The History Behind Vinland Saga - Character Comparisons - The Real Story

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  • @ShamsunNahar-nf1ty
    @ShamsunNahar-nf1ty 5 років тому +1429

    A thing I would like to add is the author gave a tribute to the sculptor of thorfinn's statue by naming his best friend after him.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому +67

      E T That’s awesome!

    • @ShamsunNahar-nf1ty
      @ShamsunNahar-nf1ty 4 роки тому +276

      @Blades O Grass in the manga later on, Einar is a character that becomes thorfinn's best friend and I just noticed that Einar jonassen is the name of the sculptor.

    • @johnpalcon7570
      @johnpalcon7570 4 роки тому +27

      Blades O Grass LMAO youre a funny guy

    • @EmpteeBluffs
      @EmpteeBluffs 3 роки тому +17

      @Blades O Grass omg that's what I actually thought when I first read the comment

    • @askeladd6115
      @askeladd6115 3 роки тому +11

      Einar is like a brother to Thorfinn

  • @eamonbingel6086
    @eamonbingel6086 Рік тому +269

    Fascinating that Askeladd could draw inspiration from a Norwegian myth about stoking the fire, when he spends his entire time in the story stoking the fires of war

  • @faithlessarv
    @faithlessarv 4 роки тому +678

    If I remember from history class:
    Leif Erickson actually did land in the province Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He made friends with the local first nation people there and probably smoked. There are still traces of viking settlements there. Also, I'm not sure but he probably killed a bunch of those guys with new diseases.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому +70

      Panda Bear that’s right! If you want to know more about Leif’s (supposed) colony look up L'aux meadows

    • @jlinus7251
      @jlinus7251 4 роки тому +2

      Wasn't that settlement abandoned after 3 years though?

    • @PHENOXSPARTAN
      @PHENOXSPARTAN 4 роки тому +24

      They've found a bunch of Viking stuff in Newfoundland. They even found a HOUSE!!

    • @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32
      @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 4 роки тому +98

      Given that the Vikings didn't understand disease they can hardly be blamed, the English later did understand and intentionally gave disease laced blankets to the natives.
      Same result but the motives should not be overlooked one was a mistake, the other intentional.

    • @shavedata5436
      @shavedata5436 4 роки тому +7

      @@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 This practice continued well after the founding of the United States

  • @nonanimeprofilepic
    @nonanimeprofilepic 4 роки тому +648

    Thorfinn will be known more than Lief Erickson overtime just because of the anime lol

    • @kaste94
      @kaste94 3 роки тому +21

      *Leif Erikson

    • @lbboardingb3356
      @lbboardingb3356 3 роки тому +103

      Leif is already immortalized in the best anime, Spongebob

    • @joeygreen8091
      @joeygreen8091 3 роки тому +13

      @@kaste94 we’re forgetting already

    • @Evil_Neptune
      @Evil_Neptune 2 роки тому +13

      There's no thorfinn day but there is a Leif Erikson day

    • @NegativeAccelerate
      @NegativeAccelerate 2 роки тому +1

      The vikings valhalla Netflix show based on leif ericsson is probably more popular than vinland saga

  • @derxardas4776
    @derxardas4776 5 років тому +444

    I'm Really impressed by this video. It's really interesting and extremely well edited. I love Vinland Saga but I was never aware of how accurate it was to actual history.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  5 років тому +27

      Der Xardas Thank you! I was impressed by the first season of the show. I just had to share how historical it was

    • @malakhi08
      @malakhi08 Місяць тому

      Yes excellent video

  • @vijaz5559
    @vijaz5559 2 роки тому +164

    Vinland Saga is infinitely better than any Live action Viking show ever

  • @mrsticky005
    @mrsticky005 4 роки тому +128

    Vinland Saga takes a lot of historical liberties but then it makes sense for it to do so because the Saga of the Greenlanders and
    Erik The Red's Saga are both legendary accounts of real historical events. Vinland Saga is literally what it says on the tin.

    • @zephyrr108
      @zephyrr108 Рік тому +10

      Its a tale of a tale of a tale...

  • @PixelGod240
    @PixelGod240 2 роки тому +43

    I’m starting to realize I’m just like my grandpa watching history channel 24/7… when I look at my favorite manga it’s all historical based Manga

  • @UlvFraNord
    @UlvFraNord 4 роки тому +328

    I must admit, I was a little surprised when I found out ''Askeladden'' was depicted as a villian in an anime, I grew up with stop motion films based around the original tales! The only evil thing I can remember that he ever did was when he tricked a troll to stab himself! x)

    • @sofiaormbustad7467
      @sofiaormbustad7467 3 роки тому +25

      Tbf he did some pretty fucked up things in the other, original fairytales. And Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" was literary a parody on Askeladden, showing the worst sides about norwegians and awarding them for it. Peer Gynt literary ran away from his fiance on the night before their wedding night, then she waited 40 years for Peer Gynt to just out of nowhere return (after making alot of money in the opium trade and "civilizing" in China and literary slave trade in Africa). Idk if he did marry her in their like 70s to live happily ever after, after all the evil crap Peer Gynt did, or he told his wife she was a stupid ass bitch for wasting her life on someone who didn't even love her, but yeah. I love Peer Gynt and I love the original norwegian folk tales and their just, mythology and remnants from the viking age.

    • @nomore1088
      @nomore1088 2 роки тому +30

      I loved Askeladden as a villain, he felt like i dark twin of the original myths, his backstory and desire to rise above his brothers and the way he gather people with specific skills around him. It all had the common traits of a Askeladd story, but with a darker twist to it.

    • @changedname2244
      @changedname2244 4 місяці тому

      If youre familiar with the original stories, do you know by any chance know how "Askeladden" is actually pronounced? I hears ask, ash and dd-> v and am unsure...
      Any thoughts?

  • @stewpitedu7541
    @stewpitedu7541 2 роки тому +68

    I’m so impressed with the anime I actually had to look up some history to see how accurate the anime is

  • @martinan22
    @martinan22 4 роки тому +144

    Something they skipped in Vinland Saga was the role of poetery to the old Norse. Poetry was GIGANORMOUS in the viking world. It was an oral culture where the skald and poetry was tv, the movies, high culture and low culture, history department, legal department, everything. They could create poetry on the fly and they would memorize stories of enormous length and complexity.
    It might have been the right choice to skip poetry, from a story telling perspective. Just thought I should mention it.

    • @zephyrr108
      @zephyrr108 Рік тому

      Not only that but the entire pagan cults are missing. Tho maybe preferable.

    • @kotarojujo2737
      @kotarojujo2737 Рік тому +18

      well, Season 2 opening did recite old norse poem

    • @martinan22
      @martinan22 Рік тому +7

      @@kotarojujo2737 Ah, have not watched Season 2, thank you for tip. I do not mind that the Japanese are telling Japanese stories in the skin of another culture. And non Christian cultures have some things in common.

    • @annie-sc
      @annie-sc Рік тому +2

      Season 2 used a Norse poem so well. It added a dramatic effect by the end

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink Рік тому +2

      I actually like that they skip that because the last thing I want to see is them butchering that part of Norse Culture.

  • @miche9611
    @miche9611 4 роки тому +158

    Yeah, this anime is amazingly historically accurate, but one point: the Wales. It is not credible that Welsh warriors of the eleventh century would have used Roman armors and ships. What was Roman Britannia did not survived the retirement of the Roman legions and the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons, more than 500 years before the story told in the Vinland saga. Therefore, that part is totally anachronistic.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому +35

      Michelangelo Cordenonsi You are 100% correct. I can’t believe I didn’t mention this.

    • @malekat8539
      @malekat8539 2 роки тому +4

      Never heard "anachronistic" before...

    • @zephyrr108
      @zephyrr108 Рік тому +12

      Its kinda not tho. Things do retain. They didnt use the Roman armors but something that was remembered by it. Its perfectly plausible that they could wear and remember the Romans. Maybe not in reality but feasible nonetheless

    • @miche9611
      @miche9611 Рік тому +2

      @@zephyrr108 Come on. At that time, not even the remnant of the Roman Empire used the antiquate armors, garments and ships showed in Vinland saga. Those were used during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, but later gradually dismissed. At the time the legions left Britannia, they were not in use anymore, if not for ceremonies by the elites in Rome and Costantinople.
      Besides this, the Wales were part of the Roman province of Britannia where people were less accustomed with Roman civilization. That part of Britain was the first in which the signs of Roman civilization disappeared after the legions left, 500 years before the time of the settings of Vinland saga.

    • @LeadenMarshmallow
      @LeadenMarshmallow Рік тому +9

      You make a good point but there were a few places sprinkled throughout Britain where the local lords made a big deal about continuing the legacy of Rome and having Roman ancestors. It didn't amount to much other than maintaining examples of art and architecture because they were never super high ranking and were probably making the ancestors up for legitimacy but still

  • @nafeeahnaf6296
    @nafeeahnaf6296 3 роки тому +120

    Great video, Yuki did a lot of research visiting and touring places like Iceland before starting Vinland Saga to make his manga realistic and historically accurate in many ways.

  • @askeladd6115
    @askeladd6115 3 роки тому +271

    I wonder how the manga will end... I really don’t want it to end tragically for Thorfinn like in real life 😭

    • @Deadly_Alive
      @Deadly_Alive 3 роки тому +63

      Thanks for history spoiler dude😭

    • @shigeokageyama4458
      @shigeokageyama4458 3 роки тому +6

      @@Deadly_Alive fr bruh

    • @joeygreen8091
      @joeygreen8091 3 роки тому +9

      @@shigeokageyama4458 as soon as I remembered that Vikings left bummed me out

    • @oscarmendez1477
      @oscarmendez1477 2 роки тому +1

      @@Deadly_Alive I mean......what do you expect someone like him in history to live happily ever after? Only some do.

    • @samb123078
      @samb123078 Рік тому +29

      Iirc his son becomes an important person for Christianizing the nords. In fact there’s more info on his son Snorri than Thorfinn, basically a much more culturally and religiously important character than his father.
      We know Vinland will fail, but Thorfinn’s story might have a happy ending in the long run.

  • @Crybaby-Media
    @Crybaby-Media 3 роки тому +45

    When you learn Bluetooth is named after a king and realize the logo is obviously a rune

  • @onionsky8328
    @onionsky8328 3 роки тому +25

    Actually, Cnut's mother is known. She is Sigrid the Haughty, also known as Gunhild, who assasinated king Swayn.

    • @FastKonrad
      @FastKonrad 2 роки тому +16

      Yes and she's a daughter of polish prince Mieszko I, first historic ruler of Poland. So technically Mieszko is grandfather of Cnut the Great.

  • @ChanoTha1
    @ChanoTha1 3 роки тому +15

    Brilliant work, please do more!! I really loved it.. Season 2 can't come soon enough !!!

  • @scruffsman4888
    @scruffsman4888 2 роки тому +12

    Great video. The effort you put into research is phenomenal.

  • @Hammerhook12
    @Hammerhook12 4 роки тому +21

    Just a sidenote at 12:25. Scania (skåne) was part of Denmark at that time. Similarly, it would be like describing Jutland as a different region to Denmark when in fact it's all Denmark. When talking about Sweden, as in Cnut the Great also ruled parts of Sweden, it's pretty much the area of todays Sweden besides Skåne. The map however makes Scania bigger than it actually was, is.
    Great video, btw.

    • @billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105
      @billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105 3 роки тому +1

      Not really. Canutes title was "king of Denmark, Norway, England and some of the Swedes." Historians believe that those "some Swedes" were eastern Geats who had voluntarily pledged allegiance to him.

    • @OlivierLouis-Jean
      @OlivierLouis-Jean Місяць тому

      False, Diane was for Sweden then after the new king of Sweden allied with Olaf the holy king made a campaign to invade Sweden but only could take Diane and made his brother in law ulf his representative

  • @hunnih
    @hunnih 2 роки тому +22

    "This video is spoiler-free"
    Also: "Thorfinn marries Gudrid" god dammit dude ! xD
    But awesome video, thanks.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  2 роки тому +4

      Sorry! It is a part of history but I could have been a bit more careful with my wording.

  • @thn4296
    @thn4296 4 роки тому +47

    Didn't know history class can be this epic!

  • @veex3048
    @veex3048 2 роки тому +8

    great video man, i’ve found out about this manga/anime and read it in a couple of days it was awesome. You did a great job in making a comparison between the history and anime really enjoyed this!

  • @mrsticky005
    @mrsticky005 4 роки тому +74

    Prediction for the ending of Vinland Saga:
    Snorri who is older and now a missionary, is telling stories about Vinland that were told to him by his father Thorfinn to a group of small children
    in Normandy. One of those small kids is absolutely fascinated by the story but the other kids make fun of him and call him a bastard.
    Snorri asks the kid what his real name is and the kids tells him "William".
    Yeah I know it's not the most historically accurate thing but again neither is the manga and it would be a pretty epic way to end the series.

    • @Saint0999
      @Saint0999 4 роки тому +7

      who tf is William

    • @louaytlili4513
      @louaytlili4513 3 роки тому +37

      @@Saint0999 William the conqueror is the first king of england from normandy after taking the lands from the first kings of england, kings of wessex.

    • @erenjinchuriki
      @erenjinchuriki 3 роки тому +8

      Ooh this is cool

    • @rouymalic4463
      @rouymalic4463 3 роки тому +7

      I hope there is also a saga of Varangians that served under east roman or byzantine empire

    • @darkapollo3463
      @darkapollo3463 3 роки тому +5

      @@rouymalic4463 Yeah, Harald Hadrada was one I can think of who had been in the guard.

  • @erenjinchuriki
    @erenjinchuriki 3 роки тому +16

    My guess of how it will play out:
    The Norse settlers get into a conflict with the natives. Thorfinn realizes the fallen nature of man, as long as there are humans, there will always be war. He leaves Vinland and is reintroduced to the Gospel, so he decides that the land of peace he seeks can only be attainable in Heaven, then converts to Christianity. He goes back home, meets up with Canute, builds a church, and years later his grandsons are ordained as bishops. Also, Canute gets into a fallout with Wulf.
    Sounds plausible considering who the real Thorfinn’s descendants were, plus all the clues appearing in the Farmland arc (the lamb, conversation on being born again, Thorfinn listening into a Bible reading).

    • @BatTCK
      @BatTCK 3 роки тому +3

      I really hope Thorfinn converts. Another thing that supports this theory is Hild, whose father’s last words to her were: “Later on, when you feel like the hatred and anger threaten to crush your soul, remember the teachings of Christ. Forgive your fellow man, for forgiveness is your only salvation.” I believe that if she forgives Thorfinn (perhaps for the colony’s failure), Thorfinn may end up converting due to her forgiveness for his numerous transgressions

    • @kennethhernandez9243
      @kennethhernandez9243 2 роки тому +4

      That’s what I’m thinking. I’m about to start book 10 but the only way the journey to Vinland can end is in failure. Historically, thorfinns child is born in Vinland but they end up leaving.
      I think he realizes at the end the only heaven one can build in within themselves. It would be a nice message. It’s not about religion but about finding that peace within yourself and with the people around you. A great end to his arc.
      Vinland saga is brilliant.

    • @calcaleb7041
      @calcaleb7041 2 роки тому

      You lost me at the conversion to Christianity 😂😂 I hate how we abandoned our Gods

    • @novrinkov0053
      @novrinkov0053 Рік тому +2

      Basically, it is difficult to directly refer to the actual fanatic cult religion Westerners are too obsessed with religion, so someone starts to get angry
      No more fanatic religion fight

    • @Temp-hg3kq
      @Temp-hg3kq Рік тому +4

      @@calcaleb7041 but he was Christian, most of the Nordic people where Christan at that time

  • @andreelakiza
    @andreelakiza Рік тому +8

    Дуже дякую за ваші субтитри українською, це дуже не звично бачити англомовні канали, що намагаються робити контент зрозумілий для багатьох країн світу, моя щира повага.
    Thank you very much for your subtitles in Ukrainian, it is very unusual to see English-language channels trying to make content understandable for many countries of the world, my sincere respect.

  • @wytheguy328
    @wytheguy328 Рік тому +4

    i actually thought it was entirely historical ficiton, the fact that such a captivating show can be so surprisingly accurate is amazing
    great video

  • @kaolid
    @kaolid Рік тому +7

    if only history was taught in the form of anime, I would go to class on time every day and pay attention.

  • @TheNorang
    @TheNorang 5 років тому +83

    Knutt's growth was amazing in the first season

  • @ISawABear
    @ISawABear 4 роки тому +28

    If you do another video like this for the events shown in the show you gotta add the opening attack from episode 2.
    This attack was carried out on a saturday when the vikings in the Danelaw were bathing (vikings were know to be quite clean bathing once a week, many suggest on saturdays)
    King Sweyn later says this attack is the excuse for his invasion, which would make these attacks what is known as the The St Brice’s Day Massacre
    The St Brice’s Day Massacre took place on 13th November 1002, A SATURDAY.
    i swear this series is so intricate.

  • @ameeen
    @ameeen 5 років тому +9

    great video dude, keep it up

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  5 років тому +2

      sticcy fingers Thank you greatly! I’ll do my best.

  • @The_Ajna
    @The_Ajna 3 роки тому +16

    This video is fantastic. This greatly deepens my appreciation for both Vinland saga and our actual human history

  • @Broducts
    @Broducts Рік тому +4

    Very interesting video. Also, while I personally enjoy your calm pacing, I have an editing suggestion! You could easily have started talking during the slow channel intro text. A slow intro might turn some people off on this platform. You have a very pleasant voice, and together with music, it could actually work as a better intro too. You could even say something like welcome!
    Sorry! As a creator myself I just have a habit of picking things like this up. I also always wanna support small channels

  • @LucasCosta-io8vr
    @LucasCosta-io8vr Рік тому +7

    THEY KILLED THORFINN'S STATUE!!!

  • @ZaZa-oo3dw
    @ZaZa-oo3dw 3 роки тому +4

    This was cool, thanks for this 👍🏾

  • @JohnEspadana
    @JohnEspadana 2 місяці тому +4

    An anime is more historically accurate than vikings series

  • @PineapplexTouchx
    @PineapplexTouchx 5 років тому +8

    very useful video, thanks!

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  5 років тому +1

      PineapplexTouch I’m glad and you’re very welcome!

  • @sheeeeesh4792
    @sheeeeesh4792 4 роки тому +11

    I can't wait in next season!

  • @thehappy15a
    @thehappy15a Рік тому +3

    I was hoping they would go the Byzantium and show the verengian guard. The series has so manny elisions to Ancient Rome and stoic philosophy it would make sense for them to go the the seat of Roman power.

  • @drstepan1078
    @drstepan1078 2 роки тому +3

    9:33 editing mistake

  • @biowepcosmic
    @biowepcosmic 4 роки тому +15

    Hey everybody it's Leif erickson day a hinga dinga drugen.

  • @zesty1914
    @zesty1914 3 роки тому +6

    I never knew Canute was so cool

  • @toni_0116
    @toni_0116 2 роки тому +8

    My man really just spoiled who Thorfinn marries. 😓

  • @teentitans0
    @teentitans0 Рік тому +9

    I never thought it was based on real historic people. I'm only on episode 2 and now I love this Viking anime so much more now. Thanks for teaching this to us sir 🤩🤩

  • @fatdabber1751
    @fatdabber1751 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this upload.

  • @Skadi609
    @Skadi609 Рік тому +1

    Merci pour la vidéo. C'était très intéressant 👌

  • @sergiosaravia9467
    @sergiosaravia9467 2 роки тому +4

    They need too make it a movie

  • @ahedjehad8514
    @ahedjehad8514 Рік тому

    so, i've read up on Thorkell the tall, and what i've read is basically that Thorkell was known as "a man bigger than the biggest man", hinting that he was 7'7 feet tall. for reference, Richard Kiel, the actor most famous for playing Jaws in the James Bond movies was 7'2. historically, the tallest living man was a man named Robert Wadlow at the height of 8'11. for reference, Goro from Mortal Kombat is 8'2. everything else about Thorkell the tall checks out, asides from what you've mentioned in this video. the only thing we have in written record of Thorkell the tall is a runestone describing his life.

  • @ДмитроІванишин-р9у

    Не знаю чому відео зарекомендувало тільки зараз, але все рівно дякую за цікавий контент і українські субтитри)

  • @gavtheviking9496
    @gavtheviking9496 2 роки тому +4

    Hello! I would like to ask where did you learn about Thord's connection to Bjorn Ironside (4:17) As i was very intrigued by that.

  • @callumaustin3167
    @callumaustin3167 2 роки тому +5

    i knew it was somewhat accurate but holly it does a great job of mixing fiction and non fiction holly idk the name of the author but this is just such amazing writing foes anyone know if the author has any other work then just vinland saga

  • @thewaffle187
    @thewaffle187 2 роки тому +13

    Sad Fact: if the manga is really historically accutate, then thorfinn will die from the indian arrows. But there is still hope for a happy ending. We just never knew

    • @kalethehunter6970
      @kalethehunter6970 2 роки тому +3

      That is not true: Thorfinn Karlsefni returned to Greenland, and he even brought two indigenous children with him, which he baptized

    • @novrinkov0053
      @novrinkov0053 Рік тому

      It's still fiction manga lol
      Doesn't have to be historically accurate. If you want to see the accurate story, go to history class. This is entertainment only and should be fun more than real history
      That's not sad fact lol

  • @dontask9000
    @dontask9000 2 роки тому +4

    This is somewhat a spoiler but where Vinland Saga is at now in the manga, Gudrid had announced her pregnancy and if the baby is not named Snorri like in the history then I don’t want it.

  • @Fatp1gtrollpig
    @Fatp1gtrollpig 4 роки тому +3

    Great vid

  • @TheVincedagreat
    @TheVincedagreat Рік тому +1

    Makoto You Chimera is crazy.

  • @Icynova
    @Icynova 2 роки тому

    5 second in:
    “Ok so Thorkell can definitely throw a spear like a Ballista. Check!”

  • @johnpalcon7570
    @johnpalcon7570 4 роки тому +4

    Wowwww Bjorn and Rangar’s bloodline

  • @share.theworld
    @share.theworld Рік тому +1

    Wow thank you!

  • @kamihi8084
    @kamihi8084 4 роки тому +4

    good video!

  • @timothybasalo4038
    @timothybasalo4038 2 роки тому +1

    What confusing me right now is, is the iceland that they are talking in anime is ICE-LAND? Or GREEN-LAND?

  • @GroovyGoomba221
    @GroovyGoomba221 4 роки тому +7

    What is the song in the beginning?

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/_XNEs9Pgh6Y/v-deo.html

    • @GroovyGoomba221
      @GroovyGoomba221 4 роки тому +1

      @@BradleyGearhart Thank You!

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому

      GroovyGoomba221 You’re welcome! Sorry it took so long to get to you

  • @theonewhosleep7528
    @theonewhosleep7528 2 роки тому +6

    Спасибо за русские субтитры чувак!

  • @JG-ql7ne
    @JG-ql7ne Рік тому +1

    How are u gonna say no spoilers but have spoilers😔
    Good video tho, thank you for posting

  • @hanksturgill
    @hanksturgill 2 роки тому +6

    my family descended from Vikings so its so weird to hear how they lived back in those days compared to how we live now i honestly think theyd either fall in love with or shitt themselves if they ever saw a gun xD

    • @novrinkov0053
      @novrinkov0053 Рік тому +1

      Many unrelated people claim to be descendants because it's sounds cool

    • @hanksturgill
      @hanksturgill Рік тому

      @@novrinkov0053 yea but those people arnt me we actually did. do research on the sturgill name.

    • @Kekauzu
      @Kekauzu 10 місяців тому

      "my family descended from Vikings."
      Nuh uh dmbss. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking.
      This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants.
      Typical eight grade IQ:

    • @Kekauzu
      @Kekauzu 10 місяців тому

      ​@@hanksturgill"my family descended from Vikings."
      Nuh uh dmb s. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking.
      This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants.
      Typical eight grade IQ:

  • @chuprandi3711
    @chuprandi3711 3 роки тому +2

    So no one's gonna talk about Harald Bluetooth

  • @ljupcostefanoski1419
    @ljupcostefanoski1419 4 роки тому +10

    Thors the best warrior! He beat thorkel with just one punch and that dude is 9'6 😂

  • @serbianbro5322
    @serbianbro5322 4 роки тому +3

    Great video!

  • @seanomygod
    @seanomygod Рік тому +4

    Vinland saga pronounces it Thor- kell and it sounds so much better than Thorkel like your only saying it with one L, like the word snorkel. Not sure which is historically accurate but one definitely sounds better.

    • @Temp-hg3kq
      @Temp-hg3kq Рік тому +1

      The two LL’s make a “tl” sound in modern Icelandic

  • @luncuthubeja
    @luncuthubeja Рік тому +2

    you were way ahead. you literally did a season 1 aqnd two recap 3 years earlier than season2

  • @Bakesterbaker
    @Bakesterbaker 2 роки тому +18

    4:52 My hatred for ANTIFA just increased even more...😪

  • @tomgu2285
    @tomgu2285 2 роки тому +1

    Isn't thorfinn the descendant of ragnar????

  • @banditowiln1050
    @banditowiln1050 10 місяців тому

    absolutely need to know what the name of the intro song is

  • @chattambadeboii7791
    @chattambadeboii7791 Рік тому +2

    Why would the damned meat heads throw a century old thorfinn action figure into the ocean

  • @daromu1096
    @daromu1096 Рік тому

    Great video, but just to clarify it is speculated that thorkell after 1023 made his to poland as he had some kind of realation with polish kings and yes someone already said this but canute mother is also well known to be Świętosława the daughter of first historically known polish ruler Mieszko I, also how did youtube recommend me this video is still a mistery to me.

    • @daromu1096
      @daromu1096 Рік тому

      I also would encourage people to read about the town of jomsborg as interesting side note in polish history

  • @Grankfar
    @Grankfar 2 роки тому +3

    You don't need to have the title changed into different languages, at least in Swedish, as the Swedish audience that would watch this probably already know good English. It comes across as a bit weird. Also, the video is still in English so you would still need to understand that.

  • @jamessunderlandseventh7410
    @jamessunderlandseventh7410 4 роки тому +16

    4:38 Damned domestic terrorists.

    • @arrakis5390
      @arrakis5390 2 роки тому

      From what I can find online they toppled the statue because it was a meeting place for a white supremacist group

    • @jamessunderlandseventh7410
      @jamessunderlandseventh7410 2 роки тому

      I wonder If a hospital was a meeting place for a white supremacist group, if they would destroy it aswell...
      Its unreasonable to destroy X place or X monument because X group meets near it.
      Still a ridiculous act of a domestic terrorist group.

    • @LittleSaladBar
      @LittleSaladBar 2 роки тому +1

      MAGA? January 6th

    • @LittleSaladBar
      @LittleSaladBar 2 роки тому

      They took down a statue racist kkk members dirtied with their racist beliefs. U blaming the wrong ppl. Focus on keeping the Republican Party together cause it looks like it’s about to fall apart.

  • @dremondzerano
    @dremondzerano Рік тому +1

    The sculptor name was einar🤣🤣🤣

    • @TopGook
      @TopGook Рік тому +1

      you're bullshitting 🤣🤣

  • @nexorider17
    @nexorider17 2 роки тому +2

    Heres another fact tho the name Thor and kell is actually the english trasnlation for Tor and kjell so originaly the characters names is actually
    Torfinn
    Tor
    Torkjell
    And for cnut his name is actually spelled with an K not an C in norse so cnuts name is Knut in norse
    Just some small facts there for ya as i am norse my self i am from norway so i easly know what the characters actual names are😉

  • @Borbor33
    @Borbor33 Рік тому +1

    I'm also a huge fan of viking series Ragnar, I wish thorfin meet Ragnar in this series

    • @herkales
      @herkales Рік тому

      They didn’t live during the same time

    • @Borbor33
      @Borbor33 Рік тому

      @@herkales it can be happen because Vinland saga is a fiction series anime,

    • @danilapolesciuk4316
      @danilapolesciuk4316 Рік тому

      Wouldn't make sense since Ragnar died in 865 meanwhile this show takes place after the year 1000

    • @danilapolesciuk4316
      @danilapolesciuk4316 Рік тому

      ​​@@Borbor33e but even in most fiction time is realistic(and also the fact Ragnar would be like his great great grandfather)

  • @hitengami5395
    @hitengami5395 3 роки тому +5

    Dont tell me that herald Bluetooth own bluetooth in his generation

    • @urbnctrl
      @urbnctrl 2 роки тому

      Haha bluetooth and the rune icon of its logo, are indeed directly based on Herald Bluetooth

  • @headcrap6152
    @headcrap6152 Рік тому

    intro ost is so good, what is callled pls?

  • @TigrisRembert
    @TigrisRembert Рік тому

    Askeladd fathers name is Olaf btw

  • @OlivierLouis-Jean
    @OlivierLouis-Jean Місяць тому

    Also thorfin’s father was the brother of Harald Bluetooth. Cnut’s grandfather so cnut is the cousin of thorkell also his foster son cause cnut had been sent I jomsborn by his father to thorkell. So thorkell is the one that raised cnut

  • @Snoop_Itachi
    @Snoop_Itachi 3 роки тому +9

    Ofcourse Thors and Thorfinn are op they are ancestors of Ragnar and Bjorn Ironside.

    • @juliang4874
      @juliang4874 3 роки тому +6

      Ragnar and Bjorn Ironside lived before the events of Vinland Saga

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 3 роки тому

      Boi

  • @urbainii3088
    @urbainii3088 4 роки тому +2

    Merci de la trad fr super vidéo 👍

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  4 роки тому +1

      Merci Beaucoup! Avez-vous regardé avec des légendes en français? Si oui, avez-vous pu comprendre la traduction? Je ne m'attendais pas à ce que ce soit très compréhensible.

    • @urbainii3088
      @urbainii3088 4 роки тому +1

      @@BradleyGearhart ça aller très bien après j'ai pas vraiment était attentif à l'orthographe

  • @milotura6828
    @milotura6828 4 роки тому +13

    Damn it why they take down thorfinn's statue.

    • @arrakis5390
      @arrakis5390 2 роки тому +1

      From what I can find online the statue was a meeting stop for a white supremacist group in Philadelphia. So it likely wasn’t toppled because it was of Thorfinn, but because of the people that used it for a meeting place.

  • @sebastiancatalano3121
    @sebastiancatalano3121 Рік тому

    Does Askelads real name Lucius Artorius Castus match up with anyone historically?

    • @pecohero
      @pecohero 4 місяці тому

      It seems that Askeladd's mother named him Lucius Artorius Castus after the Roman hero, his mother hoped for the rebirth of a hero for Wales.CMIIW

  • @nlwavey2954
    @nlwavey2954 Рік тому

    I’m glad I watched that live action Viking show

  • @8bitgdhaxz
    @8bitgdhaxz 3 роки тому +3

    Harald *Bluetooth* 😂
    Probably where the name came from

  • @MrMaos97
    @MrMaos97 3 роки тому +1

    Why tell there wont be spoilers and then drop spoilers on canute like

  • @svendinsvinderlin4569
    @svendinsvinderlin4569 7 місяців тому +1

    The biggest issue with this show is that they use American voice actors for the dub. Like it woulda been so sick to hear Welsh english or Danish accents and it probably could have been the best dub an anime has ever gotten.

    • @BradleyGearhart
      @BradleyGearhart  7 місяців тому

      Agree. Can you imagine if someone did an Old Norse dub? 🤯

  • @b0daddie
    @b0daddie 2 роки тому

    I'm directly related to Harald Gormsson so Canute would be a great uncle of mine. Anybody else decendants of Gorm?

    • @novrinkov0053
      @novrinkov0053 Рік тому

      Many unrelated people claim to be descendants I'm sure countless people other than you are claiming

  • @jansandman6983
    @jansandman6983 2 роки тому +1

    Sweyn is read as Sven

  • @asmasagacanote9329
    @asmasagacanote9329 3 роки тому

    Why widows in particular?

  • @gabriel.audish7
    @gabriel.audish7 Рік тому +1

    people watching this when s2 ep 5 drops

  • @yassminefradi7873
    @yassminefradi7873 Рік тому

    Where is The vinland in the manga exist now?
    ?

    • @Kdkat178
      @Kdkat178 7 місяців тому

      Canada and USA

  • @prathameshrajapure6230
    @prathameshrajapure6230 Рік тому +1

    Vinland saga currently anime at its peak....

  • @ALISTER33
    @ALISTER33 2 роки тому +2

    interesting

  • @tommyhung5595
    @tommyhung5595 2 роки тому +2

    DENMARK REPRESSENT!! yeahh!!

  • @cjjam5076
    @cjjam5076 4 роки тому +6

    Vinland saga is a real anime story. Viland not Vinland saga

  • @jenniferfelten
    @jenniferfelten Рік тому

    The best anime ever bro ❤