The First Berserkers: the Bronze Age Koryos
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3 жыл бұрынThe berserker Viking warrior is famous but the tradition can be traced back to the early Bronze Age warband called the koryos.
The berserkers fought like madmen, in a trance-like state of fury that struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. But why did they act in this way? And why were they associated with wolves and bears?
In this video we travel back thousands of years into the history of Bronze Age Europe and find out why the youths of Indo-European cultures transformed into wolves and other animals during their rites of passage.
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@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
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@rojanaryan3230 2 жыл бұрын
Mr, Davis. Can i ask you somethings about Berserkers
@galenbjorn443 2 жыл бұрын
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@Another_opinion_ 3 жыл бұрын
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@markstuber4731 2 жыл бұрын
Considering he's talking about a pre-literate culture, I wonder how the heck he knows most of his claims .
@Another_opinion_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@markstuber4731 not sure how related your reply is to my comment. Nevertheless, he's continuously referring in his videos to current historical literature. You can easily read the articles/books he's referring to.
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Truly
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@swevixeh 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed! As a Scandinavian, vikings were simply typical Indo-european warbands bourne by ships rather than horses and wagons, probably as a result of the Scandinavian topography where mountains, seas, rivers, rocks/hills and forests were frequent obstacles unlike the flatness of the eastern European steppes. The cattle raids described by the ancient Irish and Indians are similar examples.
@jakkeledin4645 3 жыл бұрын
Thats Why Finns beat them.
@Thekoryostribalpodcast 2 жыл бұрын
There are still warrior bands today. I am part of one. I dedicate my life to learning how to be violent, I grew up around violence my whole life. And I train other men how to be violent. But also to control it. Only need it when it's necessary. There are many of us, in the millions. Still carrying on a resemblance of what our ancestors did. We are still here, and our ancestors are too. III
@qboxer 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thekoryostribalpodcast Do you act in service of the state? How do you organise and what do you do?
@dontworry9540 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thekoryostribalpodcast sounds like larp
@jeremymullens7167 2 жыл бұрын
Athena has largely won out on this I’d say. Ares style violent rage is less apart of military. Where Athena’s strategy and discipline has won wars. Ares does get his due during war atrocities but there are repercussions to such acts. The department of defense did research to try to find out what caused men to do heroics that got them medal of honors. The answer of brotherhood and comradery. The desire to keep your friends safe from the enemy. Those ancient war bands definitely fostered a sense of brotherhood. Men are inspired to heroics if they’re all that stand against the forces of chaos. They will die to keep their family safe.
@veljkovujic5807 2 жыл бұрын
In serbian language, there is an archaic word for wolf, kurjak (pronounced kooryack). It is used when talking about its wild, bestial and brutal, mystical and mysterious nature. Word Vuk (Vook) is used more generally.
@dangerouswitch1066 8 ай бұрын
That's fascinating
@Sygg-uj3ze 2 ай бұрын
He who takes up the cowl, must first be a warg at least one year
@MrRedberd 3 жыл бұрын
Start as a bear cub, and work your way up to eagle scout.
@richern2717 3 жыл бұрын
Almost swept away to those ancient times. Goosebumps and excitement running through me. Very nice storytelling.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@johnanita9251 2 жыл бұрын
It will be less exciting when your covered in blood and guts fighting for your survival. But hey, different times ... any how, would love to know if they suffered from PTSD if they returned to their tribe and had to adjust to be just a farmer or artisan...
@anthonybird546 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnanita9251 I think this is probably how they did deal with it. I think that it was probably something to do with getting it as a kid/teenager so the rituals keep you "psyched up", and the career of hunting and fighting keeping your brain into what's clearly where your neurons are, at that point, bent towards fight in an almost permanent state of fight-or-flight panic. Presumably by the time they were old enough to become warmasters, they had enough of a grip on it to deal with being around, and teaching, kids. I assume that they would have also acquired a semi-mystical/religious status to the people of the regular tribe as well, alongside the wise woman/women, spirit talkers, etc. that governed that part of the society.
@miguelmendoza4513 3 жыл бұрын
Great content. This brings into mind the connection of the agogi of Sparta, the Wolfskin-wearing Roman Velite Skirmishers and the Viking Beserkers even if they are all separated by so much distance. Keep it up.
@____________838 2 жыл бұрын
@Lucas De Araújo Marques Like a who?
@lsrpjune3500 2 жыл бұрын
@lucgma no, the sagas explain bezerkers are warriors that either A. Wore bear skin pelts in battle B. Wore no shirt in battle, working themselves up into a rage with prior ritual and possibly stinking henbane, there were many types of bezerkers besides just bear pelt wearers such as Úlfhéðnar. The ancestors of scandanavians clearly took the idea of wolf warriors and animal shamanistic warrior beliefs from their previous indo European tribes, where this was common as well. You needed to go through certain rituals/ circumstances and do certain things to get the power of said bezerkir. This is backed up by a few sagas, such as the one about the men who were Úlfhéðnar with wolf pelts, turning into wolves for several days.
@lsrpjune3500 2 жыл бұрын
@lucgma while it wasn’t a position, it was spiritual and was considered to be high ranking soldiers, normally protecting kings. Making them a class of warriors kindve like knights.
@FasterAndSlow Жыл бұрын
The roman founding myth sounds alike too. With romulus being the koryonos leading a pack of young man to take this new territory. Stole the sabine women. The connection to the wolf is there too.
@aksel_5537 Жыл бұрын
*germanic berserkir*
@NiejakiDD 2 жыл бұрын
If I understand correctly, the warbands/beserker initiation lost its popularity quite early - as soon as the groups of hunters-gatherers transformed themselves into class societies, since rise of the Bronze Age. Since then, the ancient, predatory form of initiation became the privilege of small class of warriors only, especially elite, and in the most valiant cultures only (Spartans, Germans, Vikings, etc).
@smithdog4770 3 жыл бұрын
Totally Wild. I've slipped into that state in combat, it didn't happen to me until I'd been on a LOT of missions one after another. I hit a state where I just didn't care at all about the danger and just wanted to destroy. It was a very weird and amazing in a way to know that it's inside of you. I never ran from a battle even without being in this state, but once in it, well it was just different. I don't know how to explain it any better than that. It's also why I hold the Brass and Politicians who send us to war for all of the deaths. They scapegoat a few guys who go Berserk in every single conflict. I know two people who became their scapegoat after losing it. But they can't send men to battle and not expect the wolf to come out, because it will, at least in some of them, if they have seen enough.
@HANKTHEDANKEST 2 жыл бұрын
Old men who send young men off to kill and die ought to be the ones doing the dying. The audacity to blame the warrior for his warrior deeds--shameful.
@samuelphillian1286 Жыл бұрын
Cool story
@Hollylivengood Жыл бұрын
Yes. And I always wonder if the berserkers of this age weren't just what we would call people with ADD going into battle. Most of my family have this, and either we learn how to think through our hyper lives, or end up in trouble a lot. I have seen guys who got in a street fight and just take out a gang full of people like a machine. That was just how they rolled when they got going. I've seen people act like what you're talking about, and it's what kept people alive for a long time. Love and light to you.
@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745 Жыл бұрын
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@FirstLast-ce3en Жыл бұрын
Lol obviously full of shit
@bencopeland3560 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic as always. Makes me think of a small handful of men I grew up with who just seem dispossessed by modern society. In another time there may have been a marginally productive role for them. Today it’s a sad life of conflict and recidivism.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Yes there are some men who are drawn to live beyond normal society. Hobos, vagrants, homeless as well as certain types of criminals.
@micahdixson7764 3 жыл бұрын
The world has gotten boring from the means of computers and gadgets to make everything easy.
@talisikid1618 3 жыл бұрын
@@micahdixson7764 I don’t find it boring. People let themselves get sidetracked spiritually.
@stevenunyabidness 2 жыл бұрын
@@Tarteh everything is concerning to a pearl clutching coward.
@stevenunyabidness 2 жыл бұрын
@@Tarteh how profoundly insightful, you must be very important having such a way with words.
@ysteinberg5084 2 жыл бұрын
In essence, the trick was to induce an adrenaline rush, which can make you stronger than you normally are. It can happen automatically, or artificially induced. The change in strength, speed and control is significant, which makes me think that the stories about the berserkers who lost control and attacked their own had induced the adrenaline rush with shrooms or something that took the control away.
@garygwong88 2 жыл бұрын
Reading Godborn currently..great work sir..
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thank you.
@ivan55599 2 жыл бұрын
13:45 "They are also shown as violent boasters and bullies". Just a note: for example icelandic Grettis saga (written in age of christianity) berserks were said to be bullies, and they were outlawed in Norway in 1015. Whether it had anything to do with christianity (and christian politics) or not, is up to debate (according to my memory/knowledge).
@nenadmilovanovic5271 2 жыл бұрын
This video is giving me Robert E. Howard vibes especially when Conan or Brule the Spear slayer talk about their homelands and how they used to hunt. Great job!
@zachariedube1796 3 жыл бұрын
A video on how the koryos tradition evolved in later ages as indo european split into different cultures would be most interesting. Great channel!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That's a great idea - quite a big project, I expect to be manageable I would have to break it down with one video per culture. But yes that's a great idea, I will add it to the list, thank you.
@israeltovar3513 2 жыл бұрын
I would endorse a book series, or short stories anthology. Snapshots of the evolution of the koryos...
@stancalung5186 3 жыл бұрын
wow, you quoted Mircea Eliade! And I thought only the old ones like me still know his work :))) Beautiful content, btw, thanks!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
@artemisios 3 жыл бұрын
Eliade is a classic, an authoritative voice, even in these corrupted times.
@jeffebdy 2 жыл бұрын
The recent film, "The Northman" has an interesting parallel
@mykulpierce 3 жыл бұрын
Very cool paper on the subject of berserker as a fighting style from Indo-European tradition in 2002 paper: Berserks: A History of Indo-European "Mad Warriors" September 2002, Journal of World History Michael Speidal
@kaarlimakela3413 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the young Spartans tasked with harassing the Helots. Explains why car ins costs our young males the most money also! These younger warriors might also be merely Cannon fodder.
@TheLittledikkins 3 жыл бұрын
The Koryos was a way to get young males who were at their most violent and reckless state of development the hell out of the village so they didn't disturb the adults and children.
@mladenmatosevic4591 3 жыл бұрын
Read about Roman Velites or Greek Peltasts. Unarmored but fast running soldiers tasked at shooting javelines at heavily armed phalanx. And steppe armies were mostly about mounted archers, where less experienced ones were used to draw attention while best shooters prepare truly damaging attack.
@rollothewalker5535 3 жыл бұрын
@@mladenmatosevic4591 Peltasts originated in Thrace. And the thracians were hellish warriors. They left nothing alive after a raid. Not even children or dogs. They fought in a frenzied state as well, it's described how, by means of battle cries and fury, they managed to throw even the most experienced cavalry troops of the roman empire into confusion and panic. It's also described that for them living out of looting and raiding was seen as noble and brave, while living out of farming was somewhat frowned upon.
@MrDeicide1 2 жыл бұрын
Ottomans also had these conscripted, but doomed troops Aski-kurt they called them, horse levy. Literal translation, four-legged soldiers, or wolves That was the canon fodder, intended to provoke the opponent to attack, and smash against the janissary center
@garrettelgin4742 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of Plains Nations warrior traditions like the Lakota Dog Soldiers.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it seems to be a recurring pattern. Anthropologists also studied African herding societies like the Maasai in the 20th century to help inform some of their theories about the koryos.
@garrettelgin4742 3 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely fascinating
@ajithsidhu7183 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory please do one on north india
@keepinmahprivacy9754 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory Even the Hebrews had something similar with the Nazirites like Samson who took vows not to cut their hair and to remain ritually pure. Samson also fights naked, except for his lion skin, performs feats of strength, and is depicted as an unstoppable warrior.
@AusDenBergen 2 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory lol
@rollothewalker5535 3 жыл бұрын
Fighting in a frenzied state is seen in all indo-european cultures and beyond. In antiquity, the germanic tribes, celts, and thracians are all described as being hellish warriors. In the early medieval period, viking berserkers made their living out of duels and were known for outlandish acts of violence. More on this subject can be found in the book "Ancient germanic warriors: warrior styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas" by Michael P. Speidel.
@richardfrancisburton6833 Жыл бұрын
Same in malayan cultures hence the word, amok - running amok
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@demitriusrawluk5747 3 жыл бұрын
Tfw you'll never trip on shrooms and perform war chants before battle with your homies and other members of your raiding party.
@ericsnow3663 3 жыл бұрын
Unless you're in Seattle or Portland
@demitriusrawluk5747 3 жыл бұрын
@@ericsnow3663 lmao
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure there's many a community which would appreciate an opportunity to banish their young men for a while until they chill out.
@krispalermo8133 3 жыл бұрын
In South East Asian, they send the late teenage males to a Buddhist temple for around three to five years. Their society is more or less set up where no woman will talk to or deal with a young man/ male till he has been mellow out at the local temple. It is not unknown that some husbands .. still .. sleep four nights a week at the local temple after they are done helping their children with their home work and eating dinner with their wife.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Like university.
@dangerouswitch1066 8 ай бұрын
It's quite natural. Older men with young wifes wouldn't want them around.
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@seanpoore2428 3 жыл бұрын
This is also exactly like roman velites. youths who skirmish before the battle lines, occasionally while wearing wolf skins
@CelticAugur 3 жыл бұрын
Not exactly the youths are always expelled to the forest until they prove themselves, also the romans drank piss so
@seanpoore2428 3 жыл бұрын
@@CelticAugur not every aspect is the same but the koryos tradition clearly stuck around in some aspects
@patrickmccartney7544 3 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the maruts mentioned in the rgveda 1.64. Do you know if there is any correlation?
@MrDeicide1 2 жыл бұрын
Some nations called the Romans "Volsci", wolves Because of the velites in front lines
@sandraherdman3783 2 жыл бұрын
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@Ian-yf7uf 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best channels with Indo European content
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, appreciate that.
@CSEcton Жыл бұрын
Great video! I learned a lot and it gave me the chills to see how deep this ancient tradition truly was. Thank you for the upload
@PalmettoNDN 3 жыл бұрын
This was an amazingly terrific video. Thank you very much.
@mladenmatosevic4591 3 жыл бұрын
True berserking have someting to do with elevated level of adrenaline. This pushes pain and fear aside, gives additional strength and makes time go slower.
@gauravtejpal8901 3 жыл бұрын
It is exactly that
@krispalermo8133 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful thing they don't bother to mention during bouts of " fight or flight " rush moments, your muscles tighten up to the point they slowly pull your back out of place. Panic attacks are fun to live with, not forgetting all the joint and nerve damage for beating the .. F .. out of the smart azzes that provoke them.
@mladenmatosevic4591 3 жыл бұрын
@@krispalermo8133 Panic? Not really... It is like geysir of liquid oxygen going up spine and hitting tiop of the skull. Mad anger cooled and rationalized while brain works accelerated but with simpler algorythm. More like contemplating assault with serious bodily harm since no human or gods law is considered important. Then you perhaps leave fist-print on brick wall even after depowering swing in half move, while brain detects not real pain, but damage report. Of course, to make it battle effective you need to keep it for few minutes, but many soldiers, past and modern, who kept fighting while seriously wounded had to be in such state. And their capacity to think and act was not diminished at all.
@mladenmatosevic4591 3 жыл бұрын
@@gauravtejpal8901 Rationalization is easy. Hard part is to create burst of adrenaline when you want it and then keep it high for 15min.
@gauravtejpal8901 3 жыл бұрын
@@mladenmatosevic4591 no one is inherently superior. It is all a result of training
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I'm always interested in the Yamnaya era! Also I downloaded your short prequel, gonna read it this weekend and hopefully start the proper series after!
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@CloysterFukk 2 жыл бұрын
I am of swedish and finnish lineage, we have clear documented roots to the year 1400 with my clan existing on both swedish and finnish grounds, and there is some evidence of ancient viking involvment that my grandfather has dug up. The end of this video made me tear up and i cant really explain it, growing up without a father i can really feel the pain of the scandinavian soul crying out from within me, that growing up without a primal connection to nature, to beast, to have a strong male teacher that i think all men from the north needs. I will become what my father never was, and i will revive the soul of my ancestors. Love you all.
@wittafa 2 жыл бұрын
I was always fascinated by the berserker since the first time I play “For Honor”.. I understand now .. great video!
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Once again, great content! Please keep them coming. Definitely interested in your stories
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate that.
@KilnFirelink Жыл бұрын
I found your videos recently and I gotta say they are amazing inspiration for illustrations
@ipeteagles Жыл бұрын
Timeless, thank you.
@fawnmalone410 Жыл бұрын
Dan, I don't know why it took so long to discover your channel....watching back to back. So polished!
@DanDavisHistory Жыл бұрын
Thank you, welcome to the channel.
@Mma-basement-215 8 ай бұрын
This is great..I love all your content bud.. it's really good !!
@CoreyStudios2000 3 жыл бұрын
This should be made into a well-funded film series.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you completely. Someone call Christopher Nolan.
@ajithsidhu7183 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory please do one on indio european culture in north india
@ajithsidhu7183 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory please do ooe on north indian indo European punjabi jatt culture
@ajithsidhu7183 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory on culture ,warfare
@olinayoung6287 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent 🤩!! Thank you, enjoyable & learned a lot!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@user-rd8id1xk3t 2 жыл бұрын
Dan I love your content. Thank you.
@18Bees 2 жыл бұрын
Wow what a great channel I stumbled across. Oddly enough, This is a timely video for my family. Watched a couple of your other great vids.. Cheers mate.
@grandmastersreaction1267 3 жыл бұрын
This channel just gets better and better.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great to hear.
@lemhanback9595 2 жыл бұрын
Going to have to look for your books now, thank you, enjoyed this
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, I hope you enjoy the stories too.
@lemhanback9595 2 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory I believe I will Loved the Grears books on prehistoric fiction of native American tribes. Yours sound similar just about people on the other side of the "Big Water" 😉
@dc7652 3 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel a few days ago. Latest few months is top notch content.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, great that you found us.
@Llamadosalvaje 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@audreydimmel6674 2 жыл бұрын
I need to read your series now.
@robertberkowitz992 3 жыл бұрын
I really love this video, I'm not sure about the story you read from in the middle but overall this was very very informative, thank you!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It wasn't me reading, it was one of my audiobooks read by an actor.
@michel3386 3 жыл бұрын
Really great job!!! Some ancient native american tribes also had this kind of practices, as ritual initiation into adulthood. Thank you once again!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@tonymontana3949 Жыл бұрын
Like Aztec toltec chichimeceas
@koderamerikaner5147 2 ай бұрын
I've been thinking maybe the Kóryos tradition in some form dates back to the ANE (Ancient North Eurasians), when the IE and Natives were one people. I don't have good evidence, but it makes sense to me.
@grootygroot6351 3 жыл бұрын
Well done. Great narration and tone.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@fenrisulfur666 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact, there is still a saying in Icelandic "Að bíta í skjaldarendurnar". Which is biting ones sheild or hunkering down or getting things done, timecode 14:55
@sarahparkes1547 2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou that was interesting
@hotpanky6936 2 жыл бұрын
Hey man, thanks so much. Great videos. I sit with my young boys and watch your videos of an evening. Better than history at school sadly which often substitutes ideaology for evidence.
@dredredringoproject Жыл бұрын
Love your channel and books. Reading vampire crusader now
@salomekruger4176 2 жыл бұрын
This is most interesting and educational. I am currently doing research for my first attempt at writing a novel, and your video helped me so much. Thanks!
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, good luck with your writing.
@samsam828 2 жыл бұрын
This is a great video, very well done!
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you think so.
@patcowley6378 3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating story Dan.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Pat.
@patcowley6378 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory The teen years in that time and place were brutal... how wimpy we (as a society) are nowadays...
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Our ancestors - all of us living today around the world I mean - are all the survivors of unbelievable hardships.
@patcowley6378 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory It's humbling . We are living in fortunate times , for now...
@pierredecine1936 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your subject matter a lot !
@Son-of-Tyr Жыл бұрын
Terrific video. Are you visiting my mind while I'm sleeping and plucking topics from my dreams? You're a dream-walking shaman, I know it. Haha great video my friend. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
@donbrown2391 3 жыл бұрын
Great piece. Reading Godborn now. Fun stuff.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you very much.
@leejones5810 Жыл бұрын
That reading was outstanding, writing from experience of milk and mushroom, the warmth of belly to limbs and eyes. Going to have too get a copy👍
@insaneweasel1 3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! I'm going to look up your novels after work.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I hope you like the stories.
@LiamE69 3 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to see a video from you in my subs.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@demonyakku3710 2 жыл бұрын
I discovered you yestarday and im on the watching spree right now. Amazing channel. Please can u make something about early Slavs.
@ifletty 3 жыл бұрын
I recognized Alex Wyndham's voice right away. One of the best.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've had a few people tell me they love him. One said it's also because he's an absolute dreamboat.
@robertmastnak581 5 ай бұрын
Very interesting fakts. Thx
@TheSonOfDumb 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is gold. Subscribed and clicked on the bell icon. ;)
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Welcome to the channel.
@GriffinParke 3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this. Listening to this stories about werewolves and other shapeshifters take on a new significance.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yeah for sure.
@dennisyoung4631 Ай бұрын
Shape-strong…. Have written about this in a fictional context.
@annakonda6727 3 ай бұрын
Well now after this, which was as interesting as it was well-told, I have to track down your books to get another fix. Thank you!
@tobyplumlee748 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you thought so, cheers.
@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! im working on one with the exact same connection now
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've just subbed to your channel, I can't wait to see the video. Cheers.
@19angela71 3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff! Always wonder what it means “Go berserk!”
@jay5775 3 жыл бұрын
All right. Another Dan Davis video. Just keep em coming.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, will do.
@goshawk4340 3 жыл бұрын
Underated channel. Found it today. You got a sub.
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, welcome to the channel.
@waynemcauliffe2362 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate i like your stuff
@DanDavisHistory 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@pufdadie 3 жыл бұрын
terrific story
@robgau2501 Жыл бұрын
This channel is pure badassery.
@spaceartist1272 2 жыл бұрын
keep up good work! you re the best on youtube!
@Jamie-fl2im 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@GeorgeEast-hj5zt 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you quote Mircea Eliade!
@christianmyhre7154 2 жыл бұрын
Good video
@DanDavisHistory 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@mwmann Жыл бұрын
Great narration and background music.
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