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PinkieDash the Brony
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
The word 'thing' was originally of Viking origin. The word referred to a meeting of village leaders to discuss problems that occurred within the villages and solutions to the problems. The meeting was called "Thing"
PinkieDash the Brony
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
The only time Vikings would wear horns on their helmets is during rituals.
naponroy
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
I'd really prefer it if these videos would stop including 'the Vikings discovered North America' as if we didn't know. EVERYONE knows this, every kid learns it in school, it's not a shocking secret. You can go to the excavation in Anse aux Meadows and see the site, it's not a surprise to anyone who was awake in school. (Please, no comments about Indians being there and thus the Vikings not discovering it… it's all a matter of perpsective.)
Freddie Triepe
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Interesting that in Celtic society women had equal status with men as well. They even fought in battles alongside their menfolk. It is when Christianity arrives that women become subservient in many societies.
Bob Slartibarti (Marlle)
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Pretty much everybody knows about the horned helmets, but most people don't know that a lot a cultures had horned helmets, but NOT the vikings … Also they wasn't used in battle. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet)
It has been suggested that vikings inhaled fumes from poisionuos mushroom, which made them go mental, but this probably isn't true …
The vikings actually taxed (blackmailed) England, giving the English the choice between being pillaged or paying up huge sums of money (alltogether some 60+ tons of silver). Because of this archaeologists have found more of these coins in Denmark (43,094 km²) than in England (130,395 km²). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld)
Also theres a stronger connection between oldnorse and the english languages than just some of the days of the week:
"Traust me, þó (though) it may seem oddi at first, we er still very líkligr to use the same words as the Vikings did in our everyday speech. Þeirra (their) language evolved into the modern-day Scandinavian languages, but þeir (they) also gave English the gift of hundreds of words." - https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/139-norse-words
…Maybe even Russia has its name from viking settlers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people)
Also contrary to popular belief (even in scandinavia) the vikings weren't (just) savages but skilled merchants, trading with large portions of the world, and explorers, knowing about currents of the atlantic ocean which helped them settle (at least for a brief period of time) in America around year 1000. (http://www.sourcinginnovation.com/archaeology/Arch07.htm <—- Great read)
They were also extremely skilled craftsmen, perfecting the longship which was quick to build and very fast due to the narrow size. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longship)
Funfact: Bluetooth is named after a danish viking king. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth)
Rongwaysir mc
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Men that fought in those times were true warriors, True honor
Catch_Me_If_You_Can
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
no6 is a lie
RandomBulldog
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
One popular myth that you might have encounterd is that all the vikings had blue eyes, it is not true, there where some brown eyed vikings aswell but only like 15% of the vikings population.
Anrhony MacLachlan
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Viking need to stay strong wish I where there
Gerry Thiboudeaux
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
also, Vikings did not wear horns on their helmets.
I'mAWerewolf
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
I just clicked on this video because i saw Ragnar , for fuck sake
Firefox Lani
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
So much bullshit here..First the vikings were very dirty, according to arab sources they did not purify after urinating and also they shared the same bowl to blow their noses and wash their faces..Does that look clean do you??
Penda Iclinga
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
days of the week are from the Anglo-Saxons
Snappyy'sChannel
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Watched this in history class like a year ago, nice vid.
Matthew Turner
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Dam it…my ancestors where pussy whipped lol. Feminism was around back then haha…TROLL ALERT! :p
Kerrine Riley
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
theres no actual proof vikings had horns on their helmets the more you know
Vincent Lindén
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
and allow me to add one thing. The vikings mainly plundered for about a third of the time they ruled. the other time was mainly used for trade and diplomacy since they dound that getting supplies was easier through trade than it was through pillaging.
Baudouin dC
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Celt (North Irish type Airghialla II) but don't care about my ethnicity.
Celts was used as slaves by the Vikings (is this a superior behaviour?) but at this time, Celtic civilization was not agressive and more advanced than Vikings one.
They played a high role in education of young vikings, mixed with the Vikings (The proportion of R1b is important, specially in Norway) and have diminished the level of "warrior genes" in the Vikings genome.
This was a happy mix: Modern scandinavians can thank them for this!
Geneticaly, it's not ethnicity or visible characteristics that defines civilizational qualities but BEHAVIORAL markers.
Ethnicity is just on Y chromosome for males or mitochondrial DNA for females.
This is a ridiculous proportion of the genome (less than 2% for the males and even far less for the females) compared with autosomal DNA.
It's a nonsense to glorify the warriors minded like this and imagine they was "superior".
It's the opposite: There is NO glory to be a warrior!!!
Geneticaly, the "warrior gene" was very present and useful during the prehistoric period when fighting ability to survive was more important than the ability to build a modern civilisation.
Now, the warrior gene is considered as a brake to civilisation and a genetical problem impacting on delinquency.
See the link about "warrior gene" here: http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs909525
The real KEY to build a modern civilisation is EMPATHY.
Again, geneticaly, the lack of empathy is a mental health problem.
See the link about "empathy gene" here: http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs53576
All the psychopaths have a problem with these two markers.
If a new negative eugenist dictator would exist now, only Rs53576(G;G) and Rs909525(A;A) could survive.
Mental sicks like Hitler and other TOXIC leaders devoid of empathy would have been eliminated themselve.
… But negative eugenism will never exist like this because dictatorship is not in the behavior of a Rs53576(G;G) + Rs909525(A;A) civilized person.
Ethnical, clanic or racist policies are really unrational and unscientifical.
Sharon Pereira
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
I thought they were horns on their helmet.
Marty Garcia
January 4, 2022 at 10:12 pm
vikings didnt even actually wear horns on their helmets,everybody thinks that they did. they didnt wear horns on their helmets because it could easily get knocked off by sword or axe in combat.