fish contains collagen in their skins, which was a pinnacle of a viking’s diet. In today’s world we know that collagen has a positive effect on your skin and hair, along with many other health benefits. i speculate this could’ve played a heavy hand in the length and health of viking hair. I don’t have any way of knowing for sure that is the case indeed, but it seems plausible.
@@redhen2470 Genetics, yes, obviously. But your diet has influence on your body. So their collagen rich diet most likely enhanced the quality and length of their hair.
@Forcedtolie Aboutblacks Makes sense. awesome that you were able to trace back your lineage all the way to viking age! It’s really interesting to see how widespread vikings were all over the world! You should wear that piece of information about your ancestors with pride :)
@Forcedtolie Aboutblacks never claimed to be one. but i do know how a human body works and how healthy food can affect your complexion. All the knowledge i do have is the history of the vikings throughout multiple reliable sources.
There was an excerpt I read from the journal of a priest from early 12th century England. He said that the Norsemen had as their mistresses the wives and daughters of the Saxon's. He speculated that the reason the women and girls willingly and eagerly went to bed with the Norse, was because the Norsemen bathed regularly, washed their hair and kept their hair and beards combed and trimmed. The Celts were big on personal hygiene as well. Which certainly surprised the Romans. The ancient Celts would offer a guest/traveller a hot bath before offering them food and drink, even before offering them a place to sit. 🙂
Also, the reason men were more likely to do this was because they had more contact with other Europeans who didn't bathe and groom as frequently as they did.
A free (!) married woman in the viking age could, via a male relative, demand divorce if her husband didn't groom, if he stayed away for too long or if he underperformed in his husbandly duties.
I've always admired the Nordic culture, though I'm not fond of their brutality. One must remember that not all Nodic people even in the Viking age were raiders. They made beautiful ornamentation, were engaged in trade and farming. It was refreshing to know that they had such an interest in hygiene and aesthetics.
The persians, the greeks, the mongols, the japanese, the chinese, the romans, the britons. All very violent and cruel. The only difference I know of that sticks out is that in the norse faith, atleast to me it seems that they almost welcomed death or atleast never feared it however close it was.
@@cockiiboii No they didn't fear death at all. They believed if you died with fear in your heart or afraid at all you couldn't get into Valhalla. Dying in battle was the most honorable way to go.
People might be appalled by how little they showered, but consider that its a cold climate with long winters, no indoor heating, nor water heaters, in such cold weather you didn't sweat, bacteria growth is also inhibeted by the cold weather.
Remember, taking baths only a few times a months doesn’t mean they didn’t WASH. It’s much easier to wash using cloths to their face and private areas without tapping a bath, but instead using a small water basin. This was quite common up until the 1960’s at least.
They had indoor heating. All animals were indoor in one part of the house, while there was also a big fire place. It is fully possible to wash in cold water, though not pleasent. Have done it myself, during my national service.....
they could have boiled the water over a fire and wash themselves thoroughly with it once it cooled to warm so… also bacteria living with the animals and just general dead skin build up, u don’t have to be sweaty to clean urself but hygienic standards were different for some cultures back then
Funnily enough in some countries like Italy it's more customary to shower/bathe once a week because they have bidets with which to wash their private areas. Ofcourse, warmer months are a different story but lots of dermatologists agree that actually, unless sweating or getting dirty, people should do showers/baths only once a week. This is especially the case for infants, who should wash even less! Skin in general is very sensitive and moder soaps are very strong... perhaps focus more on deodorants if your don't sweat much and don't get dirty
In Scandinavia, we do not say Saturday, but Lørdag which means, bathing day. So important was it for our ancestors to stay clean, so they named a weekday for baths. The reason is probably more climatic than hygienic. The Scandinavian climate is tough and unpredictable. Being wet in cold weather can be life threatening. After all, it is only the body that produces heat. A clean body and clean clothes keep the heat better. Even today, it is recommended to use pure wool instead of synthetic fabrics in winter. Pure wool keeps you warm, even when you get wet.
@@sarah-rubywilliams-ramouta8146 Only 5 million people live in Norway, but we are the 62nd largest country in the world. Only 3% of the country is arable land, the rest is mountains and forests. The farms in Norway are small and the farmer has an average of one hundred sheep. Sheep and goats are the animals that can make the most of our harsh nature. They eat what we humans cannot eat, when they are let out to graze in the summer. No sheep or goat will survive a Norwegian winter without being taken care of. Also, it is animal cruelty and not shearing a sheep. It is forbidden to shear sheep on a contract basis in Norway. Even though we live in one of the world's richest countries, we get very little food imported. We Norwegians prefer food we produce ourselves. Compared to other countries, there are few edible plants, fruits and berries that thrive in our climate. If we are to switch to a plant-based diet, it will mean large-scale imports from abroad, which in turn will affect the climate. When the temperatures drop and the snow blows around the corners of the house, it is still wool that provides the best protection.
@@sarah-rubywilliams-ramouta8146 New Zealand shearers are the best in the world and there are many sheep shearing contests with many tourists watching, often televised etc. Under these hectic conditions I have never seen a sheep get injured. We are the best of the best and so are our Australian mates. We love our sheep and when it's shearing time the sheep always look so docile and happy.
Several years ago a very good great Britain documentary included the statement that women in England found the Viking men attractive because of their cleanliness and grooming
The same thing still happens in this day & age. One thing you failed to mention was the "Bad Boy Factor". Many women did and still do on some primal level find the "bad boy" type of men more desirable than your run of the mill pencil necked geeks. Some women are into the survival mode and choose the men who can support them & any offspring they may have for a comfortable and secure existence both for themselves and their offspring. There is nothing wrong with that in my eyes. People do what they have to do in this world to get by. However... There is one thing I find distasteful. The narrator's manners and apparent disrespect for the Vikings & their lifestyle. There's no telling how he and his snide and sarcastic remarks would have been received back in the days when the Vikings were more relevant. I for one as a descendant of Eastern European descent and Viking lineage find some of his remarks and attitude rather insulting and distasteful . If the tables were turned and he were disrespecting say like Black people or the whole BLM movement he might regret spewing such belittling comments towards them. The Vikings were a proud people and they had principals and would take offence to the type of jargon that he seeming feels free to spew from that hate hole beneath his nose. The one big difference between the Vikings and him is the Vikings were actually warriors, where as he is just a very brave "Keyboard Warrior" who can and does disrespect a society of that helped shaped the world and society as we know and enjoy it today. he took what could have been a respectful story and spoiled it with his lame brand of failed sense of humor and obvious disrespect for a culture that he knows little about and fill those voids of his ignorance will insults.
Every saturday was a body wash day. It's in the name of the day : lørdag. In my childhood in Norway, we took a bath every friday or saturday. It was before every household hade a bathtub and later shower installed. Saturday is called laurdag or lørdag in norwegian. Laur means to wash. Washingday = laurdag, lørdag ( in norwegian ) = saturday ( english )
It's funny since a Norwegian teen or even millennial adult probably can't imagine not showering every day Not Norwegian but at least I can't imagine that lol
@@godofchaoskhorne5043 I'm just barely old enough to be the grandma of a (young) teen, and I grew up in a rural area. Bath once a week when I was a child. Twice was considered luxury, if not splurging (small budget; pay for water, and waste water/use of sewer system). 😉😄 Sponge baths during the rest of the week. Indoor plumbing... Think farmhouse primitive. 😄 I have to admit it feels good to take a shower every day... 😉
@Jake-Amir Blumenfeldwitz i mean if you dont smell musty and your hair's not greasy you dont really need to shower🤷🏼♀️ i shower about every 2-3 days unless im actually dirty or just want a nice warm shower, and on lazy days i just use a damp washcloth with soap on my armpits and intimate areas. dry shampoo is also a saviour!
I have often thought that blackening the area below the eyes as in sports and war, may help to lessen glare and improve visual acuity and target accuracy. Blackening the whole hollow of the eye would probably be more effective, as, for instance, the inside of cameras are usually black for a clearer image definition and less reflection of any unwanted light. I believe sportsmen and especially cricketers, should change the color of the skin protection cream or whatever cream they wear under their eyes to as dark a tone as possible for increased visual acuity.
that’s also why south asians/middle easterners wear kohl/kajal. it was for both beauty as well as to keep vision clear in such hot and sunny climates, especially in the desert areas
the Swedes got their arms tattooed. Norwegians and Danes didn't. But you are right, the Norse were big on cleanliness, trimmed their hair and beards carefully, and even changed their underwear at least once a week. But by the way most Scandinavians were not raiders, and the word for raider was 'vikingr'. which may have been pronounced 'weekinger'.
Where is your evidence/sources to suggest only the swedes got arm tattoos and Norwegians and Danes didn't? We don't even have enough evidence to suggest that it is actually tattoos Fadlan claimed to see as there was no word for tattoos in Arabic at that time.
As Sweden, Norway, Iceland, And Denmark have had changing ownership over 100 hundreds of years, I cannot see how this could be true. We know for sure that the Vikings had bluish green tattoos in Hedeby, which used to be in Denmark, but was lost to Germany in the last 1800's. Vikings traded extensively- with each other and as far as Arabia- into eastern Europe, to the fairy islands and the Baltics such as Gotland, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Of course also England as well. Most of the facts of what happened that are written, except runes, were written by other peoples- an Arabian called Ahmad ibn Fadlan and also England. Interesting fact- The Arabian describes The Vikings as having bad hygiene and his is grossed out about it, Whereas England complained about the Viking men stealing their women as they bathed and took care of their appearance. The Vikings were on average much taller than the English often with blond or red hair and I guess the British women took too much an interest in them.
@@sweenes1311 No linguist but pretty sure Arab Bedouin's have been doing tattoos for a long time. He probably knew about tattoos But if I remember correctly he was less than impressed about their cleanliness
Yeah, their hair color turning more lighter was a by product of that. But surely over time they saw it as some kind of standard for beauty or for their culture. That's usually how those things come to life. Very rarely groups of people did something just for beibg pretty. There was a good reason to start a certain habbit, that over time becomes a beauty standard. :)
@@miew8204almost certainly. It's very unlikely if not borderline impossible that they wouldn't have attributed lighter hair colour to being clean and lice free which would have made it more attractive
Kohl was used to make them look more fierce, not to make them prettier. 😂 Seeing as how most Nordic people either had green or blue eyes, the kohl would’ve made their eye color pop, making their eyes almost have a glowing appearance. I have green eyes from my Austro-Bavarian side of the family. Black and grey eyeliner make my eyes look fierce, but dark olive eyeshadow and eyeliner make my eyes look downright deadly.
What I'm about to say does tie in but it takes a sec so when filming Pirates of the Carribean Johnny Depp wore under-eye make up and it helped him to see when on the sea which is probably what the Vikings did as well and we definitely do it nowadays in football for the same reason which is to keep sun out of the eyes so that's probably what they mean when they mention face paint and stuff of that nature
_As tall as palm trees, fair and reddish, they wear neither tunics nor caftans. Everyman wears a cloak with which he covers half of his body, so that one arm is uncovered. They carry axes, swords and daggers and always have them to hand. They use Frankish swords with broad, ridged blades. They are dark from the tips of their toes right up to their necks - trees, pictures, and the like._ Ahmed Iban Fadlan in 921 AD
Two things: Vikings NEVER wore horned helmets, so you would do well to ditch those 19th Century affectations. Also, the 'reverse mullet' you mention from the Bayeux tapestry is in fact NORMAN. Normans may have had Skcandinavian ancestors, but their culture was distinctively European.
@@Boudicaisback Y'don't say. Ooookay .... (1) Roman non est Romanesque, (2) Normans were influenced by east, not north in culture, (c) I am European (d) there is no apostrophe in the plural 'Romans'. Other than that, you're hitting them out of the park.
Actually ever since I started learning about Vikings I've loved the way they dress and groom themselves to the point that I even emulate some of their hairstyles. Love to hear some different sides of things from the time though. Keep up the good work!
been sporting a Viking inspired hair style since my early 20s been about 15 years now to me its not just a symbol of my heritage by a way for me to show who i am one thing ill always admire about the norse is the fact that they were not scared to show the world who they are
The same with the Romans after the Marian Reforms, when Marius ordered uniform changes and training in the Roman legions. Hand-to-hand combat became a precision exercise with the Romans, and by denying long hair and a beard to the enemy, there was a better chance of success. Thus, Roman troops since Marius were close cropped and clean shaven until the middle/latter part of the Empire Period, when more and more "barbarian" men joined the army and brought their tribal dress and customs with them.
As far as i know the reversre mollet was mainly a norman Thing. The shaven head with a single lock most likely was influenced Bye te steppe people of the east. But this is to be taken with a grain of salt. Remember they travelled far and wide so huge potential for cultural exchange
The Normans were from Sweden. They settled in Normandy: 75% of French-Canadians hail from there. They are all very big on cleanliness + the women like to be WELL-DRESSED. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA
@@azraeldusk2154 Allow me to use my FIVE (5) university degrees + ALMOST FIVE (5) OTHER UNIVERSITY DEGREES to my advantage, please. :D You say "a quick read". INDEED! (Ha! Ha!) Being a university liberal arts "trained scholar", I know the importance of CHECKING one's SOURCES in order to know how correct/incorrect they are. :D LET'S START by agreeing on a few things. FIRST, the founder of Normandy was the Viking king, Rollo. "the Viking leader Rollo and the Frankish King Charles the Simple signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, under which Charles gave Rouen and the area of present-day Upper Nor- mandy to Rollo, establishing the Duchy of Normandy." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Normandy By the way, the city of North-Western Quebec, Rouen Noranda gets its name from Jean-Baptiste de Rouyn, Rouyn being the Norman city of Rouen, France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen THE QUESTION IS THIS: "where" was he born? THE CORRECT ANSWER: we doN'T know. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo The Vikings can be divided into three (3) groups. THE NORWEGIANS They went back + forth from Norway to Northern Scotland. My first name: Kenneth My first name by the way is Kenneth: it is "commonly" believed to be Scottish when, in fact, it's a Nordic name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kennet www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kenneth THE DANES The conquered East England: East Anglia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia Thet "imposed" Danelaw on the English. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw HEADS-UP: Danelaw was *NOT* part of Norman culture. THE SWEDES The Swedish Vikings were THE MOST ADVENTUROUS VIKINGS. They held sway all the way into Russia where St. Petersburg is today: as a result, the girls there look very Scandinavian. By the way, Ivan the Terrible who unified Russian making it the biggest country in the world was of Swedish descent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible The Swedish Vikings sold lumber to the Arabs adroitly using network of waterways and creating Viking cities along the route such as Novgorod. "There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached Baghdad, the centre of the Islamic Empire.[76] The Norse regularly plied the Volga with their trade goods: furs, tusks, seal fat for boat sealant, and slaves. Important trading ports during the period include Birka, Hedeby, Kaupang, Jorvik, Staraya Ladoga, Novgorod, and Kiev." "Hoards of 9th century Baghdad-minted silver coins have been found in Sweden, particularly in Gotland." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings THE KNIGHTS The famous knights were from Normandy or lands occupied by the Normans like England after the 1066 Battle of Hastings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings The Knights of Normandy conquered English + Sicily. They were responsible for the crusades. The English story of the Knights of the Round Table + their king, King Arthur have everything to do with being the descendants of the Knights of Normandy. My family name: Selin (pronounced: seh'leen) My Swedish Viking family name is Selin (say'leen): it originates near the Norwegian/Swedish borders. The are variations of the name where the Swedish Vikings went and THAT BEING NORMANDY. The Norman variation is Gosselin + Asselin: French-Canadian names as 75% of French-Canadians come from Normandy. LET'S GET BACK to your "incorrect" quick read: what you're falsely alleging is the "unsubstantiated", "speculative" claim that the Normans were Danes. Were they? You know already there was NO DANELAW in Normandy. LET'S SUPPOSE they were Danes. (They, clearly, wereN'T!) THEN, we would have "SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE" to that would "effectively" support your claim arising from CLOSE CONTACT with the Danes in East Anglia; but, THERE IS NO SUCH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE - WHATSOEVER! Your "uncorroborated" assertion is evidently specious - with- out any grounds - at all. University liberal arts intellectual training is all about finding out what's TRUE + what's NOT! :D That involves "being critical" of the veracity of your sources: that's where GOOD RESEARCH SKILLS resulting from a good university liberal arts program come into play. Preferably, the findings are further substantiated by cross- reference material by other legitimate, relevant documents. Comic books doN'T count. (Ha! Ha!) In summary, - there were NO NORWEIGIAN KNIGHTS; - there were NO DANISH KNIGHTS; - there were only NORMAN/SWEDISH KNIGHTS. THIS PROVES unequivocally that THE SWEDISH VIKINGS are THE ONES who settled in Normandy. And there you have it. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA
Norse raiders cut their hair off offering the chance to get their head cut off. They did this strategically to trick their opponent to swing high as they went for the legs a much easier target. If you look into norse wars they almost always struck the legs not the upper body. You can see this in the slices on the bones of brits and french. Swinging high is slow and takes much more energy. If you have got to fight 5-15 people in a day you learn to fight smart.
If your target is the throat, strike for the groin. The pinnacle of combat deception is that your distraction is almost as lethal as your primary assault.
Shaving the sides and back of the head was also helpful in putting on chainmail helmets. The top of the head would be covered in a skullcap, but the sides would be free and come into contact with the mail. And you don't want your hair getting tangled in chainmail.
The swedish word for sauna is Bastu. Many find it weird that we don't use the universal word sauna, but it's actually from the word bathhouse. In swedish it's badstuga which has been shortened to bastu.
I'm fascinated with the fact that English has become the dominant global language. Honesty and keeping one's word were Viking virtues these being the basis of objectivity. Norse language was assimilated by the Irish, English, Scotts to such an extent that the names of the days of the week remain Norse words. Most of the languages if the world are subjective. They are the result if a kind of in tribe sentimentality not objectivity . English allows for clear communication in politics, war and business. And this goes back to the Viking code of honor (even while they were killing and stealing the goods and children if everyone they snuck up on.) Narrative literature was also an invention of the Icelandic Norse who remembered tiny details - the color of a horse or the amount of ice in the bay - were remembered for centuries in the long Sagas that were kept accurate through word of mouth until written down in the Sagas. Recently a new edition has appeared; The Sagas of Iceland.
SKÖL! Good work, I’m am proud to have a very well researched Scandinavian/Scott heritage with Sweden, Denmark being my Viking origins. One tip however, no Viking burial has ever been found with a horned helmet...🤷🏼♀️
Horned helmets in the Danish museum, used as ritual purposes, Norse race were also a cow worshipping people as well many others… horned helmets never worn in battle.
Reversed mullet was developed because of battles. Having thick long hair in the back of the neck was risky, the enemy could grab it in battle. A small tuft of hair in the front would just break off if someone grabbed it. Plus, it's obviously easier to grab someone's hair from the back, rather standing in front of him and grabbing his bangs. Why not shave the hair completely then? Vanity of course. Vikings wanted to show off their blonde ut red hair.
“Wood Ashe and goats fat” is literally soap. Lye soap is still one of the most common types of soap made today. I could tell you what your synthetic soap was made from to make it sound gross too.
Celtic tattooing has LITERALLY gone back to neanderthals in the region. Viking tatooing was usually depicted images of ravens, fenrir, or the bigger ones depicted ragnorak. Plus pre history tattooing was also considered medicinal. It was theorized to alleviate arthritis and joint pain.
Some of these hairstyles have come full circle. My son wears his hair buzzed close all over except for the top which is brushed straight back, and a beard. It looks identical to the hairstyles shown on this video.
That's just a tv hairstyle, in reference to viking era Scandinavians. There are no historical depictions of it anywhere. Cool style, though. I've done it several times, and WAY before the show Vikings. Ragnar has the 'Vince cut'.lmao
The fact that the 'Viking' at 7:30 has the Chinese word for 'strength', specifically in the simplified script only invented in the 1950s, tattooed in the middle of his chest makes me rofl
? We all know that is a Hollywood interpretation of a Viking. Or are you trying to flex that you know one work in simplified script? And it’s not Chinese, it’s Mandarin. Specifically, Mandarin script used on the mainland.
Full body baths is different from just washing yourself. It was kind of a luxury back then...a lot of work. Mostly ppl just washed up, it's not like they never cleaned themselves. You can wash up every day, but you might have only taken a real long luxurious bath once a week or once a month. If you could.
If anyone gets a chance I recommend reading Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. You can get a free copy from Project Gutenberg. Viking mythology was popularized by fiction writers like Tolkien and today by authors like William King. And it's the source of much of the mythos of Europe, north of Germany.
I very much enjoy all that I can encounter of/about VIKINGS. My favorite idea about the Germanic/Viking is that the Roman's, they killed Jesus , were deeply afraid of Pagans / Vikings...
Honestly, I’m glad I was born in these times. I mean all of these past cultures are amazing and I respect them for living during those times and making it and accomplishing everything they did. But thank God we live at a time where the basic things and needs are much easier to get!
I think we should go back to living like the vikings, govern ourselves, a fire pit in the middle of our homes instead of these forever increasing heating bills, work to grow our own food. Certainly a more free existence than what we now have and I can plat my hair and beard, good life.
Well except the problems with the constant contact with smoke, even a well ventilated place. People who have heated their home with wood know the struggles of coming home with fire out and cold which takes a while to warm backup. This said, I coukd have this opinion because I'm from Northern Canada :)
@@jamsaidemelo1367 so this is something your familiar with? I just think we need to do something different because people old and young are struggling just to warm their homes let alone be able go eat and its 2022
You would not survive a winter - you would immediately miss going to the doctors, dentists, pharmacists, didn't exist. So we love the movies but the hardship of living there at that time - not thank you.
Exactly. For a channel that claims to present historical "facts" sources should be at least in the description. Even historians and archeologists usually are cautious with claiming "people lived exactly like this!". For example, while there are some religious texts that forbade monks to bathe more then 4 times a year, there are as well many treatises that praise the medical benefits, a lot of medieval art featuring bathing as a "common activity", a high number of public bath houses, and reports of how much nobles enjoyed luxurious pool parties (I suspect that's why some more fundamental religious figures saw bathing as a thing to avoid). Sources are on medievalists net, which is the top results when searchin the internet for "medieval bathing" and honestly when the channel does get stuff like this wrong, I'm not quite confident that the rest is well researched :-[
This made me smile, giggle, and laugh outloud. I am never so impressed as I have always been with Vikings. How they lived, fought, what they grew, raised, created. There are many things that they were very far ahead of Europe in, Cleanliness, being one of them. It's kind of hard to track your meal when they can smell you coming 10 miles away.
For anyone interested, and if the runes on the men's heads in this video were not simply chosen for their esthetic look, unaware of their meanings, the runes are formulas for victory based on the man's specialized needs, or understanding. He is calling on their power, or capability, in battle, or quest. They are not the name of the man wearing it, or the name of the family, or tribe, he belongs too. It is not the name of the mission they are on, or all of them would display the same runes. What he chose would reflect what concerned him most in his efforts, attracting a woman of same mind. They were not shallow of heart or mind and were wiling to stand in the gap for what they cared about.
I have a feeling that the clean body and house that is still alive and well in every scandinavian home ( or dependent of) is a long tradition..ingrained...
Those viking tv shows are so ridiculous, especially the clothing and hair. Viking people wore woolen clothing just like everyone else in Europe at the time, they weren't wearing all of this modern looking leather and knee high leather boots. The "reverse mullet" was a Norman hairstyle,
@@arielmalanga9303 When I watch a new film, I know it's a good one if I have a desire to see it again. This did not happen with the "Northman". For one reason or another, the movie failed to dominate my fancy; I didn't think it was really that good. For all of that, I did enjoy the cinematography and the film's epic landscape scenes.
Is it just me or am I really seeing the scenes from Kings and Generals on this channel's a lot more recently? Also, I like how female Norse people done their hairs! They looked shiny and lovely!
Ash and goat fat. That's the basic ingredients of soap. Ivory soap, for instance. I remember a field trip to an Ivory soap factory. Lard and ash cooked in a big tank...
Lard is pig fat. But any kind of rendered fat will do. Julius Caesar and his Romans were revolted by the Celtic British habit of bathing in a vat of hot water and using soap. Bathing was labour intense and heating water requires an expensive, metal pot or cauldron. All in all a bit special and therefore socially desirable. If only in a lesser manner and not too frequently. I’ve often wondered if the large bronze cauldrons found in high status graves were not for cooking, or drink, but as part of a gentleman’s bathing kit?
Thanks for more info on the infamous Vikings which I'm related to way, way back via my UK, English/Scottish, Irish and Nothern French lineage per my DNA possible 3 percent Swedish. My grown daughters have Viking lineage not only from me but their dad, from his Ukrainian/Russian background. Dublin, Ireland and Kyiv/Kiev were founded by Vikings and they unearthed a Viking Longship beneath Kiev many years ago! I also read where they really didn't wear those helmets with the horns coming out on either side and they weren't necessarily tall back then, they were on the short/stout side! They also came here 500 years before Christopher Columbus and they think they got as far south as Boston, MA where they have a statue in a park there to honor Viking leader Leif Erickson, son of "Eric, the Red"! October 9th is Leif Erickson Day so that's what I celebrate! We're all strong Viking warrior women in this family! The late American actor/author Kirk Douglas may have been related to Vikings as well with his blond hair when he was young. He starred in the fabulous epic film, "The Vikings", 1957 and his ancestors were from Belarus, part of Russia once and it's said that everything in that iconic film was authentic as it was filmed in Norway and was heavily researched, homes, costumes and a great memorable scene of Douglas doing his own great stunts where he actually dances from oar to oar on a Viking Longship! They were great navigators and they sure got around!
@@gshsgsfruwfhr5709 Kirk Douglas, not Kurt was an Ashkenazi Jew and his real name was Issur Danielovitch. His family was originally from Belarus just north of Ukraine.
I'm proud of my 50% Viking heritage, 25% Irish heritage and 25% Australian Aboriginal heritage. I'd much rather live like the Old Ways. Different values, hard work and things were much more appreciated back than.
I think only would of been warriors, leaders who did. Status symbol. Farmers most likely didn't male or female. White arms sign of wealth as didn't have to be in sun, or work in fields for women. Agian status symbol. Perhaps their tattos were hidden so husband could only see. 🤷🏼♀️
they didnt have "fluid ideas of beauty." They had the same words for male and female beauty and a cultural lack of sexual implications in recognizing beauty in another.
I'm of Norwegian decent from both my father's side and my mom's side, I love learning about what my ancestors did, weather it was marriage or death, to me it's all fascinating.
long golden hair is the craze of the vikings. it symbolizes valhalla's gold and its golden kingdom. everything gold. from odin's golden spear to the valkyrie's golden armor and helmet.
I'm Asian, and thought if I left my hair long again. I'll just end up looking like a mongol than an viking. Haha. But then again Mongols are considered the Vikings of the east.
So the last decade or so is essentially the vikings rebirth in style. Because silvery blonde hair, all over tattoos, and shaved sides has been the rage for a while now.
the reason why vikings used eye make up was the same reason arabs did. it help lower the brightness of the sun. i fish of the ocean and when the sun is out, the water reflects sun at your eyes. athletes today use eye make up or stickers should i say. the dark absorbs the light very good.
I am a professionally trained genealogist and proud of my 44% “Viking” DNA. I also have Irish and Scottish blood, go figure 😉I love the histories and culture. I especially love the stories particular to my ancestors. Very hard times.
I am Aussie and I have 36% Danish and 35% Swede in me. We just did our DNA and were directly related to king Harald Hardrada, 33rd decendants. We are pretty proud of our heritage as well and weren't expecting that. The Swiss govt got a wind of our heritage and will be presenting our family with a plaque and family tree. They were amazed because my family is the largest decendants outside of Europe to which there isn't that many to start with apparently. But in saying all this we are very humbled about it all and looking for others to grow our family tree. 😘😁
My daughter is 99% Finnic and 1% from here and there. Haven't been tested, but I guess that makes me Finnish enough. And I bet folks have pointed out that horned helmets were NOT used. I hope it's a dank joke.
I just find it funny that Celtic music was used for this. Also the title image looks more Germanic tribes judging by their hairstyles, weapons and clothing.
To the folk that go on and on about how "not all of the Scandinavians and Nordic folk back then were brutal vikings" yeah...not all were. But the amount that were...were fucking astronomical for their population size. And even if they weren't "vikings" or raiders. A lot of them were what we would call colonizers. Which didn't raid. But sure as hell invaded and killed the locals to put down their own roots. Not all of them were pirates. But they all mostly were violent and brutal. As all of Europe was during the dark ages after the Roman empire's collapse. They are just the most famous of it...because culturally speaking. They thrived in that chaos.
I am a soap maker. I haven't used commercial soap since 2000. My hair and skin get compliments from professionals all the time. The secret is Don't Use Commercial Products. They're not that hard to make. I use olive oil or mayonnaise, wrap in a hot towel, look like an idiot for an hour, then wash it out. That's my conditioner. Healthy, shiny, long hair.
my mom always proudly pointed out we were descended from vikings. i doubt she would have understood the tattoo thing. however my son did. he is in Valhalla now. i enjoyed this a lot. i got some ideas. i think i have enough tats but makeup is fun. i really liked the pic of forehead antlers. :)
What puzzles me is why did they want to leave their land, it is about like what we see with African youth today. When a people is thriving, like the Japanese, they don't plan to leave. I suspect the Scandinavians were living under poverty level. I see some similarities with what happened 2000 years before the viking era, during the bronze age collapse, with the Sea Peoples.
primarily, the Norse countries were overpopulated and needed to expand their territory ... they were people rich, and farmable land poor ... in the case of what was to become Britain, it offered vast amounts of land for both farming and settlement ... farmers and settlers quickly followed the raiders ... most never left and became absorbed into the new realms ... at one time the Norse held so much land and power that a huge part of the country was called "Daneland" ...
They were systematically exterminated by the middle/dark age Christians. Eric the Red, or whichever leader it was, only converted to save what was left of his tribes.
@@gaylehudson7267 there is a heck of a difference between "exterminated" - which didn't happen and "assimilated", which the DNA of those in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England shows they surely did ... you should look up the difference in the 2 concepts or, better still, visit the Orkney Islands ... there was never, ever, a single "leader" of the Norse ... they were self-governing tribes from widely scattered areas of origin, each with their own leader ... they co-operated only when it was convenient ... Christianity grew in acceptance during the assimilation of the invaders with the resident Christian population of what would become the UK ... no single leader, least all the mythical Eric the Red, accepted baptism to "save" his people ... basically, they mellowed out and became farmers/fishers in the rich areas of the UK, which is why they came in the first place
@@coldlakealta4043 Only convenient groups that look a certain way can be said to have been exterminated. Or it is not politically correct. Pagans all over the world were told to '''convert or die", and so they did and were "assimilated". Assimilation IS death, cultural death.
@@coldlakealta4043 norway and denmark were resource poor, not overpopulated. Mostly it was a desire to make life better and make a name for yourself. Bringing back some luxury to your family.
As a Norwegian, I don't like chest hair - personally I overheat, but also my baby holds onto it :/. I groom my beard neatly but it's just natural to groom - Also I don't care about the vikings - that ended 1066.
Too bad the visuals are almost entirely taken from Hollywood's/TV's "idea" of what Nordic people looked like. You do a disservice to this culture. You perpetuate an image of brutality that, from what you say, actually does not fit. These people produced a rich, sophisticated culture and this image (and the TV show) reduces them to savages and brutes.
Other Europeans washed often. They even had damn bathhouses. They just didn't get in a tub ever single day. They usually used a bucket or bowl of water. Norse people were clean but so was everyone else. I hate that misconception.
Iceland was founded in 840 and the only country founded exclusively by Vikings. They did not have horns on their helmets. Icelandic Vikings treated their women with great respect as they recognized their inherent value to the home in times if peace, and the home front while their men were away. Icelandic Vikings were the first to establish a parliamentary form of government and they were first to establish the " jury of your piers ". Wars and battles of those days were vicious and very bloody, to say the least. The Icelandic Vikings may have been called barbarians, because they were better at fighting than most. Never have I heard of their women wearing make-up of any kind and neither do I recall in literature, that the men wore any outlandish make-up, even in battle. My father was 100 % Icelandic and my mother was born in Detroit. Therefore, I have Viking blood and an American heart.
Before I found out I had a bunch of Scandinavian ancestry I had a life long desire to sleeve my arm in patterns. Of coarse I had to obey my biological desire.
I’m Australian, 9th generation on Fathers side and 7th generation on my Mothers side. Our family has an Irish surname. As far as our family oral history has it, of Irish with a dash of French heritage. Last Christmas my son was gifted a DNA kit and did the test and sent it away. The results came back, 96% Nordic, with 4% Spanish/French!
Curious, eh... well seek out the Brehon Laws Academy YT feature on the history of the peoples of Ireland (don't hang up yet, folks really got around back then!). Pay attention to the Fir Bolg and the Tuatye De Da(ch)anaan. They were the people of Odins tribe,who on their way back from the Altai where they escaped the great flood (reference 'The Tarim Basin Mummies') stopped for a while. This was where Odin the man was born (reference Sturlesons 'Edda' (Aet Dach, litterally 'tribal roof', or code to live by to shelter you from the perils of the unpredictable world.) EVERYMAN BOOKS gives the best translation, Gilfis' Trickking, gives this info.) Odins group went north to search for 'the Isle of the White Cliffs, and did indeed find Rugen, but they continued on searching for the earth energy line that would lead to the realm of the
To the first Americans) as the controllers of earthly events. They are not 'the Creator' and this is why they also perish in Ragnarok, but they control the affairs of man (the Vanir) and of the physical world (the Aesir). The other group went west, and eventually became the Fir, Bolg being one of the four kinds. They wound up on Ireland after being held in thrall by an assortment of Continential cultures. Odins group went to the Brit Isles, I suppose that they thougbt the white cliffs of Rugen were not majestic enough, but the megalithic culture there were impressed by their organization of society and thought, and knew they would return. In The B.I. they went first to Scotland (as we know it now) and then Salisbury plain area (reference 'the Amesbury Archer' and the analysis of his teeth) and then the school for thought, the 'Tuatye De Da'anan' (people of the 'mother/wet nurse'of the Aet Dach) went on to Ireland, where they found the Fir Bolg, both were amazed that they spoke in the same tongue! There they stayed till the Milesians cameand most of them left for the Northern Island, Fehmarn, just west of Rugen,at the bottom of the Kattegat. A few stsyed on to irk the Milesians, and came to be known as the 'feh-ry' or people of the island. Back on Fehmarn,they established a school for those who exhibited the 'Filid Gene' to join the ranks of the Tuatye, this is why the Germans, a Roman term meaning seed race or older brothers of the kelts, call themselves Deutche , from Tuatye or descendants. Dyetye also comes from this root, and means children in Russian. ,
They combined with the neolithic people and became th nation of Ru. Odin found the energy path running thru Arcona, a very powerful place, on Rugen, and followed it north to a sacred lake north of Uppsala, where he found the ' tree of life ' and climbed it to get to the realm of the Hyperborians, Vannhiem and Aesgaart. The stone axes of the neolithic tribe were finely crafted, and became the 'totem' or quality associated with Thor, son of Odin and Freya of the Vanir, after Odin answered Hiemdahls question and became one of the psychological beings among the Ragnar, in fact,the Valfader, or ultimate master of all knowledge,thru discovering the Runes, not as an alphabet, but as symbols cast to determine relationships. Of course, being in the baltic and north sea areas the Ru tribes needed boats, and invented the 'Klinker Hull', a very flexable craft that was ideal for voyaging the north seas. Every man knew the boatwright trade and had great skill with his axe. Naturally, it became a handy weapon as well, and the larger versions were employed by the Bear-skiners of the Filid, who ran in the front of the main armies with the cur dogs,known as Cykes, and could wield the 'Keltic Rage' against all foemen.
fish contains collagen in their skins, which was a pinnacle of a viking’s diet. In today’s world we know that collagen has a positive effect on your skin and hair, along with many other health benefits. i speculate this could’ve played a heavy hand in the length and health of viking hair. I don’t have any way of knowing for sure that is the case indeed, but it seems plausible.
Nah, pretty sure it's genetic.
@@redhen2470 Genetics, yes, obviously. But your diet has influence on your body. So their collagen rich diet most likely enhanced the quality and length of their hair.
@Forcedtolie Aboutblacks There’s a probability for them to have healthy skin, due to the many nutrients in their rich diet.
@Forcedtolie Aboutblacks Makes sense. awesome that you were able to trace back your lineage all the way to viking age! It’s really interesting to see how widespread vikings were all over the world! You should wear that piece of information about your ancestors with pride :)
@Forcedtolie Aboutblacks never claimed to be one. but i do know how a human body works and how healthy food can affect your complexion. All the knowledge i do have is the history of the vikings throughout multiple reliable sources.
There was an excerpt I read
from the journal of a priest from
early 12th century England.
He said that the Norsemen had as their mistresses the wives
and daughters of the Saxon's.
He speculated that the reason the women and girls willingly
and eagerly went to bed with
the Norse, was because the Norsemen bathed regularly, washed their hair and kept their hair and beards combed and trimmed. The Celts were big on
personal hygiene as well. Which certainly surprised the Romans.
The ancient Celts would offer a guest/traveller a hot bath before offering them food and drink, even before offering them a place to sit. 🙂
I think that's an exaggeration
@@Fatherland927 he is just a wannabe viking
@@clairehelenecooper4678 most aren't even from Scandinavia
@@clairehelenecooper4678 teach me something lol
Being enslaved not much choice
6:09 The reason so many Norse people dyed their hair blonde wasn't just aesthetics; the lye soap they used killed lice.
My Great Grandmother, made lye soap! It’s strong!
Also, the reason men were more likely to do this was because they had more contact with other Europeans who didn't bathe and groom as frequently as they did.
Many were natural blondes.
that makes sense
It wasn’t dye, it was BLEACHING, not the same thing.
A free (!) married woman in the viking age could, via a male relative, demand divorce if her husband didn't groom, if he stayed away for too long or if he underperformed in his husbandly duties.
Also if him and his family became poor
Free Norse women could also own and inherit property. Norse also had a punishment for rape.
They sounded more civilized than the "civilizations" we know today
Good to know some things haven't changed
That is a lot more humanitarian than what my Plymouth ancestors did.
I've always admired the Nordic culture, though I'm not fond of their brutality. One must remember that not all Nodic people even in the Viking age were raiders. They made beautiful ornamentation, were engaged in trade and farming. It was refreshing to know that they had such an interest in hygiene and aesthetics.
Most cultures were violent when it came to taking lands lol the Vikings are not alone in that
The persians, the greeks, the mongols, the japanese, the chinese, the romans, the britons. All very violent and cruel. The only difference I know of that sticks out is that in the norse faith, atleast to me it seems that they almost welcomed death or atleast never feared it however close it was.
@@cockiiboii Dont forget the Christians
Man is inherently brutal, and cruel in pursuit of wealth.
@@cockiiboii No they didn't fear death at all. They believed if you died with fear in your heart or afraid at all you couldn't get into Valhalla. Dying in battle was the most honorable way to go.
People might be appalled by how little they showered, but consider that its a cold climate with long winters, no indoor heating, nor water heaters, in such cold weather you didn't sweat, bacteria growth is also inhibeted by the cold weather.
Remember, taking baths only a few times a months doesn’t mean they didn’t WASH. It’s much easier to wash using cloths to their face and private areas without tapping a bath, but instead using a small water basin. This was quite common up until the 1960’s at least.
They had indoor heating. All animals were indoor in one part of the house, while there was also a big fire place. It is fully possible to wash in cold water, though not pleasent. Have done it myself, during my national service.....
The point they narrator was making was the Vikings took baths once a week, the Europeans did this 2 to three times a year. Big difference!
they could have boiled the water over a fire and wash themselves thoroughly with it once it cooled to warm so… also bacteria living with the animals and just general dead skin build up, u don’t have to be sweaty to clean urself but hygienic standards were different for some cultures back then
Funnily enough in some countries like Italy it's more customary to shower/bathe once a week because they have bidets with which to wash their private areas. Ofcourse, warmer months are a different story but lots of dermatologists agree that actually, unless sweating or getting dirty, people should do showers/baths only once a week. This is especially the case for infants, who should wash even less! Skin in general is very sensitive and moder soaps are very strong... perhaps focus more on deodorants if your don't sweat much and don't get dirty
In Scandinavia, we do not say Saturday, but Lørdag which means, bathing day. So important was it for our ancestors to stay clean, so they named a weekday for baths. The reason is probably more climatic than hygienic. The Scandinavian climate is tough and unpredictable. Being wet in cold weather can be life threatening. After all, it is only the body that produces heat. A clean body and clean clothes keep the heat better. Even today, it is recommended to use pure wool instead of synthetic fabrics in winter. Pure wool keeps you warm, even when you get wet.
Pure wool causes pure pain to sheep who often suffer cuts and gashes while being sheared.
@@sarah-rubywilliams-ramouta8146 Only 5 million people live in Norway, but we are the 62nd largest country in the world. Only 3% of the country is arable land, the rest is mountains and forests. The farms in Norway are small and the farmer has an average of one hundred sheep. Sheep and goats are the animals that can make the most of our harsh nature. They eat what we humans cannot eat, when they are let out to graze in the summer. No sheep or goat will survive a Norwegian winter without being taken care of. Also, it is animal cruelty and not shearing a sheep. It is forbidden to shear sheep on a contract basis in Norway. Even though we live in one of the world's richest countries, we get very little food imported. We Norwegians prefer food we produce ourselves. Compared to other countries, there are few edible plants, fruits and berries that thrive in our climate. If we are to switch to a plant-based diet, it will mean large-scale imports from abroad, which in turn will affect the climate. When the temperatures drop and the snow blows around the corners of the house, it is still wool that provides the best protection.
@@sarah-rubywilliams-ramouta8146 New Zealand shearers are the best in the world and there are many sheep shearing contests with many tourists watching, often televised etc. Under these hectic conditions I have never seen a sheep get injured. We are the best of the best and so are our Australian mates. We love our sheep and when it's shearing time the sheep always look so docile and happy.
@@loissoane6555 I hear Sheep meat is delicious.
raised from the ice nations vikings warriors that terrorized the world and reached valhalla
Several years ago a very good great Britain documentary included the statement that women in England found the Viking men attractive because of their cleanliness and grooming
Interesting.
Viking men always looks better than a Brit.
As a Norwegian living in England, I think that's an exaggeration
The same thing still happens in this day & age. One thing you failed to mention was the "Bad Boy Factor". Many women did and still do on some primal level find the "bad boy" type of men more desirable than your run of the mill pencil necked geeks. Some women are into the survival mode and choose the men who can support them & any offspring they may have for a comfortable and secure existence both for themselves and their offspring. There is nothing wrong with that in my eyes. People do what they have to do in this world to get by.
However...
There is one thing I find distasteful. The narrator's manners and apparent disrespect for the Vikings & their lifestyle. There's no telling how he and his snide and sarcastic remarks would have been received back in the days when the Vikings were more relevant. I for one as a descendant of Eastern European descent and Viking lineage find some of his remarks and attitude rather insulting and distasteful . If the tables were turned and he were disrespecting say like Black people or the whole BLM movement he might regret spewing such belittling comments towards them. The Vikings were a proud people and they had principals and would take offence to the type of jargon that he seeming feels free to spew from that hate hole beneath his nose. The one big difference between the Vikings and him is the Vikings were actually warriors, where as he is just a very brave "Keyboard Warrior" who can and does disrespect a society of that helped shaped the world and society as we know and enjoy it today. he took what could have been a respectful story and spoiled it with his lame brand of failed sense of humor and obvious disrespect for a culture that he knows little about and fill those voids of his ignorance will insults.
@@christineperez7562
Even King Charles lll of England ? He is particularly a handsome specimen of a strikingly good looking Brit 🥴
Every saturday was a body wash day. It's in the name of the day : lørdag.
In my childhood in Norway, we took a bath every friday or saturday. It was before every household hade a bathtub and later shower installed. Saturday is called laurdag or lørdag in norwegian. Laur means to wash. Washingday = laurdag, lørdag ( in norwegian ) = saturday ( english )
It's funny since a Norwegian teen or even millennial adult probably can't imagine not showering every day
Not Norwegian but at least I can't imagine that lol
@@godofchaoskhorne5043 I'm just barely old enough to be the grandma of a (young) teen, and I grew up in a rural area. Bath once a week when I was a child. Twice was considered luxury, if not splurging (small budget; pay for water, and waste water/use of sewer system). 😉😄 Sponge baths during the rest of the week. Indoor plumbing... Think farmhouse primitive. 😄
I have to admit it feels good to take a shower every day... 😉
Saturday in finnish is lauantai , I don’t know enough finnish to know if it’s connected 🧐
Same in Sweden, the name lördag (saturday) was originally lögardagen, and "löga" is the old germanic word for water.
@Jake-Amir Blumenfeldwitz i mean if you dont smell musty and your hair's not greasy you dont really need to shower🤷🏼♀️ i shower about every 2-3 days unless im actually dirty or just want a nice warm shower, and on lazy days i just use a damp washcloth with soap on my armpits and intimate areas. dry shampoo is also a saviour!
I have often thought that blackening the area below the eyes as in sports and war, may help to lessen glare and improve visual acuity and target accuracy. Blackening the whole hollow of the eye would probably be more effective, as, for instance, the inside of cameras are usually black for a clearer image definition and less reflection of any unwanted light. I believe sportsmen and especially cricketers, should change the color of the skin protection cream or whatever cream they wear under their eyes to as dark a tone as possible for increased visual acuity.
I agree... after all racoons are some of the best 'seers' around...
That's why so many ball players put that big black smudge below their eyes, to cut down on glare. It's a known thing.
Plus it looks cool.
@@LynxSouth ohhh nice! So that’s where it came from, that’s pretty cool
that’s also why south asians/middle easterners wear kohl/kajal. it was for both beauty as well as to keep vision clear in such hot and sunny climates, especially in the desert areas
the Swedes got their arms tattooed. Norwegians and Danes didn't. But you are right, the Norse were big on cleanliness, trimmed their hair and beards carefully, and even changed their underwear at least once a week. But by the way most Scandinavians were not raiders, and the word for raider was 'vikingr'. which may have been pronounced 'weekinger'.
Where is your evidence/sources to suggest only the swedes got arm tattoos and Norwegians and Danes didn't? We don't even have enough evidence to suggest that it is actually tattoos Fadlan claimed to see as there was no word for tattoos in Arabic at that time.
As Sweden, Norway, Iceland, And Denmark have had changing ownership over 100 hundreds of years, I cannot see how this could be true. We know for sure that the Vikings had bluish green tattoos in Hedeby, which used to be in Denmark, but was lost to Germany in the last 1800's. Vikings traded extensively- with each other and as far as Arabia- into eastern Europe, to the fairy islands and the Baltics such as Gotland, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Of course also England as well. Most of the facts of what happened that are written, except runes, were written by other peoples- an Arabian called Ahmad ibn Fadlan and also England. Interesting fact- The Arabian describes The Vikings as having bad hygiene and his is grossed out about it, Whereas England complained about the Viking men stealing their women as they bathed and took care of their appearance. The Vikings were on average much taller than the English often with blond or red hair and I guess the British women took too much an interest in them.
@@tammylain7754 manly men yet not filthy and disgusting…I don’t blame English women for being impressed.
Not all Scandinavians were Vikings, but all Vikings were Scandinavian !
@@sweenes1311 No linguist but pretty sure Arab Bedouin's have been doing tattoos for a long time. He probably knew about tattoos
But if I remember correctly he was less than impressed about their cleanliness
Finally an honest depiction. The reason they bleached their hair was to keep lice etc away.
Yeah, their hair color turning more lighter was a by product of that. But surely over time they saw it as some kind of standard for beauty or for their culture. That's usually how those things come to life. Very rarely groups of people did something just for beibg pretty. There was a good reason to start a certain habbit, that over time becomes a beauty standard. :)
@@miew8204almost certainly. It's very unlikely if not borderline impossible that they wouldn't have attributed lighter hair colour to being clean and lice free which would have made it more attractive
My family has very deep rooted viking ancestry and I absolutely love learning more about how my ancestors lived so many years ago
Same !
Kohl was used to make them look more fierce, not to make them prettier. 😂 Seeing as how most Nordic people either had green or blue eyes, the kohl would’ve made their eye color pop, making their eyes almost have a glowing appearance. I have green eyes from my Austro-Bavarian side of the family. Black and grey eyeliner make my eyes look fierce, but dark olive eyeshadow and eyeliner make my eyes look downright deadly.
🤣I have green eyes...and now I want to try this lol
My family also, comes from Bavaria, and Scandinavia. I have blond hair and blue eyes. My Bavarian side, comes from Germany.
Shiver me Timbers how deadly your eyes must look loooool🤮🤮
What I'm about to say does tie in but it takes a sec so when filming Pirates of the Carribean Johnny Depp wore under-eye make up and it helped him to see when on the sea which is probably what the Vikings did as well and we definitely do it nowadays in football for the same reason which is to keep sun out of the eyes so that's probably what they mean when they mention face paint and stuff of that nature
And it's a happy accident that eye makeup makes people look hotter too.
He wore mascara too and acted physically homosexual
Makes sense!
@@tinsoldier5621 "Acted phisically homosexual." Boy go somewhere.
@@tinsoldier5621 lol wut
_As tall as palm trees, fair and reddish, they wear neither tunics nor caftans. Everyman wears a cloak with which he covers half of his body, so that one arm is uncovered. They carry axes, swords and daggers and always have them to hand. They use Frankish swords with broad, ridged blades. They are dark from the tips of their toes right up to their necks - trees, pictures, and the like._ Ahmed Iban Fadlan in 921 AD
Thank you this is one of my favourite quotes, as tall as date palms always makes me laugh
@@arygray814 Did you read the rest of the description though?
There is also a quote by a roman historians that says the women were bigger/sturdier/chubbier and stronger than the men in Rome or something lmao
Two things: Vikings NEVER wore horned helmets, so you would do well to ditch those 19th Century affectations. Also, the 'reverse mullet' you mention from the Bayeux tapestry is in fact NORMAN. Normans may have had Skcandinavian ancestors, but their culture was distinctively European.
That’s right, visigoths were the ones used horns attached to his helmets
Scandinavians are European... lol
@@Boudicaisback Pedantry will get you nowhere. The Normans were ROMANESQUE in their culture, religion, architecture, etc..
@@Prospro8 Roman's were European
@@Boudicaisback Y'don't say. Ooookay .... (1) Roman non est Romanesque, (2) Normans were influenced by east, not north in culture, (c) I am European (d) there is no apostrophe in the plural 'Romans'. Other than that, you're hitting them out of the park.
Actually ever since I started learning about Vikings I've loved the way they dress and groom themselves to the point that I even emulate some of their hairstyles. Love to hear some different sides of things from the time though. Keep up the good work!
Can you do beauty for native Americans?
That’s be really interesting to hear about
That's a little difficult because beauty standards could be very different from region to region, or even tribe to tribe
I would think it would be different by tribe ? But they could do some of the major tribes possibly but this would be a good one
Maybe a series on the major tribes.
Actually the Norse and Native Americans are similar culturally, both warrior peoples and animists.
History is so much more than just learning about Kings and battles.
I can't help but be fascinated by vikings.
This channel is a gem. ❤️
So are you
been sporting a Viking inspired hair style since my early 20s been about 15 years now to me its not just a symbol of my heritage by a way for me to show who i am one thing ill always admire about the norse is the fact that they were not scared to show the world who they are
So many mentions of Ibn..."Thirteenth Warrior". The Arab traveler and scholar himself is a very good read....regardless of the age of the text
The reverse mullet was to prevent an enemy yanking the head back to cut the throat.
It was the hallmark of the Norman. (North man)
The same with the Romans after the Marian Reforms, when Marius ordered uniform changes and training in the Roman legions. Hand-to-hand combat became a precision exercise with the Romans, and by denying long hair and a beard to the enemy, there was a better chance of success. Thus, Roman troops since Marius were close cropped and clean shaven until the middle/latter part of the Empire Period, when more and more "barbarian" men joined the army and brought their tribal dress and customs with them.
Franks (from what is now France) wore reverse-mullets. never heard of Northmen wearing them, but that doesn't mean they never did
@@joesmith6199 the franks actually lived in what is today germany and belgium.
@@Tatwinus well obviously, the Franks were not Hallstatt Celtic
As far as i know the reversre mollet was mainly a norman Thing. The shaven head with a single lock most likely was influenced Bye te steppe people of the east. But this is to be taken with a grain of salt. Remember they travelled far and wide so huge potential for cultural exchange
Yes!
Norman is a contraction of the word Norsemen. Normans descended from Vikings.
The Normans were from Sweden. They settled in Normandy: 75% of French-Canadians hail from there. They are all very big on cleanliness + the women like to be WELL-DRESSED. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA
@@kenselin a quick read will show you that most norse settlements in the area that became Normandy were from Danes.
@@azraeldusk2154 Allow me to use my FIVE (5) university degrees +
ALMOST FIVE (5) OTHER UNIVERSITY DEGREES to my advantage,
please. :D
You say "a quick read". INDEED! (Ha! Ha!)
Being a university liberal arts "trained scholar", I know the
importance of CHECKING one's SOURCES in order to know
how correct/incorrect they are. :D
LET'S START by agreeing on a few things.
FIRST, the founder of Normandy was the Viking king, Rollo.
"the Viking leader Rollo and the Frankish King Charles the
Simple signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, under which
Charles gave Rouen and the area of present-day Upper Nor-
mandy to Rollo, establishing the Duchy of Normandy."
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Normandy
By the way, the city of North-Western Quebec, Rouen Noranda
gets its name from Jean-Baptiste de Rouyn, Rouyn being the
Norman city of Rouen, France.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen
THE QUESTION IS THIS: "where" was he born?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: we doN'T know.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo
The Vikings can be divided into three (3) groups.
THE NORWEGIANS
They went back + forth from Norway to Northern Scotland.
My first name: Kenneth
My first name by the way is Kenneth: it is "commonly" believed
to be Scottish when, in fact, it's a Nordic name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth
www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kennet
www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kenneth
THE DANES
The conquered East England: East Anglia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia
Thet "imposed" Danelaw on the English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw
HEADS-UP: Danelaw was *NOT* part of Norman culture.
THE SWEDES
The Swedish Vikings were THE MOST ADVENTUROUS VIKINGS.
They held sway all the way into Russia where St. Petersburg is
today: as a result, the girls there look very Scandinavian.
By the way, Ivan the Terrible who unified Russian making it
the biggest country in the world was of Swedish descent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible
The Swedish Vikings sold lumber to the Arabs adroitly using
network of waterways and creating Viking cities along the
route such as Novgorod.
"There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached Baghdad,
the centre of the Islamic Empire.[76] The Norse regularly plied
the Volga with their trade goods: furs, tusks, seal fat for boat
sealant, and slaves. Important trading ports during the period
include Birka, Hedeby, Kaupang, Jorvik, Staraya Ladoga, Novgorod,
and Kiev."
"Hoards of 9th century Baghdad-minted silver coins have been
found in Sweden, particularly in Gotland."
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
THE KNIGHTS
The famous knights were from Normandy or lands occupied
by the Normans like England after the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings
The Knights of Normandy conquered English + Sicily. They
were responsible for the crusades. The English story of the
Knights of the Round Table + their king, King Arthur have
everything to do with being the descendants of the Knights
of Normandy.
My family name: Selin (pronounced: seh'leen)
My Swedish Viking family name is Selin (say'leen): it originates
near the Norwegian/Swedish borders. The are variations of
the name where the Swedish Vikings went and THAT BEING
NORMANDY. The Norman variation is Gosselin + Asselin:
French-Canadian names as 75% of French-Canadians come
from Normandy.
LET'S GET BACK to your "incorrect" quick read: what you're
falsely alleging is the "unsubstantiated", "speculative"
claim that the Normans were Danes. Were they?
You know already there was NO DANELAW in Normandy.
LET'S SUPPOSE they were Danes. (They, clearly, wereN'T!)
THEN, we would have "SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE" to that
would "effectively" support your claim arising from CLOSE
CONTACT with the Danes in East Anglia; but, THERE IS NO
SUCH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE - WHATSOEVER!
Your "uncorroborated" assertion is evidently specious - with-
out any grounds - at all.
University liberal arts intellectual training is all about
finding out what's TRUE + what's NOT! :D
That involves "being critical" of the veracity of your sources:
that's where GOOD RESEARCH SKILLS resulting from a good
university liberal arts program come into play.
Preferably, the findings are further substantiated by cross-
reference material by other legitimate, relevant documents.
Comic books doN'T count. (Ha! Ha!)
In summary,
- there were NO NORWEIGIAN KNIGHTS;
- there were NO DANISH KNIGHTS;
- there were only NORMAN/SWEDISH KNIGHTS.
THIS PROVES unequivocally that THE SWEDISH VIKINGS
are THE ONES who settled in Normandy.
And there you have it. :D
Ken, Toronto, CANADA
Norse raiders cut their hair off offering the chance to get their head cut off. They did this strategically to trick their opponent to swing high as they went for the legs a much easier target. If you look into norse wars they almost always struck the legs not the upper body. You can see this in the slices on the bones of brits and french. Swinging high is slow and takes much more energy. If you have got to fight 5-15 people in a day you learn to fight smart.
If your target is the throat, strike for the groin. The pinnacle of combat deception is that your distraction is almost as lethal as your primary assault.
"The vikings invented YOLO" 😂😂 You had a lot of funny inputs...Informative and humorous...Good mix!
Shaving the sides and back of the head was also helpful in putting on chainmail helmets. The top of the head would be covered in a skullcap, but the sides would be free and come into contact with the mail. And you don't want your hair getting tangled in chainmail.
The swedish word for sauna is Bastu. Many find it weird that we don't use the universal word sauna, but it's actually from the word bathhouse. In swedish it's badstuga which has been shortened to bastu.
I'm fascinated with the fact that English has become the dominant global language. Honesty and keeping one's word were Viking virtues these being the basis of objectivity. Norse language was assimilated by the Irish, English, Scotts to such an extent that the names of the days of the week remain Norse words.
Most of the languages if the world are subjective. They are the result if a kind of in tribe sentimentality not objectivity . English allows for clear communication in politics, war and business. And this goes back to the Viking code of honor (even while they were killing and stealing the goods and children if everyone they snuck up on.) Narrative literature was also an invention of the Icelandic Norse who remembered tiny details - the color of a horse or the amount of ice in the bay - were remembered for centuries in the long Sagas that were kept accurate through word of mouth until written down in the Sagas. Recently a new edition has appeared; The Sagas of Iceland.
The weekdays are mostly from Germanic words (Norse languages being Germanic of course, but weekdays from Anglo-Saxon nonetheless)
History of earth....Denmark made England, England made USA, USA went to the moon
SKÖL! Good work, I’m am proud to have a very well researched Scandinavian/Scott heritage with Sweden, Denmark being my Viking origins. One tip however, no Viking burial has ever been found with a horned helmet...🤷🏼♀️
lols I'm not sure where we get some of our stereotypes 😆
Skål *
I don't mean to be rude by any means, I just thought it was funny since "sköl" translates more or less to "scholastic"
Horned helmets in the Danish museum, used as ritual purposes, Norse race were also a cow worshipping people as well many others… horned helmets never worn in battle.
I grew up reading Hagar comics...always thought the horned helmets were real as a child
@@hannahbrewer2197 Skål is the right swedish word for cheers.
Love this channel so much!! Hi from Denver, Colorado.
Hello from Boulder
Hi from Rhode Island. We're to small to have to specify a spot.
Hey up from Yorkshire.
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@@GratefulEd907 yes
Reversed mullet was developed because of battles. Having thick long hair in the back of the neck was risky, the enemy could grab it in battle. A small tuft of hair in the front would just break off if someone grabbed it. Plus, it's obviously easier to grab someone's hair from the back, rather standing in front of him and grabbing his bangs. Why not shave the hair completely then? Vanity of course. Vikings wanted to show off their blonde ut red hair.
In those vicious bloody battles with swords, arrows and hatchets I doubt if grabbing someone's hair came to mind.
Or maybe they didn't shave their hair on account of the cold weather?
@@dianemalloy2890 Yes, instead of pulling each others hair, they would scratch each other with their long manicured fingernails.
“Wood Ashe and goats fat” is literally soap. Lye soap is still one of the most common types of soap made today. I could tell you what your synthetic soap was made from to make it sound gross too.
Celtic tattooing has LITERALLY gone back to neanderthals in the region. Viking tatooing was usually depicted images of ravens, fenrir, or the bigger ones depicted ragnorak. Plus pre history tattooing was also considered medicinal. It was theorized to alleviate arthritis and joint pain.
Some of these hairstyles have come full circle. My son wears his hair buzzed close all over except for the top which is brushed straight back, and a beard. It looks identical to the hairstyles shown on this video.
That's just a tv hairstyle, in reference to viking era Scandinavians. There are no historical depictions of it anywhere. Cool style, though. I've done it several times, and WAY before the show Vikings.
Ragnar has the 'Vince cut'.lmao
@@vincearmstrong5654 I'm sure you are right about that.
Does he wear skinny jeans and order organic almond lattes
@@pencilcaseblue4203 no.
The fact that the 'Viking' at 7:30 has the Chinese word for 'strength', specifically in the simplified script only invented in the 1950s, tattooed in the middle of his chest makes me rofl
? We all know that is a Hollywood interpretation of a Viking. Or are you trying to flex that you know one work in simplified script? And it’s not Chinese, it’s Mandarin. Specifically, Mandarin script used on the mainland.
Full body baths is different from just washing yourself. It was kind of a luxury back then...a lot of work. Mostly ppl just washed up, it's not like they never cleaned themselves. You can wash up every day, but you might have only taken a real long luxurious bath once a week or once a month. If you could.
If anyone gets a chance I recommend reading Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. You can get a free copy from Project Gutenberg.
Viking mythology was popularized by fiction writers like Tolkien and today by authors like William King. And it's the source of much of the mythos of Europe, north of Germany.
middle earth was styled upon Warwickshire
loved this. Could you by any chance do an episode on how people lived during Mansa Musas reign
I would like to see that too but there's little knowledge as just like the vikings, they only left an oral history
In bondage is the short answer mate
I very much enjoy all that I can encounter of/about VIKINGS. My favorite idea about the Germanic/Viking is that the Roman's, they killed Jesus , were deeply afraid of Pagans / Vikings...
Why else would they exterminate or appropriate every ancient belief of the Pagan cultures?
Honestly, I’m glad I was born in these times. I mean all of these past cultures are amazing and I respect them for living during those times and making it and accomplishing everything they did. But thank God we live at a time where the basic things and needs are much easier to get!
I think we should go back to living like the vikings, govern ourselves, a fire pit in the middle of our homes instead of these forever increasing heating bills, work to grow our own food. Certainly a more free existence than what we now have and I can plat my hair and beard, good life.
Well except the problems with the constant contact with smoke, even a well ventilated place.
People who have heated their home with wood know the struggles of coming home with fire out and cold which takes a while to warm backup. This said, I coukd have this opinion because I'm from Northern Canada :)
@@jamsaidemelo1367 so this is something your familiar with? I just think we need to do something different because people old and young are struggling just to warm their homes let alone be able go eat and its 2022
Try that in Bergen and you won't grow old.
You would not survive a winter - you would immediately miss going to the doctors, dentists, pharmacists, didn't exist. So we love the movies but the hardship of living there at that time - not thank you.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 I was homeless when I was younger, spent a couple of years outside, we can adapt to anything
A Viking man can impress women by demonstrating how he takes his longship up a canal to deliver seeds which can be planted in fertile places.
Wow. That sounds like the beginning of a Viking porno. 😂
You mean that’s not how you attract women now? Been doing it wrong this whole time?
@@HooningAroundLife Sorry my friend. It looks like it’s back to the drawing board for you. 😘
@@amyjones0220 i can impress you by taking a whole noah’s ark upstream.
@@molecularful Well, I wouldn’t mind going upstream or the “back door”. However, all those animals can get smelly.
Fascinating. I would love to see the sources of these facts!
Exactly. For a channel that claims to present historical "facts" sources should be at least in the description. Even historians and archeologists usually are cautious with claiming "people lived exactly like this!".
For example, while there are some religious texts that forbade monks to bathe more then 4 times a year, there are as well many treatises that praise the medical benefits, a lot of medieval art featuring bathing as a "common activity", a high number of public bath houses, and reports of how much nobles enjoyed luxurious pool parties (I suspect that's why some more fundamental religious figures saw bathing as a thing to avoid). Sources are on medievalists net, which is the top results when searchin the internet for "medieval bathing" and honestly when the channel does get stuff like this wrong, I'm not quite confident that the rest is well researched :-[
How do you know they're facts before getting sources
This made me smile, giggle, and laugh outloud. I am never so impressed as I have always been with Vikings. How they lived, fought, what they grew, raised, created. There are many things that they were very far ahead of Europe in, Cleanliness, being one of them. It's kind of hard to track your meal when they can smell you coming 10 miles away.
Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.
Keeping the hair short in the back was a safety feature in battle. It would prevent another person getting control of you from behind.
For anyone interested, and if the runes on the men's heads in this video were not simply chosen for their esthetic look, unaware of their meanings, the runes are formulas for victory based on the man's specialized needs, or understanding. He is calling on their power, or capability, in battle, or quest. They are not the name of the man wearing it, or the name of the family, or tribe, he belongs too. It is not the name of the mission they are on, or all of them would display the same runes. What he chose would reflect what concerned him most in his efforts, attracting a woman of same mind. They were not shallow of heart or mind and were wiling to stand in the gap for what they cared about.
I have a feeling that the clean body and house that is still alive and well in every scandinavian home ( or dependent of) is a long tradition..ingrained...
Thanks auto correct...descendent........of which my father's family was...
I've always admired and loved Vikings!!! 😱😭💞😝😎💕👋😊😺
Those viking tv shows are so ridiculous, especially the clothing and hair. Viking people wore woolen clothing just like everyone else in Europe at the time, they weren't wearing all of this modern looking leather and knee high leather boots. The "reverse mullet" was a Norman hairstyle,
I personally don't think Vikings wore eye-makeup either.
Vikings was a silly show, targeted to a mass and largely ignorant audience. See Eggers' Northman for a better representation.
@@arielmalanga9303 I agree, and "Northman" did give a better presentation, even though I, personally, didn't enjoy the film so much.
@@Eadbhard Give it another try. It's an incredible film.
@@arielmalanga9303 When I watch a new film, I know it's a good one if I have a desire to see it again. This did not happen with the "Northman". For one reason or another, the movie failed to dominate my fancy; I didn't think it was really that good. For all of that, I did enjoy the cinematography and the film's epic landscape scenes.
This was one of the best!
Is it just me or am I really seeing the scenes from Kings and Generals on this channel's a lot more recently? Also, I like how female Norse people done their hairs! They looked shiny and lovely!
I want my hair like that. Sucks I just cut it. Dang it 😕
@@stevearcher6100 I think so.
Norse Women. stop with the trans/gender ideology bs.
It's your UA-cam feed... UA-cam tracks your interests and feeds more of the same back to you.
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Ash and goat fat. That's the basic ingredients of soap. Ivory soap, for instance. I remember a field trip to an Ivory soap factory. Lard and ash cooked in a big tank...
Goat milk soap is the best!
Lard is pig fat. But any kind of rendered fat will do. Julius Caesar and his Romans were revolted by the Celtic British habit of bathing in a vat of hot water and using soap. Bathing was labour intense and heating water requires an expensive, metal pot or cauldron. All in all a bit special and therefore socially desirable. If only in a lesser manner and not too frequently. I’ve often wondered if the large bronze cauldrons found in high status graves were not for cooking, or drink, but as part of a gentleman’s bathing kit?
This was very interesting! Thank you ❤
Thanks for more info on the infamous Vikings which I'm related to way, way back via my UK, English/Scottish, Irish and Nothern French lineage per my DNA possible 3 percent Swedish. My grown daughters have Viking lineage not only from me but their dad, from his Ukrainian/Russian background. Dublin, Ireland and Kyiv/Kiev were founded by Vikings and they unearthed a Viking Longship beneath Kiev many years ago! I also read where they really didn't wear those helmets with the horns coming out on either side and they weren't necessarily tall back then, they were on the short/stout side! They also came here 500 years before Christopher Columbus and they think they got as far south as Boston, MA where they have a statue in a park there to honor Viking leader Leif Erickson, son of "Eric, the Red"! October 9th is Leif Erickson Day so that's what I celebrate! We're all strong Viking warrior women in this family! The late American actor/author Kirk Douglas may have been related to Vikings as well with his blond hair when he was young. He starred in the fabulous epic film, "The Vikings", 1957 and his ancestors were from Belarus, part of Russia once and it's said that everything in that iconic film was authentic as it was filmed in Norway and was heavily researched, homes, costumes and a great memorable scene of Douglas doing his own great stunts where he actually dances from oar to oar on a Viking Longship! They were great navigators and they sure got around!
Very interesting. Kirk Douglas was amazing. Thank you. 😊
I am 1/2 Scandinavian . My ancestors hail from Sweden and Denmark
Kurt Douglas was jewish , European decent. Still a blonde, still handsome and a great actor
@@gshsgsfruwfhr5709 Kirk Douglas, not Kurt was an Ashkenazi Jew and his real name was Issur Danielovitch. His family was originally from Belarus just north of Ukraine.
@@brendadrew834 yes Kirk Danmed spell check
Wow I have a special respect for Vikings
I'm proud of my 50% Viking heritage, 25% Irish heritage and 25% Australian Aboriginal heritage.
I'd much rather live like the Old Ways. Different values, hard work and things were much more appreciated back than.
Right like when your kid would die of a fever
No body cares about your ethnicity.
Proud to be of Viking heritage
now islamic
By the way the secret to the shining hair was bear fat I have heard. My wife used it in Mexico and verified it's use there as well.
I really enjoyed this video thanx!
I’m assuming the women did not tattoo because if you’re saying the men admired a woman’s white arms, then that means she wasn’t marked, right?
You're assuming all Viking peoples had tattoos - men and women - and that assumption is not accurate.
I think only would of been warriors, leaders who did. Status symbol.
Farmers most likely didn't male or female.
White arms sign of wealth as didn't have to be in sun, or work in fields for women. Agian status symbol.
Perhaps their tattos were hidden so husband could only see. 🤷🏼♀️
now that I know all of these...
imma go write a fanfiction with these now!
🙂
they didnt have "fluid ideas of beauty." They had the same words for male and female beauty and a cultural lack of sexual implications in recognizing beauty in another.
Beauty then is as beauty now , in the eye of the beholder !
I'm of Norwegian decent from both my father's side and my mom's side, I love learning about what my ancestors did, weather it was marriage or death, to me it's all fascinating.
long golden hair is the craze of the vikings. it symbolizes valhalla's gold and its golden kingdom. everything gold. from odin's golden spear to the valkyrie's golden armor and helmet.
I'm Asian, and thought if I left my hair long again. I'll just end up looking like a mongol than an viking. Haha. But then again Mongols are considered the Vikings of the east.
There are universal proportions, especially of face, that represent what is beautiful.
So the last decade or so is essentially the vikings rebirth in style. Because silvery blonde hair, all over tattoos, and shaved sides has been the rage for a while now.
Pagan culture trend
Thank you for disabusing Vikings from Misnomers that are both popular & unflattering
the reason why vikings used eye make up was the same reason arabs did. it help lower the brightness of the sun. i fish of the ocean and when the sun is out, the water reflects sun at your eyes. athletes today use eye make up or stickers should i say. the dark absorbs the light very good.
I enjoyed this video very much and the humor was top notch!
I am a professionally trained genealogist and proud of my 44% “Viking” DNA. I also have Irish and Scottish blood, go figure 😉I love the histories and culture. I especially love the stories particular to my ancestors. Very hard times.
The Vikings invaded England in 783..they founded the city of Dublin in Ireland..
Me too super proud of my 51% more so considering I'm a Bowes and related to the British Queen. 😂 The history is so rich.
I am Aussie and I have 36% Danish and 35% Swede in me. We just did our DNA and were directly related to king Harald Hardrada, 33rd decendants. We are pretty proud of our heritage as well and weren't expecting that. The Swiss govt got a wind of our heritage and will be presenting our family with a plaque and family tree. They were amazed because my family is the largest decendants outside of Europe to which there isn't that many to start with apparently. But in saying all this we are very humbled about it all and looking for others to grow our family tree. 😘😁
@@margomazzeo1680 Yes indeed !Also, Hardrada was the last christain viking king to be killed on English soil at the battle of Stamford bridge.
My daughter is 99% Finnic and 1% from here and there. Haven't been tested, but I guess that makes me Finnish enough.
And I bet folks have pointed out that horned helmets were NOT used. I hope it's a dank joke.
Viking art rocks one can be greatful for it's resourcefulness ...noticing some of the comb concepts eg. !
I just find it funny that Celtic music was used for this. Also the title image looks more Germanic tribes judging by their hairstyles, weapons and clothing.
I recognized many images when I saw them including something similar to what you showed.
To the folk that go on and on about how "not all of the Scandinavians and Nordic folk back then were brutal vikings" yeah...not all were. But the amount that were...were fucking astronomical for their population size. And even if they weren't "vikings" or raiders. A lot of them were what we would call colonizers. Which didn't raid. But sure as hell invaded and killed the locals to put down their own roots. Not all of them were pirates. But they all mostly were violent and brutal. As all of Europe was during the dark ages after the Roman empire's collapse. They are just the most famous of it...because culturally speaking. They thrived in that chaos.
Good for them. That’s how the ancient world was.
😂😂
Thanks I often wondered about where the look came from in recent tv series I love.
Hello beautiful🌹, how are you doing.. hope you're fine and staying safe!!!
I am a soap maker. I haven't used commercial soap since 2000. My hair and skin get compliments from professionals all the time. The secret is Don't Use Commercial Products. They're not that hard to make. I use olive oil or mayonnaise, wrap in a hot towel, look like an idiot for an hour, then wash it out. That's my conditioner. Healthy, shiny, long hair.
my mom always proudly pointed out we were descended from vikings. i doubt she would have understood the tattoo thing. however my son did. he is in Valhalla now. i enjoyed this a lot. i got some ideas. i think i have enough tats but makeup is fun. i really liked the pic of forehead antlers. :)
Hello Mia 👋 How are you doing today? it's nice to have you here.
Cam you do a video about the Donauschwaben? No one really knows about us unless you were born into it.
Yes 🙏 please!
Thank you very much.
What puzzles me is why did they want to leave their land, it is about like what we see with African youth today. When a people is thriving, like the Japanese, they don't plan to leave. I suspect the Scandinavians were living under poverty level.
I see some similarities with what happened 2000 years before the viking era, during the bronze age collapse, with the Sea Peoples.
primarily, the Norse countries were overpopulated and needed to expand their territory ... they were people rich, and farmable land poor ... in the case of what was to become Britain, it offered vast amounts of land for both farming and settlement ... farmers and settlers quickly followed the raiders ... most never left and became absorbed into the new realms ... at one time the Norse held so much land and power that a huge part of the country was called "Daneland" ...
They were systematically exterminated by the middle/dark age Christians. Eric the Red, or whichever leader it was, only converted to save what was left of his tribes.
@@gaylehudson7267 there is a heck of a difference between "exterminated" - which didn't happen and "assimilated", which the DNA of those in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England shows they surely did ... you should look up the difference in the 2 concepts or, better still, visit the Orkney Islands ... there was never, ever, a single "leader" of the Norse ... they were self-governing tribes from widely scattered areas of origin, each with their own leader ... they co-operated only when it was convenient ... Christianity grew in acceptance during the assimilation of the invaders with the resident Christian population of what would become the UK ... no single leader, least all the mythical Eric the Red, accepted baptism to "save" his people ... basically, they mellowed out and became farmers/fishers in the rich areas of the UK, which is why they came in the first place
@@coldlakealta4043 Only convenient groups that look a certain way can be said to have been exterminated. Or it is not politically correct. Pagans all over the world were told to '''convert or die", and so they did and were "assimilated". Assimilation IS death, cultural death.
@@coldlakealta4043 norway and denmark were resource poor, not overpopulated. Mostly it was a desire to make life better and make a name for yourself.
Bringing back some luxury to your family.
Loved this!!!!
As a Norwegian, I don't like chest hair - personally I overheat, but also my baby holds onto it :/. I groom my beard neatly but it's just natural to groom -
Also I don't care about the vikings - that ended 1066.
Good vid!
Too bad the visuals are almost entirely taken from Hollywood's/TV's "idea" of what Nordic people looked like. You do a disservice to this culture. You perpetuate an image of brutality that, from what you say, actually does not fit. These people produced a rich, sophisticated culture and this image (and the TV show) reduces them to savages and brutes.
Soo goood. Instant sub
May I ask where you're getting the music from?
03:00 it should be “Too Kohl for Skoll” 😂
LOL! A surprise attack happens. Vikings, “Hold on a sec, gotta do my face”.
Other Europeans washed often. They even had damn bathhouses. They just didn't get in a tub ever single day. They usually used a bucket or bowl of water. Norse people were clean but so was everyone else. I hate that misconception.
Iceland was founded in 840 and the only country founded exclusively by Vikings. They did not have horns on their helmets. Icelandic Vikings treated their women with great respect as they recognized their inherent value to the home in times if peace, and the home front while their men were away. Icelandic Vikings were the first to establish a parliamentary form of government and they were first to establish the " jury of your piers ". Wars and battles of those days were vicious and very bloody, to say the least. The Icelandic Vikings may have been called barbarians, because they were better at fighting than most. Never have I heard of their women wearing make-up of any kind and neither do I recall in literature, that the men wore any outlandish make-up, even in battle. My father was 100 % Icelandic and my mother was born in Detroit. Therefore, I have Viking blood and an American heart.
Before I found out I had a bunch of Scandinavian ancestry I had a life long desire to sleeve my arm in patterns. Of coarse I had to obey my biological desire.
I only have 1. I need to step up!
I’m Australian, 9th generation on Fathers side and 7th generation on my Mothers side. Our family has an Irish surname. As far as our family oral history has it, of Irish with a dash of French heritage. Last Christmas my son was gifted a DNA kit and did the test and sent it away. The results came back, 96% Nordic, with 4% Spanish/French!
We traveled widely.
Pre Proto Germanic culture originated in southern Scandinavia during the late Neolithic. I want to know more about the battle or boat axe culture.
Curious, eh... well seek out the Brehon Laws Academy YT feature on the history of the peoples of Ireland (don't hang up yet, folks really got around back then!). Pay attention to the Fir Bolg and the Tuatye De Da(ch)anaan. They were the people of Odins tribe,who on their way back from the Altai where they escaped the great flood (reference 'The Tarim Basin Mummies') stopped for a while. This was where Odin the man was born (reference Sturlesons 'Edda' (Aet Dach, litterally 'tribal roof', or code to live by to shelter you from the perils of the unpredictable world.) EVERYMAN BOOKS gives the best translation, Gilfis' Trickking, gives this info.) Odins group went north to search for 'the Isle of the White Cliffs, and did indeed find Rugen, but they continued on searching for the earth energy line that would lead to the realm of the
Hyperborians, psychological beings that manifested themselves (like the Manitou
To the first Americans) as the controllers of earthly events. They are not 'the Creator' and this is why they also perish in Ragnarok, but they control the affairs of man (the Vanir) and of the physical world (the Aesir). The other group went west, and eventually became the Fir, Bolg being one of the four kinds. They wound up on Ireland after being held in thrall by an assortment of Continential cultures. Odins group went to the Brit Isles, I suppose that they thougbt the white cliffs of Rugen were not majestic enough, but the megalithic culture there were impressed by their organization of society and thought, and knew they would return. In The B.I. they went first to Scotland (as we know it now) and then Salisbury plain area (reference 'the Amesbury Archer' and the analysis of his teeth) and then the school for thought, the 'Tuatye De Da'anan' (people of the 'mother/wet nurse'of the Aet Dach) went on to Ireland, where they found the Fir Bolg, both were amazed that they spoke in the same tongue! There they stayed till the Milesians cameand most of them left for the Northern Island, Fehmarn, just west of Rugen,at the bottom of the Kattegat. A few stsyed on to irk the Milesians, and came to be known as the 'feh-ry' or people of the island. Back on Fehmarn,they established a school for those who exhibited the 'Filid Gene' to join the ranks of the Tuatye, this is why the Germans, a Roman term meaning seed race or older brothers of the kelts, call themselves Deutche , from Tuatye or descendants. Dyetye also comes from this root, and means children in Russian.
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They combined with the neolithic people and became th nation of Ru. Odin found the energy path running thru Arcona, a very powerful place, on Rugen, and followed it north to a sacred lake north of Uppsala, where he found the ' tree of life ' and climbed it to get to the realm of the Hyperborians, Vannhiem and Aesgaart. The stone axes of the neolithic tribe were finely crafted, and became the 'totem' or quality associated with Thor, son of Odin and Freya of the Vanir, after Odin answered Hiemdahls question and became one of the psychological beings among the Ragnar, in fact,the Valfader, or ultimate master of all knowledge,thru discovering the Runes, not as an alphabet, but as symbols cast to determine relationships. Of course, being in the baltic and north sea areas the Ru tribes needed boats, and invented the 'Klinker Hull', a very flexable craft that was ideal for voyaging the north seas. Every man knew the boatwright trade and had great skill with his axe. Naturally, it became a handy weapon as well, and the larger versions were employed by the Bear-skiners of the Filid, who ran in the front of the main armies with the cur dogs,known as Cykes, and could wield the 'Keltic Rage' against all foemen.
what game were some of the clips from? They look interesting and I want to play!!
it's assassin's creed valhalla