The Legends Behind 6 of the Most Intriguing Vikings Characters

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    Here are six legends behind six awesome Vikings characters that crossed the world to terrorize it...
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  • @samon3065
    @samon3065 3 роки тому +1832

    In my opinion, each of Ragnar's sons were made to embody one major aspect of his personality. Ivar is Ragnar's wit, which always came with him being ruthless as it was the part of him that made him a great conquerer. Sigurd was the embodiment of his sympathy, a trait that made Ragnar quite bad at conquering, but a great father, lover, and family member (this could be why Sigurd and Ivar never got along, since Ragnar's wit and desire for conquering interfered with his sense of sympathy all the time). Ubbe is the embodiment of his sense of justice, which is what made Ragnar a great ruler. Hvitserk is the embodiment of his pursuit of the truth. More specifically, Ragnar's struggle with his religion and moral code. And finally, Bjorn is the embodiment of his bravery, which is what made Ragnar a great fighter. Hope you guys like this interpretation. And please give it a thumbs up if you do. Been thinking about it for some time now.

    • @Got2Goification
      @Got2Goification 3 роки тому +41

      Great interpretation

    • @mickyg67
      @mickyg67 3 роки тому +23

      But you do realise ivar, sigurd and bjorn were real right? Not just characters

    • @samon3065
      @samon3065 3 роки тому +13

      @@mickyg67 They were apart of the saga! I don't understand how that is relevant to my comment?

    • @myersenpai
      @myersenpai 3 роки тому +13

      I couldnt describe his sons better myself

    • @alexreid2365
      @alexreid2365 3 роки тому +6

      Bjorn is the son of Rollo but he grew up with Ragnar so he learnt alot of things from Ragnar but he had nothing Naturally from Ragnar like the other sons.

  • @zaspect1362
    @zaspect1362 3 роки тому +1411

    how the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered.

  • @luka_w_kresce255
    @luka_w_kresce255 4 роки тому +3050

    It’s 2020 and I still can’t get over Ragnar’s death! Poor soul :(

    • @Zaynali._
      @Zaynali._ 4 роки тому +21

      You are not alone

    • @FreakyGremlinDK
      @FreakyGremlinDK 4 роки тому +70

      I smiled, not because he died, but because i knew the story and i knew what was coming for England.

    • @CoachExplains
      @CoachExplains 4 роки тому +13

      Łukasz Denisiuk not getting over Ragnar’s death still makes more sense than everyone crying about Kobe.

    • @bozo6847
      @bozo6847 4 роки тому +17

      I mean... Yea but if you think of the countless people he's killed you can see how silly it is to feel bad for him. Not only did he kill men and women in combat. But also killed hundreds and hundreds of innocent people on his raids so... Yea.

    • @Mark.Scz7
      @Mark.Scz7 4 роки тому +7

      i'm watching the vikings right now and i only watched a few days ago bis death. MAN I TELL YOU, I FUCKING CRIED.

  • @HarvesterOfSouls1
    @HarvesterOfSouls1 5 років тому +527

    Floki IS NOT a made up character. He's real and full name was Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson. He is known as the first Norseman who deliberately set sail to the island we know as Iceland today. That being said, Floki was the third Viking explorer to sail there and the one before him, Garðar Svavarsson also knew where he was headed.

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +16

      Floki Vilgerdarson settled in Iceland with his family, wife and daughters !
      It said that one of his daughter perished, possibly at sea .
      Because of the harsh winter conditions,
      Floki came back to Norway after one year.
      However, he must have returned later,
      since he died in Iceland !
      The Icelandic Sagas mentioned that ''Iceland'' was ''discovered '' by the Irish ( monks ? )
      and Papar, before Svavarsson !
      Difficult to know if these events, pre-Svavarsson are true !

    • @alexbowman7582
      @alexbowman7582 Рік тому

      When they arrived in Iceland there were Irish monk living there. Iceland, and the Americas, offered subsistence living, whereas a warrior going to England or the Middle East could potentially become wealthy.

  • @andrea2549
    @andrea2549 5 років тому +1643

    ragnar allegedly divorcing lagertha because he was annoyed is the most ragnar thing ever

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 3 роки тому +33

      And still completely false according to historical evidence and some myths.

    • @monicac8376
      @monicac8376 3 роки тому +17

      It makes no sense. If he was annoyed he wouldn't have married her.

    • @zumis1011
      @zumis1011 3 роки тому +15

      @@monicac8376 well maybe he married her out of spite just so he could divorce her as revenge for nearly killing him with her bear.

    • @monicac8376
      @monicac8376 3 роки тому +8

      @@zumis1011 I just don't see how anyone would do that. Have you ever known someone that married just to get revenge? I've seen people reading cheating texts instead of vows to embarrass their partners in front of everyone they know, but even then they never actually marry...

    • @RazielBR
      @RazielBR 3 роки тому +30

      Dude just wakes up one day
      "You know what I've never understand? You setting that huge ass bear on me..."

  • @kls9796
    @kls9796 5 років тому +7512

    Vikings without Ragnar is like Family guy without Peter

    • @rudeawakening5816
      @rudeawakening5816 5 років тому +49

      I know, right!!!!

    • @avatt6229
      @avatt6229 5 років тому +146

      Well ther is ivar

    • @eon8561
      @eon8561 5 років тому +40

      Well, in the first 4 seasons it was pretty much like peter and Louis

    • @kvoartr9963
      @kvoartr9963 5 років тому +43

      @@avatt6229 but ivar would be seen as stewie and i don't think that's a good combination

    • @dakotablount251
      @dakotablount251 5 років тому +35

      Disagree hard

  • @rdj441
    @rdj441 5 років тому +1536

    Who else wanted him to say Frankia instead of France??

    • @arresthegod99
      @arresthegod99 4 роки тому +32

      Frankia is the correct

    • @GemPotagueule
      @GemPotagueule 4 роки тому +5

      Atilus [Атила] actually it's "Francie" to be exact (the French term)

    • @Boooooooooo541
      @Boooooooooo541 4 роки тому +6

      Francia you mean

    • @joelasher78
      @joelasher78 4 роки тому +2

      Tribe of Joseph will lead the other tribes of Israel. I'm the tribe of Asher. Fighting for the the Lion of Judah the king of Kings Lord of Lord's Jesus Christ. The Redeemer of souls.

    • @drippin-jimmy
      @drippin-jimmy 3 роки тому +1

      The Frankenreich is not f*cking Frankreich.
      Me is living in Franken. Its a sector in Bavaria and it has nothing to do with France!

  • @ronng21
    @ronng21 3 роки тому +1277

    Björn’s bloodline still exist here in Sweden and many Swedes are blood relatives whit björn

    • @carito2939
      @carito2939 3 роки тому +125

      Probably not a lot because of the black plague, but it probably still exist there yes. A good few norwegians are also related to Björn due to his cousins and grand- children moved to Norway for farming

    • @nurideenmohammad912
      @nurideenmohammad912 3 роки тому +36

      My grandfather is rollo so if ragnar is rollo brother I guess dint related to Bjorn

    • @ronng21
      @ronng21 3 роки тому +19

      @@nurideenmohammad912 Björn is ragnars son so yes you are related to him

    • @nurideenmohammad912
      @nurideenmohammad912 3 роки тому +11

      @@ronng21 I meant to say im ragnar and rollo were really brothers in the past than I am related to Bjorn

    • @ronng21
      @ronng21 3 роки тому +4

      @@nurideenmohammad912 ok sorry :-)

  • @muddafuggit3736
    @muddafuggit3736 6 років тому +1688

    My name is Floki, and these are my two sons Oki and doki...

  • @CeeEmmz
    @CeeEmmz 6 років тому +2979

    Aslaug - the biggest thot in vikings lol

  • @tomlangan2455
    @tomlangan2455 4 роки тому +260

    Ragnar: ayo lemme get a son... And uh... Lemme get dat shit BONELESS

    • @kifahbenabderrahman4205
      @kifahbenabderrahman4205 4 роки тому +3

      😂
      Some garlic parmesan on the side too...

    • @lillianmartin3658
      @lillianmartin3658 4 роки тому +2

      😭😭😭

    • @Jabeef
      @Jabeef 4 роки тому +2

      Kifah Benabderrahman with a drink of squirrel pee

    • @nssrrr
      @nssrrr 4 роки тому +2

      hella bread

    • @erina2600
      @erina2600 3 роки тому +1

      Yo what you got snakes back there too?

  • @alfredoz6372
    @alfredoz6372 5 років тому +544

    Interesting facts about Oisloig, Evah and Ragnar lofbrock. And King Ale ofcourse.

    • @kaitlyncollins4818
      @kaitlyncollins4818 4 роки тому +6

      😂😂😂👌🏽

    • @JustAnd13
      @JustAnd13 4 роки тому +26

      He still pronounced the names almost perfectly compared to many other channels...

    • @MyLolle
      @MyLolle 4 роки тому

      Alfredoz 😂

    • @wizardandvampires
      @wizardandvampires 4 роки тому +25

      and u-be

    • @CoachExplains
      @CoachExplains 4 роки тому +3

      Alfredoz I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

  • @shad0w1599
    @shad0w1599 6 років тому +540

    "....And I promise u my son,that one day the whole world will know and fear Ivar The Bonless"

  • @sanashy9024
    @sanashy9024 6 років тому +469

    I really loved Ragnar's character in the series! I miss the Ragnar from seasons 1 and 2 - that kind of Ragnar

    • @blackplague3181
      @blackplague3181 4 роки тому +34

      It wasn't his fault, he was getting old n had too much on his head. N when athelstan died he was just so depressed. Although season 3 4 5 ragnar I loved because he became so wise

    • @ChronicZebra
      @ChronicZebra 4 роки тому +6

      Black Plague season 5 ragnar? he died mid s4

    • @thehiddenone2875
      @thehiddenone2875 4 роки тому +6

      Ragnar became trash and annoying in mid s3 and all of s4

    • @dominicrkent
      @dominicrkent 4 роки тому +3

      @@blackplague3181 season 5?? What universe are you living on?

    • @justinh9674
      @justinh9674 4 роки тому +14

      Black Plague for me season 4 with his drug trip and the Chinese princess was just horribly borring

  • @2L82Pray1
    @2L82Pray1 4 роки тому +582

    I used to love this show, but when Ragnar died I lost all interest and quit watching. Also, according to what i read, he married Lagertha 3 different times; I was grossly disappointed in the show for keeping the Auslaug character as his wife and not reflecting the 2nd and 3rd marriages to Lagertha. Auslaug was, IMO, a terrible character, boring, unnecessary and irritating. They butchered history enough times they could have done so again to bring Lagertha and Ragnar back together. The show would have been so much better that way :(

    • @halaforca1918
      @halaforca1918 4 роки тому +38

      Saw It every character got a role and aslaug played a big role in the development of this series...she may be boring...but was a crucial character...

    • @2L82Pray1
      @2L82Pray1 4 роки тому +17

      @@halaforca1918 I never said she wasn't a crucial character. But she didn't need to be as crucial as they made her. According to some accounts, the historical figure (or compilation of) Ragnar had more than one wife, and/or married Lagertha more than once. A Season or two of Auslaug would have been fine, kill her off, move on.

    • @howmuchbeforechamp
      @howmuchbeforechamp 4 роки тому +8

      Yeah i know man
      She sucks

    • @kakfam1860
      @kakfam1860 4 роки тому +10

      I just finished watching season 6 of Vikings even tho I cried lol I recommend you continue to watch it.

    • @rodriguezr0212
      @rodriguezr0212 4 роки тому +18

      You gotta keep watching it’s not the same but still very good

  • @thehammer3193
    @thehammer3193 3 роки тому +24

    There is one other theory about Ivar the Boneless. Vikings were known to give Ironic names. Like calling a really big guy "tiny", or a really fat guy "slim" A viking grave was uncovered in England several years ago. It was a massive grave. Filled with lots of treasure and dead slaves but the viking inside was far from boneless. In fact he was huge. They are not sure that this was Ivar but the time and location of burial fits with Ivar and it's hard to imagine there were that many other vikings of the day that would warrant such a fine send off.

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +7

      Ivar ( Ivarr Ragnarsson ) died in Dublin, Ireland around the year 870 or 873 ,
      since nothing is heard about Ivarr after this date !
      It is said that he died from a sudden illness , fever and infection.
      Probably dysentery !
      And probably in his bed.
      He was often called a ''berserker'' in Dublin !
      He was certainly not a '''crippled'' Viking Warlord, since the Icelandic Sagas mentioned
      that as a young man he had the strength of 7 men
      and he was fast and agile, like a ''snake '' !

    • @Unknown-uk7nk
      @Unknown-uk7nk Рік тому

      Thats funny, us Mexicans give those nicknames too lol

    • @Mere-Lachaiselongue
      @Mere-Lachaiselongue 6 місяців тому

      @@Unknown-uk7nk Yeah, like calling terrorists "the doll" and "erotic".

  • @suwanyi9316
    @suwanyi9316 6 років тому +1582

    FUCK Aslaug😂

  • @EVeljko
    @EVeljko 7 років тому +1951

    Pretty much all of Ragnars family was more famous than him in the end, that's kind of the point.

    • @jordanvasilevj
      @jordanvasilevj 7 років тому +364

      He was the one to start it all, for them he was a God.

    • @jordanvasilevj
      @jordanvasilevj 7 років тому +184

      He was the one to start it all, for them he was a God.

    • @EVeljko
      @EVeljko 7 років тому +256

      Yeah, he was the greatest of them all, but in the end nobody knew about him, aside from those that actually knew him. That's the whole ironic point of the show, at least in my opinion.

    • @jeevanth2406
      @jeevanth2406 7 років тому +209

      Did you know about Rollo, Bjorn and Ivar before the show?? No ? But you have heard of the name Ragnar right? So now who's more famous?

    • @chrisisidro3835
      @chrisisidro3835 7 років тому +83

      (series related) even the seer told him his sons would accomplished more than he did

  • @ragnaryt7452
    @ragnaryt7452 3 роки тому +84

    "I shall enter odin's haul with no fear"
    "Soon I will be drink irl from curved hornes"
    "I welcome the valkieris to summon me home"

  • @gaeist3048
    @gaeist3048 4 роки тому +657

    This has to be the most depressing voice over I've heard on UA-cam.

    • @havardnss3895
      @havardnss3895 4 роки тому

      Gaeist agreed

    • @CJvGonzo
      @CJvGonzo 4 роки тому +3

      I swear! Even now he pronounced pretty much ALL THE NAMES! yes maybe that's how they're pronounced "properly" (as some people have commented) but that's not how they pronounce em in the show & that's how I'll always remember the names!

    • @owlplay7457
      @owlplay7457 4 роки тому +3

      Watch a channel called chills and you’ll know
      the true meaning of depressing

    • @Radical_Radish8852
      @Radical_Radish8852 3 роки тому

      Disel patches is worse

    • @Taimur.Shairyar
      @Taimur.Shairyar 3 роки тому +1

      Watch Chills

  • @BirDostum
    @BirDostum 6 років тому +269

    "Ubbie" LOL

    • @unsatisfiedTFT
      @unsatisfiedTFT 3 роки тому +12

      He said e - var like wtf

    • @imwinningthisone7613
      @imwinningthisone7613 3 роки тому +2

      @@unsatisfiedTFT I think that was correct... "Eye-var" is the English way to say it

    • @jenn1202
      @jenn1202 3 роки тому +2

      @@imwinningthisone7613 no, Ivar (Eye-var is the proper way to say his name).

    • @grisengrisson433
      @grisengrisson433 3 роки тому +3

      In Sweden we say "Ivarr"

    • @s34rch69
      @s34rch69 3 роки тому

      @@jenn1202 no that's not even close to the correct way to say his name

  • @ericmcquisten
    @ericmcquisten 7 років тому +1416

    Vikings is like a real-life version of Game of Thrones.... minus the gratuitous nudity.
    Love the Vikings show!

    • @mrdrebin123
      @mrdrebin123 7 років тому +25

      Though many wrong things in Vikings. Ivar was most likely not paralyzed.

    • @alesmatoh4625
      @alesmatoh4625 7 років тому +30

      mrdrebin123 you must consider that the serie is not just based on historical events. Its also based on saga (sometimes saga`s authors lied in other to gain better effect)

    • @Lancastrianer
      @Lancastrianer 7 років тому +11

      dont forget the weird armors that the saxons and the franks are wearing in the show. Complete and utter bullshit. The saxons are even wearing helmets that werent used until 700 years later xD

    • @alesmatoh4625
      @alesmatoh4625 7 років тому +1

      @Lancastrianer if you wanna see ridiclus armors, check the movie Ironclad

    • @ericmcquisten
      @ericmcquisten 7 років тому +37

      ***** ... pffttt... why does GoT need to inject so much gratuitous nudity into it to keep audiences interested? Why not do it on the storyline alone?
      Vikings does it without extreme gore or gratuitous nudity.... why not GoT ?
      I admit I love GoT... but wish it was more like Vikings when it comes to the telling of the story, and staying focused on the plot, without the need for so much extra.

  • @theanimalhouse3955
    @theanimalhouse3955 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing that kind of information

  • @la_sarito
    @la_sarito 4 роки тому

    I am obsessed with this topic... thank you for the vid.

  • @SenseiRio
    @SenseiRio 7 років тому +22

    Great video. Fell in love with the show, now I'm obsessed with Viking lore & history.

  • @doodooman7053
    @doodooman7053 7 років тому +385

    I don't care how you pronounce Aslaug, She's always gonna be Ass Log to me.

    • @annaholzinger5046
      @annaholzinger5046 6 років тому +1

      DooDoo Man 👍

    • @WASRGP
      @WASRGP 5 років тому +4

      Lmfao my fiance calls her ass slug! Good god is she got supposed to be "beautiful" 🤪

    • @mrsqueaker751
      @mrsqueaker751 5 років тому +1

      👉😎👉

    • @izzieandavadanuggets9325
      @izzieandavadanuggets9325 5 років тому +1

      @@mrsqueaker751 I think she is pretty. A bit different looking but pretty.

    • @czee2035
      @czee2035 5 років тому +1

      😂😂💀👌🏼

  • @daniburkeartarts
    @daniburkeartarts 3 роки тому +31

    I feel cheated I can’t believe lagertha is not ironsides mother and it was him who jumped out the coffin

  • @sadmansaquib8804
    @sadmansaquib8804 3 роки тому +1

    Great video!!!

  • @SVETOGOR1
    @SVETOGOR1 7 років тому +228

    Bjorn is the son of Ragnar and Aslaug? what a surprise!

    • @is08bella1
      @is08bella1 7 років тому +1

      SVETOGOR I didn't get it, i came to this because of the Viking show but I just saw him with just two wives

    • @vivienblasel2497
      @vivienblasel2497 7 років тому +34

      I thought Bjorn was the son of Ragnar and Lagertha :o

    • @aramiscintron3105
      @aramiscintron3105 6 років тому +1

      SVETOGOR ure high on something pal!!!

    • @rjordist4925
      @rjordist4925 6 років тому +7

      SVETOGOR the comentator of this video is wrong. bjorn is the son of lagertha and not of aslaug. look the season 1 episodes of vikings movie series for more details. thanks.

    • @xavi0rsgamer418
      @xavi0rsgamer418 5 років тому +1

      not aslaug thats wrong

  • @aircon.02
    @aircon.02 7 років тому +1008

    Where's Floki? The magical boat builder?

    • @commentsunblocked62
      @commentsunblocked62 7 років тому +80

      VaderJader I love floki's laugh

    • @lauriecobain9604
      @lauriecobain9604 7 років тому +93

      TEEHEE it's funny isn't it, i can hear it in my head.

    • @aircon.02
      @aircon.02 7 років тому +60

      FrAnK FMK Floki's laugh is the best part of the show.

    • @IcelandJedi
      @IcelandJedi 7 років тому +53

      No sagas ever mention him existing, I guess the shows creators decided to put him in there, smart move.

    • @lisawitham5050
      @lisawitham5050 7 років тому +33

      Floki went to Shetlands with his family. One daughter drowned. Then went Faroe Islands where his other daughter wed. He went to Iceland. Than back to Norway. Said the lands was not good but went back and lived out his days there.

  • @coffeewithbrendan
    @coffeewithbrendan 4 роки тому +3

    Love these kinds of historical videos

  • @jortkebabopjebord
    @jortkebabopjebord 3 роки тому +2

    You killed it with the background music haha

  • @webuser2014
    @webuser2014 7 років тому +16

    The fitting pace and subtitle make it really a pleasant to watch. A very good video.

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому

      Thank you for your appreciation!

  • @velosofy
    @velosofy 7 років тому +101

    Awesome video!

  • @ayuhi95
    @ayuhi95 Рік тому

    Bro u really gave awesome infos

  • @harshrao4495
    @harshrao4495 4 роки тому +16

    everyone wanted to be more famous than Ragnar, comparing themselves to his popularity and making him more famous in the due process... that's a legend

  • @GhostNameless
    @GhostNameless 6 років тому +385

    There once was a hero named Ragnar the Red,
    Who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead.

    • @prathamshukla1280
      @prathamshukla1280 4 роки тому +6

      Ahh, I See What You Did There😉

    • @garnish1824
      @garnish1824 4 роки тому +1

      Beautiful ❤️

    • @mayursapkale502
      @mayursapkale502 4 роки тому +16

      Ah, I see, you are a man of culture as well!

    • @murat8210
      @murat8210 4 роки тому +7

      @House of Boogie Bro... Whiterun and Rorikstead are literally places from Skyrim ofc it is a Skyrim reference. Its a song you can request the bards to sing at the innkeep.

    • @vindexworld4636
      @vindexworld4636 4 роки тому

      @@murat8210 dont have to request it these fucking bards sing it constantly xD

  • @Rakven
    @Rakven 7 років тому +260

    Boneless is a synonym for wind, wich could refer to his ability as a navigator.
    Sounds a lot more likely than a crippled viking warlord.

    • @ethanquirk28
      @ethanquirk28 7 років тому +13

      Rakven how is boneless a synonym of wind

    • @mopiking4411
      @mopiking4411 7 років тому +26

      but a cippled viking warlord is more awesome , so ..

    • @curtleighton918
      @curtleighton918 7 років тому +1

      actually that is a theory

    • @HerrStaale
      @HerrStaale 7 років тому +8

      Hello.. Boneless, or "Beinløs" can mean NO MORAL FIBER also

    • @MatMcB
      @MatMcB 7 років тому +6

      Ivar the Boneless actually got his name by breaking his arm twice as a child. Ragnar had given him the name as joke, and Ivar took the name with pleasure.

  • @jackjon7763
    @jackjon7763 2 роки тому +12

    One of the ideas for Ivar is that he was super agile and wore very light armor. So he would move very fast in battle that wouldn’t be possible in the heavier armor that other Vikings wore

  • @sR-nn7rh
    @sR-nn7rh 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome Information 👍👍😊

  • @alstone4253
    @alstone4253 7 років тому +10

    Interesting how they kinda got both of Ragnar's causes of death in there. They did have him fall gravely ill during the seize on Paris, even faking his own death and then leaving it unsure if he'd make it at the end of the season. This could actually explain why some would go away thinking he'd died. Then of course he comes back and has his more dramatic death later in England. Very clever how they do their best to combine all the myths.

  • @knockshinnoch1950
    @knockshinnoch1950 6 років тому +3

    Just discovered the series on Amazon Prime this week and have been on a binge - now up to series 2 finale. Love it!

  • @majokoulian8820
    @majokoulian8820 Рік тому

    Thank you , very useful resume .

  • @menahilhassan896
    @menahilhassan896 4 роки тому +39

    Ragnar & Ivar are the reason i watch Vikings ♥ 🔥

  • @iFailGames
    @iFailGames 7 років тому +2796

    I cringed super hard every time you pronounced those names.

    • @TubePlaysTV
      @TubePlaysTV 7 років тому +93

      he`s american what did aspect

    • @is08bella1
      @is08bella1 7 років тому +14

      Raheel Khan you have to hear my pronunciation is worst and I am from Colombia!

    • @letsogichmaric5107
      @letsogichmaric5107 7 років тому +1

      yes hahhah

    • @gris186
      @gris186 6 років тому +264

      Well now, as a Scandinavian I can tell you that every name in the series is pronounced incorrectly. Ivar is actually pronounced correctly in this video.

    • @kurodanny
      @kurodanny 6 років тому +1

      Raheel Khan same

  • @BIGSNAKE16
    @BIGSNAKE16 7 років тому +243

    Cool video.
    I think it was one of the writers that said that Rollo and Ragnar were actually a couple hundred years apart. They just put many of the characters together for the series.

    • @MrCoCo753951
      @MrCoCo753951 6 років тому +2

      Well, he's not correct. It's estimated that Ragnar died 20 years after Rollo was born. I'm not sure about the accuracy of the dates(I think they're accurate)but It's not 200 years apart.

    • @sivve838
      @sivve838 6 років тому

      HELLRAISER Im pretty sure that Harald Hårfagre is the son of Sigurd snake in the eye’s daughter

    • @beersmurff
      @beersmurff 5 років тому +22

      @@MrCoCo753951 That is not true. There are written records in France when a certain Regnar raided Paris around 845. Rollo was baptised in 912 and died 932/933. If he had been like 20 in 845, he would have been around 110 years old. Also, the series start in 793 with the raid on Lindisfarne, making Regnar around 70 when raiding Paris and Rollo would be an immortal elf ;-) The series did indeed state that in order to tell the entire story of the Vikings, they had to cut corners and compress 200 years into less than 40.

    • @MrCoCo753951
      @MrCoCo753951 5 років тому

      @@beersmurff I see. Thank you for correcting me.

  • @kumaragurunadaraja2928
    @kumaragurunadaraja2928 4 роки тому

    Awesome explanation 👌

  • @MissReiJiD
    @MissReiJiD 3 роки тому

    i have finished the 6 seasons of the show Vikings and been wondering ever since season 1 about the history of Vikings. This video is informative. They really exists huh! The characters in the show have similarities in history. Amazing!

  • @GlassOfWater87
    @GlassOfWater87 7 років тому +64

    cool vid. Ever since ive been watching vikings they started to catch my interest more and more. Its nice to have some background information.

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому +9

      Glad you liked it! We're planning on doing more Vikings videos in the future.

  • @ConstantineJoseph
    @ConstantineJoseph 7 років тому +323

    Ivar was called boneless because he was an agile and capable fighter. So much so he moved as if he had no bone. If he was truly a crippled he would be called the lame and not boneless

    • @Mulleii
      @Mulleii 7 років тому +19

      I think that the the translation is totally correct. "Benlös" or boneless in English. Ben also means leg in Swedish so it could mean either Boneless or legless.

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 7 років тому +2

      Or could have lost legs in combat prior in Denmark before commanding a force over in England. Or that he was agile in tactics. He made deals with Aelle and and was against wasn't fully involved in the Northumbrian campaign. His main efforts were in Mercia and east Anglia. Confrontation with Wessex was fewer than his counterparts Guthrum and Ubba

    • @mrdrebin123
      @mrdrebin123 7 років тому +3

      Lame xD.. he'd have been called most likely the same.. No one really knows why he had the name. Same as With Bjorn, but his name is quite easy to make a contradiction on. As if your "side" is Iron you've most likely won a great victory.

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 7 років тому

      Maybe Ivar lost a limb in combat like Thorstein and had to play more of a commanding role as he is a form of Viking nobility being a semi legendary son of Ragnar during the age of the Great heathen army?
      Old societies still made nepostism a thing. So Ivar probably was very agile for a large warrior, or he was strategically very agile and cunning which is noted or he had lost limbs in combat before.

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 7 років тому +14

      Ivar being someone with brittle bones disease is a joke. As good as imagining Stephen hawking at a battle in his wheel chair. Just imagine the absurdity

  • @Battl3field
    @Battl3field 4 роки тому +15

    York is an amazing city. Just up the road from me. Still has dungeons and roman fortifications.

  • @iammrgrandaddy4937
    @iammrgrandaddy4937 4 роки тому +1

    Nice video👍

  • @Minerer-yv6dn
    @Minerer-yv6dn 7 років тому +89

    Informative and well made. Thank you.

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому +7

      Thank you too!

    • @serpouncedk3933
      @serpouncedk3933 7 років тому +3

      but most of it is bullshit tho. ragnar is a story (like odin or thor), lagethar is made up for the series. rollo/robert story is false. björn was king of sweden. aslaug i a mythical person like odin and thor too...

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +1

      @@serpouncedk3933 ---- the Vikings TV show is fiction ! With fictional event stories, including with some real historical individuals. Quite complex and some scenes are totally confusing !

  • @GeorgeZaharia
    @GeorgeZaharia 7 років тому +446

    nice insights, but you slaughtered the pronunciation of the names, outside vitzegs and bjorn's the rest you just smashed them to patata

    • @adnanmahmood2171
      @adnanmahmood2171 7 років тому +5

      George Zaharia asslog eeevar haahaa

    • @thorbeorn4295
      @thorbeorn4295 7 років тому +6

      Hvitserk. One of Ragnar's sons.

    • @thorbeorn4295
      @thorbeorn4295 7 років тому +4

      they sort of say "Fittserk" in the serie, Idk if that's the right way to say it?

    • @GeorgeZaharia
      @GeorgeZaharia 7 років тому

      GluttonousDragon hahaha, yea i said how i pronounce it with my romanian accent, and not how is written, sorry :D happy new year!

    • @thorbeorn4295
      @thorbeorn4295 7 років тому +1

      Happy new year man! :D

  • @michelebelfiore921
    @michelebelfiore921 4 роки тому +1

    Very interesting!

  • @brendatajik6150
    @brendatajik6150 3 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @shaysssup
    @shaysssup 7 років тому +338

    I hope Vikings lasts for 6 more seasons

    • @terjefevag2455
      @terjefevag2455 7 років тому +48

      They have not reached the 9. century yet. There are material for at least 40 more seasons :) Try google Harald Hardrada (Harald the hard Ruler) and you are close to the end of the viking area. His life alone is worth several seasons.

    • @Bubajumba
      @Bubajumba 7 років тому +19

      Hope to the gods they make a Harald Hardrada story, His jurney in the middle east is epic, maybe the best of all viking history :D

    • @boygavcpful
      @boygavcpful 7 років тому +18

      The name is vikings, so maybe it will exploit all the Vikings glorious history

    • @milicanikolic5704
      @milicanikolic5704 7 років тому +21

      Michael Hirst said that the end will be when they discover North America

    • @stefanfalke8041
      @stefanfalke8041 7 років тому +3

      WHICH WOULD BE LEIF ERIKKSON AND HIS SON ERIK THE RED, WHO LANDED NO NEW FOUNDLAND IN NORTH AMERICA ALMOST 300 YEARS BEFORE AMERICO VESPUCCI.

  • @jnwoodard8764
    @jnwoodard8764 7 років тому +169

    History is awesome... be it fact based or legend.

    • @asf1062
      @asf1062 6 років тому +5

      "Well every story starts with facts, but turns into rumors and soon be legends"
      ~someone from AC IV

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +1

      Fiction !

    • @slylord8915
      @slylord8915 2 роки тому

      @@RayB1656 a lot of people are related to some of ragnar sons even now

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 2 роки тому

      @@slylord8915 Previously, my comment was only about the Vikings TV show,
      where most of the shown' events were quite fictitious.
      As for the real historic characters ,
      your guess would be as good as mine.
      Since these 8th/9th centuries stories were written about 400 years later,
      by clerics, difficult to know exactly what really happened.
      For example to story of Ironside, there are two versions;
      1. after his defeat by the Saracens at Gibraltar, he escaped to Sweden..
      2. after his defeat, he died near a coast, nearby Frisa ...
      Which one is the true story ?
      Ragnarr and Bjorn were common names during that period,
      probably the stories of many, were combined into one !?!
      Yet, possibly, some Danes, Swedes, Norwegians do have
      some knowledge about the ancestors... giving them a possible
      connection with the past.
      No quarrels here !
      The problem it's often not well explained....

  • @prakashkhanalvlogs7160
    @prakashkhanalvlogs7160 2 роки тому +10

    Best line viking ...In my mind, I wish I had never left the farm.

  • @Vestites
    @Vestites 3 роки тому +16

    The last kingdom is one of my favorite Vikings show I have never watched Vikings but I might

  • @younesjaber3
    @younesjaber3 7 років тому +4

    Great video

  • @namulit
    @namulit 5 років тому +4

    "She had a massive bear and a great hound guarding her home"...
    Even the narrator almost snickered a little while reading that line... LOL

  • @charanteja.6808
    @charanteja.6808 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the video!

  • @arishamalik3747
    @arishamalik3747 4 роки тому +9

    Never seen a smile like Ragnar's ♥️

  • @oliverpritchard973
    @oliverpritchard973 7 років тому +10

    OMG!! THIS IS AMAZING!! The book series called "The last kingdom" links with this - The english side after Ragnars story - I remember Boneless

    • @jesperlehmann4336
      @jesperlehmann4336 4 роки тому

      There is a series called : the last kingdom 😉 also with a character named Ragnar.. + some others characters also named in Vikings..

  • @isaarriagada8307
    @isaarriagada8307 7 років тому +7

    Great video! The subtitles are the best - I'm latina and sometimes it's a little bit hard to understand everything just by hearing it-

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому +4

      Thank you very much for your appreciation!

  • @Aryan_626
    @Aryan_626 2 роки тому +4

    Ivar at number one wow 🔥 Alex really played Ivars character so good

  • @rolyebe1066
    @rolyebe1066 4 роки тому

    Very interesting stuff 👍👍👍👍

  • @empireofgaming2323
    @empireofgaming2323 7 років тому +6

    Awesome video bro it was really interesting and gave me a lot of new knowledge about the characters from the show. Ragnar's death though made me really sad:( I hope he get a better death in the show

    • @oweng3352
      @oweng3352 6 років тому +1

      Empire Of Gaming what did you think about his death on the show?

  • @Hammerage1
    @Hammerage1 7 років тому +4

    For someone who's from Scandinavia I love how you pronounce the viking names, haha!

  • @JohnDoe-qu8ny
    @JohnDoe-qu8ny 3 роки тому

    Wicked thanks 😎

  • @derekm1791
    @derekm1791 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the most part pronouncing things properly!! I'm so sick of people not doing their linguistic research! Again, thank you!!

    • @Embla2010
      @Embla2010 4 роки тому

      Derek 5446
      You are JOKING RIGHT??
      This is so inaccurately pronounced it isn’t funny...
      Oh and Ragnar Loðbrók was án actual Viking and not a composite like this dude suggests..
      Just in case you were lost on that as well

  • @rosebounty
    @rosebounty 4 роки тому +41

    “RAGNA”
    Me: *eye twitch*

  • @ohioagainsttheworld676
    @ohioagainsttheworld676 7 років тому +92

    this is pretty cool, but i'm just curious if all of it is actually true? regardless, it makes for a good storyline.... but I just like to know there's truth to this kinda stuff. makes the show ten times better.

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому +31

      As we said in the video, some facts are historically true, some are just part of the Norse Mythology.
      We just wanted to reveal were the show took its inspiration from and how much liberties it took.

    • @ohioagainsttheworld676
      @ohioagainsttheworld676 7 років тому +8

      yes, it does, doesn't it. I spent some of yesterday researching some of that stuff, and you were mostly right on-point from what I read. well done, and very interesting video.

    • @Cinemaniacs
      @Cinemaniacs  7 років тому +7

      Thank you very much!

    • @pupintheturdiii
      @pupintheturdiii 7 років тому

      This is actually full of inaccuracies. More geared to the show than the actual truth.

    • @pupintheturdiii
      @pupintheturdiii 7 років тому

      It wasn't Bjorn whom faked his death but, a supposed bastard of Ragnar.

  • @danielvisser4927
    @danielvisser4927 3 роки тому +40

    Vikings without Ragnar is like the office without Michael

  •  3 роки тому

    fav series

  • @seppomuppit
    @seppomuppit 4 роки тому +64

    Eva the Boneless, my favourite mage.

    • @sigurjonsigursson7004
      @sigurjonsigursson7004 3 роки тому +7

      Ivar is actually pronounced "Eevar". The show just butchered the name. :)

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +2

      @@sigurjonsigursson7004 ------ Ivar ( Ivarr Ragnarsson )

    • @s34rch69
      @s34rch69 3 роки тому

      @@sigurjonsigursson7004 no the correct prenounce is ivar not eevar

    • @AndyTheThiccer
      @AndyTheThiccer 3 роки тому

      @@sigurjonsigursson7004 Remember to roll the "r" ;)

  • @alexreid2365
    @alexreid2365 3 роки тому +5

    *Unpopular Opinion:*
    Season 4 Ragnar was great and the best Character development his acting got better and peaked everyone else......The Character was at his lowest but that's because they had to worsen him so the sons could rise. And that was the best Character development in the show which shows what power and such responsibilities can do to a man along with greed and Betrayal.

  • @munender0901
    @munender0901 3 роки тому +1

    Very entertaining

  • @lycangypsypriest3190
    @lycangypsypriest3190 5 років тому

    Very interesting....

  • @trishharbin8812
    @trishharbin8812 6 років тому +3

    I am a Vikings addict! 💖

  • @kristianfagerheim1329
    @kristianfagerheim1329 7 років тому +55

    Rollo was the French name. His name was Rolf. Gange- Rolf. Walking Rolf!

    • @PatSTom
      @PatSTom 7 років тому +21

      He was also supposed to be a gigant, they called him gange-Rolf or walking Rolf because he was so big that no horse could carry him, so he had to walk into battle according to the legend

    • @anti0tigani
      @anti0tigani 5 років тому +1

      rollon :P

    • @neschek358
      @neschek358 5 років тому

      wolf gang...

  • @babychoppa463
    @babychoppa463 Рік тому

    Man Vikings made me cry

  • @ItsMrDanny
    @ItsMrDanny 3 роки тому +20

    2020 I still can't believe season 6 is the end 😢😭

    • @ToumaRenshi
      @ToumaRenshi 3 роки тому +1

      here 2021 and still can't believe :(

    • @musicLeaks45Us
      @musicLeaks45Us Рік тому

      @@ToumaRenshi here 2022 and i miss the show

  • @mohamb3785d
    @mohamb3785d 7 років тому +7

    So sad seeing the Ragnar die i cried alot remembering all the memories. Thanks for a great show

  • @GamesCooky
    @GamesCooky 3 роки тому +4

    The impact that the vikings had on european history is actually kind of astonishing. They raided and migrated everywhere. From the eastern russian territories, all the way to the british isles and france.
    I like vikings. The culture is so badass, even though they tend to glorify it in TV shows and movies.

  • @lugaresyplantas7819
    @lugaresyplantas7819 4 роки тому

    GREAT !

  • @Lucas-ou8zv
    @Lucas-ou8zv 3 роки тому

    When he said "Frø", I cried
    so beautiful

  • @adamgriffin
    @adamgriffin 7 років тому +201

    RIP Ragnar, I'm sure everyone has seen it by now.

    • @juliusdemichelis8262
      @juliusdemichelis8262 7 років тому +41

      Also it's not a spoiler if the source material is 800 years old.
      I mean, read a book. Jeez

    • @RemingtonSteel
      @RemingtonSteel 6 років тому

      Mc Mermate same here. Saw it yesterday. Damn

    • @doomnationalist
      @doomnationalist 5 років тому

      Saw it today

    • @sinahunter709
      @sinahunter709 5 років тому +3

      lol dude if you see rangnar while he was alive you woul not like it lol cause he most likely would have killed you lol

    • @corinfenner9810
      @corinfenner9810 5 років тому

      woosh

  • @fortitudo1409
    @fortitudo1409 4 роки тому +3

    The story of Floki and Harald are pretty interesting as well

  • @MsRoielyn
    @MsRoielyn 4 роки тому +16

    Bjørn is the søn of Lagertha og Ragnar.

  • @lucianorussi6236
    @lucianorussi6236 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine being one of the most feared Viking Kings and the possible cause of your death is shitting your pants too violently...couldn’t be me

  • @luthoratemybaby
    @luthoratemybaby 7 років тому +3

    Every time I think about the blood eagle I become Nathan explosion saying "brutal"

  • @hencytjoe
    @hencytjoe 7 років тому +311

    Sweden then. Look at us now.

    • @hencytjoe
      @hencytjoe 7 років тому +4

      Schwarze Scharen hahaha

    • @GreatGeorge89
      @GreatGeorge89 7 років тому +86

      Now you are a sad story. I feel pitty for you blue eyed blondy people, you are being raided and invaided by islam. These "Poor Refuegees",which are only men in ther 20's, came to rape your country of money and women..
      What a sad ending to the mighty vikings

    • @lindasturm699
      @lindasturm699 7 років тому +3

      Very sad to see what is happening to the homeland of my fair descendants.

    • @sten8686
      @sten8686 7 років тому +15

      Sweden maybe raped back in viking days but, now everybody fuck sweden in the ass nowdays.

    • @GreatGeorge89
      @GreatGeorge89 7 років тому +17

      Mr Zeee you're a nice liberal muslim, i don;t question that. The problem is, that your muslim new commers are far from being liberal. They are the cause to all this hate and fear that is being spread right now because of their diabolic unhuman acts ! Lack of respect and appreciation for the people that rescue them from the poverty of their shitty countries (that are shitty, by the way, thanks to radical islam which is nowadays islam that burnt all the sience and knowladge the arab nations once achieved).
      Modern Islam is a disease.

  • @OsmanOsmanHan
    @OsmanOsmanHan 4 роки тому +36

    “The Norsemen” is much more accurate than “Vikings”

    • @louisnu1306
      @louisnu1306 3 роки тому +1

      Hmmm depends

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 роки тому +3

      Norsemen, a term used later after the 12 or 13 century ! ---- ''vikings'' called themselves OSTMEN. The word ''vikingr '' means to go on an expedition... nothing to do with a race or a group of people .

    • @louisnu1306
      @louisnu1306 3 роки тому +1

      @@RayB1656 Yes

    • @louisnu1306
      @louisnu1306 3 роки тому

      @@RayB1656 Yes ik that

    • @gutsjoestar7450
      @gutsjoestar7450 3 роки тому

      it depends on who you are talking to, the people, or their charateristic
      if you are an English , seeing 80 Drakkars coming at you with Grunts, and scream you can call them Vikings
      if you talk about them , you can say the Pagans, or the Norsemen,

  • @amajdalaweyeh9041
    @amajdalaweyeh9041 4 роки тому

    A Wonderful series ...

  • @deniseflick6556
    @deniseflick6556 6 років тому +5

    Just recently discovered the show, and man, do i love it! I'm on season 4 episode 5. I hope it continues and doesn't suddenly stop like sons of anarchy.

    • @oslomarcuson7631
      @oslomarcuson7631 4 роки тому +6

      This saddens me how ambitious this comment was not knowing Ragnar would die within the next few episodes. :(

    • @khaimcilwaine2349
      @khaimcilwaine2349 4 роки тому

      Denise Flick haha as you say that im watching s4 e5

  • @Alexander-ro1um
    @Alexander-ro1um 5 років тому +8

    I bet everyone in the restaurant turn their heads when you order food.

  • @raju-adapa3237
    @raju-adapa3237 3 роки тому +2

    It's 2021 my all time favorite bonding
    FLOKI WITH RAGNAR 😍 real meaning of friendship

  • @coolkid3844
    @coolkid3844 2 місяці тому

    Travis was literally the best actor to play Ragnar. He did such an incredible job.