaeans really be proven, or are the connections and similarities simply a result of indirect/intermediary contacts through trade in Central Europe? This one I'm not sure about.

Good points, Erik. Here are two links, the latter is part of a series of publications: www.academia.edu/36974280/Minoan_Greek_traders_in_Norway www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19302470

@@Cross-checker Thank you Erik. G2a, it appears it was a principle lineage of Neolithic Europe at least initially, including Northern Europe. One of the few samples of a pre-CWC/NBA man with I1 was found buried next to a G2a man in Neolithic Hungary. There were events of violence between farmers and hunter-gatherers, in places like Iberia and Scandinavia with the PWC. Such events can explain a replacement of paternal lineages in the Funnelbeaker Culture, as well as other locations were EEF cultures were less well established than their southern counterparts. G2a men were apparently living alongside I2 men in Neolithic western and southern Europe. I do see what you mean, that later on it seems most Funnelbeaker finds were I2 and EHG-descended R1 even, more so than G2a by far. Looking into that source from Uppland, not too many individuals were tested and I seem to have implied an overstated presence of G2a in Scandinavia. But there is Nordic G2a, there is G2a present in Viking graves and Germanic migrations as early as the Wielbark Culture. It seems you're correct also about CWC, but I would have anticipated stone daggers being less common at that point in time. The daggers themselves were so intricate, like something you would see at older hunter-gatherer finds. I would have thought that was some kind of creative way of coping due to not having enough metal to make metal daggers like the more Central European cultures. Which it was, but with the trade routes CWC had likely established one could easily assume they would have had more advanced technology. As far as the Minoans and the Mycenaeans in direct contact with the NBA, absolutely. It has been proven. One can't overstate the influence of the archaic Greeks on the whole of bronze age Europe, but the NBA seems to have been an exception. The rock carving of linear A script in Norway has been confirmed, it was a silver mine. This was the earliest of such contact I'm aware of. Sturla's links are better than mine but I'd still like to link you to the paper from Morner and Lind. It's bound to be more convincing than my rambling. The paper itself is from 2015 so there is a chance you've seen it, but they provide great sources and go into detail on multiple artifacts, grave sites, possible Greek influence on solar traditions/cultic practices and also what would likely become the cult of Freyr. This site I'm linking has better images of what they're referencing than what you may find elsewhere, the editor's notes are also correct. Also keep in mind that more has been found since this was first published. novoscriptorium.com/2019/02/23/ancient-mediterraneans-in-scandinavia-bronze-age-trade/

Yes, it is very captivating.

Imo it was the Single Grave Culture vs the Battle Axe Culture and lasted for centuries.

@@dirksharp9876, I'm currently studying Basque mythology and Vasconic at 16050 BC. Wow, so that would tell me the Battle Axe Culture could be the Vanir, and Hg-I1. I descend from the Battle Axe Culture, holy shit. Only 3 lines descend from the Battle Axe Culture, CTS12768, Z17954, and DF29. All sons of Hg-I1. Wow Dirk, thank you.

The more I have learned my lineage the more I understand myself and traits. I am pretty much 100% north man, From the germanic tribes, and when the Norman's came i know my major ancestors is William the conqueror, and its uncanny how much I reassemble him. And with the fall of the templars and the suite of eleanor to England. My last name was originally german and meant of the old field, but the german pronunciation sounds like awful In English a translation offield

I would love to do a video on this. In Norway many, many have read colored beards even if they are blonde. So this is an interesting topic..

Michael: On the Faroe Islands :) You should be able to purchase one by sending an email to Durita, the leader of the Berserk reenactment group and co-owner of Viking Events on the Faroe Islands: hello@viking-events.fo

I have messaged a friend to draw...

Let me guess, the truth is being hidden from us because of the Jews, right? Or is it aliens in your particular fantasy? Alien Jews? Evidence aside from a nifty story that keeps cropping up in different cultures would be good. A story about a god who sacrifices himself (or part of himself) so that he can gain knowledge / teach compassion / bring the sun back into the sky has been used again and again through different religions and cultures. Doesn't make a single one of them the true story - they're only evidence that humans love telling tales about other humans/superhumans conquering nature and death, not evidence for supernatural beings. Unfortunately the most utilitarian answer is often the correct one. But there's something to appreciate in that, too.

I will never forget them.. they were important 👍🏻

I found such thing, unfortunately. Everyone had heard about Goths though, as in folklore, which was unexpected. Considering how much slave trade went through Crimea to the Ottomans for 2-3 centuries, I am not sure it would be easy to find much, except perhaps for in certain villages far off.

@Viking Stories Some Newspapers years ago, did some stories about a once “Nova Anglia/New England” within Crimea. They and other Websites said that there was remains of one settlement still there, i think Somewhere in Eastern or South-Eastern Crimea? Which was founded by Anglo-Saxon and English Danes/Norse, who had enough of being ruled by the Norman French of England after 1066 and left England by a Small Fleet of Ships. Going through the Mediterranean Sea, raiding the Balearic Islands (we English have been going to Ibiza for a LONG time!) and i think Sicily too? Before going to serve in the Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emperors, even fighting the Norman French either in Sicily or Mainland Italy (and losing to them again there too). These Anglo-Saxon/Norse Varangian Guards were eventually rewarded for their long service, by being given land to settle within Crimea . . . with a catch? That they had to first drive off the Muslim Tartars, who were already there, which they did. Founding Settlements such as “New London” and other places, named after their old home towns from back home in England. According to all these sources, they were there for several Hundred Years, up to even past the 1300’s and still speaking Old English. They disappeared later on, either by getting absorbed into the Crimean Goths or by being defeated by the Tartars (Wiped Out or being Sold into Slavery?). This could just be all just be based upon Folk Tales but according to these sources, the Byzantine’s did go visit them over the years to see them and they did document their visits there. I don’t know whether you ever came across these stories or not? But this story is worth looking into too, if only because it also involved the Old English of Norse/Danish Viking blood too?

@@Excommunicated-ei1ep Thanks. I'll keep a look out

@@VikingStories 👍

You should look into the Saxon wars against Charlemagne. The Saxon leader took refuge in Denmark for a short time, then eventually returned to Saxony and was defeated by Charlemagne, who then massacred thousands and forcefully converted them to Christianity. The Viking raids from Denmark started shortly after that.

You should take a look at the Norwegian King Sagas. At one point at the Ting on Frosta the pagan farmer Asbjørn fra Medalhus spoke against Håkon Adalsteinsfostre when he tried to christianize them. If the king did not agree with them, then they would go to war against him. The speech that Asbjørn made ageinst him is actually really good. And remember, they had agreed to have him as king, but now that he was threatening their way of life and traditions, they made their right known that they would overthrow him and have him killed if he continued. It was tradition that the king was chosen by the chieftains and that if he ruled unwisely and broth suffering apon his own, then the chieftains and the people would get ridd of him. This was part of the old laws of the Thing system, an early form of semi direct democracy.

In Frosta a dog was supposedly chosen to rule some centuries before the Viking Age, in the legendary sagas. Frosta is really close to Værnes, an important place where all the trading goods from the north were unloaded from boats and transported eastwards up Stjørdal (Stjóri) and then on lakes and rivers through present day Sweden to the rich (and related) Forsa culture, as I show in a map in the video. Canadian Viking's point is also a valid one 👍

@@Nordic_Barbarian Kan that be the historical event that inspired the war between the Saxons and Danes against the Burgundians supported by Siegfried dem Drachentöter (“Sigurd Fafnersbane” in the nordic sagas) from the “Nibelungenlied” saga?

Maybe in the bronze age were in swden and later migrate to south western germany

This one is pretty good, Jordan: nordicmythologychannel.com/2020/10/29/barbarians-and-other-savages-from-my-neck-of-the-woods-a-review-of-the-new-netflix-series/

How about the actor chosen to portray the main character arminius , terrible ..he looks like a little twink definitely not realistic for a Germanic tribal chief. His wife is tougher than him

Maybe not, but there are surely SOME things we might reasonably be proud of.

@@sadsackkvisling9694 some?

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Indeed

Germanic people are full of rationality and freedom spirited... Unfortunately nowadays it has been lost due to racial mixing.

I agree with you on that one. I1 however is another story..

@@VikingStories heruli most probably originated in Norway, as a collection of more than one tribe. Return migration perhaps a little more widespread.

@@Starkodder1963 most likely, it looks like 👍🏻

Indo-Europeans (yamnaya) lived there around 3600 to 2500 BCE. The huns came to that region round 400 CE from East Asia. So what is your point?

The point that germanic peoples originated in the black sea then they settled down in northern Europe.

@@jamesnorseman4863 no they didnt settle there They are the 3 migration to central europe till uk

@@veronicalogotheti5416 that's northern Europe WTF

@@jamesnorseman4863 so what is scandinavia