The History of Vikings in America | The Minnesota Longship and the Hopperstad Stave Church

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@Strickland117 2 жыл бұрын

I've just gotten into Norse paganism, and thanks to you I feel much more inspired to commit and follow the old gods than I initially did! I gave Odin my first ever offering yesterday :)

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

The cat? ;)

@michaelalfonso5450 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome brother skal!

@Strickland117 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelalfonso5450 Thank you! Skal!

@charlesrb3898 8 ай бұрын

Religion is for idiots.

@joshuasander447 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so, so much for coming to my native area to see this, and to actually share this with the folk!! Beyond ecstatic!!! I grew up in Hawley, where this ship was actually built. As a young boy, I would stop in to see them building it just about everyday on my way home from school. I lived less than a block away from it! So glad you could make it here and share! Now for us to build a longhouse a few miles away from it on my families land, WOULD BE EPIC, and a tale to tell for generations to come!!

@bethsalvatore1554 2 жыл бұрын

Hjemkomst is Norwegian for “homecoming”. Which is so fitting for you coming back home to Minnesota, Ian! There is a great Norwegian folk song, called Ormen Lange (The Long Serpent) about a huge longship. Check it out!

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

Ormen Lange was a ship of Olav Tryggvason, Snorre Sturlason said so.. :) build after Ormen skamme :)

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

Or this song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJNkmaqEyKzTmY0.html :)

@be-twixt 2 жыл бұрын

Man the craftsmanship is beautiful🖤

@sewisinc.4545 2 жыл бұрын

6:18 best blooper ever. On a more topic-centered note, it is incredible that that guy managed to build that ship. I don't know if he was a pagan but imagining it was an offering to the gods... it's inspiring. Thanks for sharing it with us, Jacob.

@ethansteen8880 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a school here named after him

@anthems4658 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you made a video on the Hjemkomst longship! Much love from Duluth, MN

@erlandelle314 2 жыл бұрын

Hailsa. Duluth here too.

@BlackRaven87 2 жыл бұрын

Another Duluthian here

@DollyDeuce15 2 жыл бұрын

I’m new to Norse pagan and I live 2hr away from Moorhead. I live in a little town called Albany. I’ve been watching your videos for some time now and you e taught me a lot

@ravnagerson1132 2 жыл бұрын

When you see Ian running in the background with that helmet on 😂

@TheWisdomOfOdin 2 жыл бұрын

@just_a_norse_men Early Access videos are a part of my patreon rewards!

@edwardallenpoe7764 2 жыл бұрын

I've been studying paganism for a little over a year now, norse paganism specifically over a couple of months, and I am almost confident to say I'm a heathen. It is so inspiring to see and watch your videos, as a very young beginner, and I can't wait to watch and learn more!

@zachsmyder385 2 жыл бұрын

If you're new, please research who this guy is as a person, (he's not good) Ocean Keltoi or Wolf the Red have videos on him, I hope you will consider watching them and you'll understand

@Jennyscott40 2 жыл бұрын

I live the next town over from where the ship is and it was amazing being able to see it as a kid and learning at an early age.

@jbos5107 2 ай бұрын

That church is a real passion project, as is the ship. I hope the builders passed their skills on through apprentices because these skills should never die. Leukemia is a horrible disease. It took my father when he was 67 years young. He would have loved to see that ship and church.

@looneyloon2528 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacob for taking the time to make all these great videos. I've learned a lot from you. Hail to the gods Skal⚡

@inmihans 2 жыл бұрын

Stave Churches were taken by Christians during Catholicism and used to worship in. Hence, where they adopted, Alters, steeples, podiums, among many other things.

@BlackRaven87 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome you were able to explore the history of Vikings here in Minnesota. Greetings from Duluth, Mn.

@armedpatriot8611 2 жыл бұрын

Washington Island Wisconsin has a church that looks exactly like that. Very beautiful woodwork. Plus you take a ferry to get to it. Great journey!

@SuperSquatch69 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to minnesota! glad you could finally make it!

@sethothvinvridvaazhvhel3593 6 ай бұрын

Cheers to Minnesota.

@deborahciabattoni4549 2 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video. So fascinating to learn about this longboat. The inside of the stave is astonishing! Thank you so much for this.

@auroralee3165 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your video. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. Skàl⛵

@DariaTarotUK 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Samhain x

@fuzzysparkles8523 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for the great video i myself hope to see it someday skal brothers and sister

@jerunt1850 2 жыл бұрын

Skal from the Iron Range 🍻. Thank you for coming to MN. I never knew about this only 3.5 hours from me!

@andrewskahl9488 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Minnesota skål from Grand Rapids

@shanesorensen7878 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this is cool my dads family who is Danish and Finnish is from Minnesota.

@jlandersen 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you visited our neck of the woods. You’re always welcome back!

@valentinb-hh2kl Жыл бұрын

Awesome Video thanks Jacob ❤

@ashhole984 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Minnesota mostly my childhood and teen years up until 6 yrs ago. Yet, I never knew this 🥺

@ethansteen8880 2 жыл бұрын

I really can’t believe he came here, I’ve seen the outline of this ship every day for my whole life, I hope he’s still in town

@groovegawdess 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely and interesting video! Thank you.

@Jbird1988 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed your visit come again :)

@MarytheBad 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao Ian shenanigans 😂 miss ya!! Very cool video love seeing the inside of the church

@P-willie 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video man great info!!!

@JessicaHellsing 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, really interesting. I would love to go to Minnesota one day, to see where my ancesters lived. They moved from Sweden to go live there. 🙂

@VchaosTheoryV Жыл бұрын

Awesome story. Side note at 5:00 i'd love to have a house like that

@NorthVixen Жыл бұрын

Warroad minnesota shout out! Hey 👋

@fuzzysparkles8523 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for the great video i myself hope to see it someday tell the next video skal

@erikmckaygunsmithing6470 11 ай бұрын

I've been there, my 26th great grandfather was magnus mathison. He came across with Ericsson and worked in the great lake water ways and formed settlements in Minnesota. That was my family. Sköl

@Smokin_Phat_Dabs 7 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah, your idiotic family is special, we get it, you're attention seeker. Move along now...by the way, just as when Lief Erikson was about to explore Newfoundland for the over first time. Over on the other side of the continent, the Polynesians was already doing trade with the West coast Native Americans and may have been doing so for at least a hundred years prior.

@erikringdal844 2 жыл бұрын

I can add a little information: In the beginning they were not satisfied with the sailing qualities of the ship, therefore called in a norwegian top sailor, who gave the ship a higher mast . Plus tons of ballast. IT then begavede well, from What I have read it was anlegg to go 20 knots , but then struktural damage threatened. In the Oslo fjord IT was sailed a lot, also here very fast, sometimes modern fast sailing boats turned and trodd to compete, under some conditions they could just keep up, under others they were left behind. The rigging reminds me of that of the nordlandsboat, with topsail. The have also been reported ito go 20 knots, half planing. One friend of mine sailed it in Oslo , was sad when IT went back. Nice to See your channel

@schmogley5566 2 жыл бұрын

I was originally born in Minnesota but my family moved out to Washington for 14 years. We just now moved back and I'm 18 now. I've recently felt a strange connection to this religion I can't explain. So it's cool to see things like this in my home. I shall continue to research and dive into this path

@mikepowell2776 Жыл бұрын

Your straightforwardness over evidence is inspiring and credible. There was no concrete evidence for the saga North American voyages, either, before the discovery of l’anse aux meadowes.

@mangotagun6506 2 жыл бұрын

What was the music at the beginning

@andrewwiley8385 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jacob, I’ve been trying to find you on discord for days now. I’ve heard you talk about it, but the only thing I can find on joining servers leads to me needing an invite link. Is there some place I could find that?

@zachsmyder385 2 жыл бұрын

You have to "pay to play" in his server, please do yourself a favor and look up Ocean Keltoi or Wolf the Red join their discord watch a video or two they have on this buffoon and you'll understand!

@SasquatchStu 2 жыл бұрын

@wisdomofodin How do I get ahold of you? I would like to speak with you.

@scottlambert2609 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in MN and I never heard of it!!

@alexthompson1296 2 жыл бұрын

That is crazy because I was listening to the podcast and just heard about this

@KneppwoodatHome Жыл бұрын

We live in Oklahoma and now, thanks to this video…I’m on a mission to go see the runestone at Heavener Park 💕I had no idea they existed. Regardless of age, I think it’ll make for a fun day trip. Thanks so much for sharing your research 😊

@dalj4362 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't bother. Do your research it's not real.

@KneppwoodatHome Жыл бұрын

@@dalj4362 neither is the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but I’d still like to go someday. One person’s reality or fantasy or whatever doesn’t affect whether or not a place can feel spiritual, magical or just make for a fun trip. But thanks for sharing your thoughts ☺️

@ethansteen8880 2 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting to see the town I live in on here, I’m like 1 minute away from that ship

@yisrafel001 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! Skål from the Twin Cities! 🍺

@jakenohner4777 2 жыл бұрын

That place is awesome I’ve done a re-enactment their

@jackjacobson3893 2 жыл бұрын

Hi from Minnesota Skol brothers sisters :D ❤️❤️❤️

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

Hei fra Norge uten skål :) (dont drink) hehe..

@jackjacobson3893 2 жыл бұрын

@@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 yes lol 🤣 can I drink here and there or no ? 😂

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackjacobson3893 Sorry you can..i ment me.. only milk for me :) Skål :)

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

My spelling is bad.. sometimes :)

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

I will wisit Minnesota soon, family is there :) So look after in the pub when you hear: One liter milk for me please.. Thats me! hehe..

@auroralee3165 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob. It's Aurora Libra Lee. Till the Hall, which seems very soon. Skàl🥂

@DefconIIIStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I need to make a trip there someday. Also, the audio in the first part is really choppy. :P

@TheWisdomOfOdin 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't learned how the pros do it for car rides yet lol.

@DefconIIIStudios 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWisdomOfOdin Do you use the mic on the camera or a separate Rhodes mic? We could probably engineer a car mount with a shock mount on it for car rides I'd you plan doing them in the future.

@EdinburghFive Жыл бұрын

There was no "Viking Age reliquary" found near Lake Ontario. If it was actually found where is it today?

@Smokin_Phat_Dabs 7 ай бұрын

Your stupidity knows no ends does it EdinburghFive?

@BostonSports1992 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the song playing throughout the video?

@tylercockroft2412 2 жыл бұрын

Yggdrasil- Danheim

@BostonSports1992 2 жыл бұрын

@@tylercockroft2412 Thank you 🤘

@charlesrb3898 8 ай бұрын

At the Viking settlement at L"Anse aux Meadows butternuts were found by archeologists. Butternuts in the year 1000 grew as far north as where Quebec City is now as well as New Brunswick. I doubt if the Vikings stopped for a picnic an returned back home. It is reasonable to believe that they sailed as far west as the rapids in Montreal but no farther.

@Smokin_Phat_Dabs 7 ай бұрын

How much would you be willing to bet on your statement? Lakes and rivers are a thing here in North America, you might wanna think about that for a while.

@canadianryan2359 Жыл бұрын

Is it true, that the nav system in Ian's car also includes the Bifröst Expressway?😂🍻

@hvermout4248 Жыл бұрын

Amazing that the Vikings sailed through the Erie Canal and up the Niagara Falls!

@dalj4362 Жыл бұрын

😆

@brentrussell780 4 ай бұрын

Never heard of portaging?

@LalouveMoonchild 2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard or did a research about Vinland?

@edstoro3883 2 күн бұрын

Nice over view of the Vikings. A bit of help on the pronunciations: Rather than saying "stave", use an "ah" sound for the "a" in stave. (st-ah-ve). There are actually very few words in any of the scandinavian languages with an "a" sound. Use "ah" instead. Hjem-komst: Make the "H" silent, say: jem-komst. But make the "j" sound soft, like in "y". (like in 'yes'). I broke the word up to show hjem=home, and komst= come. I.e. home coming, or a better translation would be home-coming. Ha det så godt.

@ericaskye7704 2 жыл бұрын

You should take trips to the rocks with the carvings and ruins. I know many of us would love that 🖤❤️💜💙

@ericaskye7704 2 жыл бұрын

@Dal J I dare u to show proof of your claims. Because at least science can prove they are not fake.

@ericaskye7704 2 жыл бұрын

@Dal J so what your saying in your opinion is that there is no way any other humans but Columbus has visited this continent? And there is no real way that vikings could have come here and spread their knowledge or carved into stones? No way right. I think you just like to create challenges and negativity. Have a good life in a closed mind

@ericaskye7704 2 жыл бұрын

@Dal J I have looked into them a little bit throughout the years. I will look deeper into them so I can form my own opinion. Busy as I said before science dates these discoveries. Let alone how our government wants to keep truth hidden. Because if they admit they were wrong that would make them weak and could no long control the people. Also I personally believe that our society, everywhere in the world, is struggling. Humankind is faces a major challenge. So the Gods are calling all of the souls that have worshiped them. Our Ancestors robbed from their spirituality of worshiping them. So of course the stones are now being revealed and discoverer, because the Gods want the truth to be known. From the runes and stones, to the movies and the TV show the Vikings, it was all inspired by the Gods for them to be noticed again. These are the most crucial times ahead us. We have to come together to survive. The Gods know this and I hear their call.

@agoogleaccount2861 2 жыл бұрын

There's some viking chainmail in a museum in maine from an archeological dig of a campsite. We know for a fact they made it to maine

@SoulSoundMuisc 2 жыл бұрын

Near Schoodik Lake there used to be waist high stone plinth, heavily weathered with markings on them. They were in something like a ring around portions of the "town" around the lake. Don't know if they're still there or what the markings were of, just that they were weird and that folks didn't seem to know what they meant. Might be worth checking out. Might do that myself for my next vacation, come to that. My family comes from that area.

@agoogleaccount2861 2 жыл бұрын

@@SoulSoundMuisc those should be further studied .. Is there any local knowledge about them ?

@danieldamkjr1750 2 жыл бұрын

Home coming center my friend! It's Scandinavian (Danish maybe)

@Vagabonden 2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@TheGavrael 2 жыл бұрын

Reads book, builds boat. Dude was legit

@smilingparanoia9559 Жыл бұрын

I'm a decendent of Leif

@badguy1481 Жыл бұрын

The problem: The Vikings did not have an alternate route (locks) for passage around Niagara Falls. A Viking long ship, in the Great Lakes, is highly improbable.

@EdinburghFive Жыл бұрын

A Viking Long Ship in the New World is improbable. They likely used the more seaworthy workhorse vessel - the Knarr.

@Smokin_Phat_Dabs 7 ай бұрын

@@EdinburghFiveNo fucking way anybody could be this stupid and yet...here you are continuing to spread your filth wherever you go. Lakes and rivers used to be the super highway for the Native Americans to get around the continent and you're saying the Vikings weren't clever enough to do the same....wow, are you ever dumb. 🍆✊💦🤣

@badguy1481 13 күн бұрын

Of course the latest theory is that the Norse sailed to the western shore of Hudson's Bay, then sailed down rivers, such as the Red River, to reach Minnesota. Also there is another FINE stave church built by Scandanavia craftsmen on Washington Island (at the northern outlet of Green Bay to Lake Michigan).

@EdinburghFive Жыл бұрын

Viking Neolithic - what pray tell is that? The Viking Age occurred from around 800 CE to 1000 CE. The Neolithic period ended about 3000 years earlier.

@Smokin_Phat_Dabs 7 ай бұрын

Fantasy, that's what you're all about you narrow-minded MORON.

@SKRILLA4DBD 2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a decent shot we can find the grave allegedly in New Hampshire

@jacksimmons1452 2 жыл бұрын

Ancient American Magazine: Colfax, Wisconsin. Discoveries of history in America, archeology of relics and artifacts.

@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 2 жыл бұрын

Nice :) Hei å hopp.

@hellomate639 4 ай бұрын

I'm Christian, formerly atheist. I think a lot of Christians and exercises of Christianity have been I view the erasure of pagan beauty as a sin. Rather, the ancient beauty and wisdom that has long been cultivated in a region should be offered before God. I see the beauty of Norse paganism. I actually think that the beauty of pagan religions is more graspable than the beauty of God, and being so moved by pagan beauty gives you a deeper appreciation for the grandness and mystery of God. I'm also not convinced that these pagan deities don't exist in some form or another. I imagine pagan beauty as what it would be like to be in the lower rungs of Heaven. Like, the higher you go, the more transcendent and beautiful it becomes, but that pagan beauty that captures your heart with its mystery is merely the level you can actually partially grasp with your imagination.

@johnnyjoe1718 Ай бұрын

Well they found evidence of a 2nd Base south in new found land in 2016 so that is wrong that they did not find it.

@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 2 жыл бұрын

6:15 ......

@michaelkehoe8759 2 жыл бұрын

Right in my backyard. Its pronounced hom kom st

@towgod7985 Ай бұрын

The evidence at L Anse aux meadows of viking activity has been proven beyond at doubt. Deliberate misinterpretation of the Icelandic Sagas to develop speculation of other sites is at its KINDEST.......revisionist history.

@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279 2 жыл бұрын

The ship and building are impressive. Too bad it's a Christian church. I lived in Minnesota for around 15 years and my family is originally from there. It's a beautiful state with a lot of good people in it. Sometimes I wish I would've stayed there but the land is expensive and there's too many restrictions on what you can build on it so I moved so I could buy land. If it wasn't for that I would still be there. I don't miss the winters there. I live in the Missouri Ozarks now and when people complain about how cold it is during the winter I just smile. LOL

@corymoon2439 2 жыл бұрын

So I take it you're going to be designing the hall around stave churches? Of course it would be repaganized.

@finnhansen7171 2 ай бұрын

try youtubing evidence of vikings in south america

@Giwdulcire Жыл бұрын

Have you watched videos about hidden history? How they lie about when buildings were actually built. You never know if these things are ancient?!

@JimmyDean1312 Жыл бұрын

The Vikings likely didn't make it past the coast. Most of the evidence that they did is faked and often tries to serve as a justification for colonization. A few finds further inland are apparently authentic, however what people aren't taking into account is that indigenous people had extensive trade routes that spanned across the continent. And as far as I can tell the locations of the few real finds match known indigenous trade routes connected to where the Vikings settled. They landed in the lands of the ancestors of the Mi'kmaq and Inuit people. From both the Vinland sagas and indigenous oral traditions that have been passed down we can sort of get a clearer picture of what really went down. They both acknowledged that there was trade and that the indigenous people ran the Vikings off, though the why is a bit hazy. But the story doesn't seem to end there. If I remember correctly one of these artifacts, the Maine penny, dates to 200 years after the events of the Vinland sagas. The penny was found in an indigenous refuse pile on a known trade route. All of this points towards continued contact between Greenlanders and native people. Also apparently indigenous people were brought back with people to Iceland, maybe as captives, because there is apparently DNA evidence.

@Thes564 2 жыл бұрын

Its disgusting that such a viking style temple is actually a Christian church when it should be a modern viking Temple were vikings should be worshipping viking Gods and not the god with the little "g".