I just found your channel this morning and already I am in love. Your wealth of knowledge and your passion for the history really makes this a complete package. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for that video! I couldn't help thinking, seeing you in those shorts, that all you needed was a cap and a electric guitar and you could be the viking Angus Young. 😁
The northmen has been called many different names due the history. And in the description of my video you will find clues of what this boat culture was called during the bronze age: The pillars of old Uppsala 800 BC - 600 AD.
Don't be. It can easily be solved with the correct microphone pinned to the shirt of the narrator. It would pick up speech and not pick up noise from far away.
May I suggest, in the light of all that you are saying about female deities, a more female focused culture and spirituality and the suggestion of fertility rites, that the stone arrangements are not "boat" shaped but are erected in the shape of female reproductive anatomy. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on that idea. Thanks for another great video!
interesting but that wouldn't explain the boat burials at Tuna nearby or the presence of stone ships outside the alleged "female cult" area of Vastmanland. I might point out however, that while the boat burials in Uppland for men are clinker built, the ones at Tuna are dugouts, and that a dugout, it could be argued, is symbolically vulvic. It may be that boats were recognised as symbolic of the womb and vulva....
One of the runestones in Jelling, Denmark, was erected by King Gorm The Old, in memory of his wife Queen Thyra. His son Harald Bluetooth erected the large runestone in memory of his father King Gorm and his mother Queen Thyra. In Sønder Vissing, Denmark, there is a runestone erected by Tove, King Harald Bluetooths wife, in memory of her mother.
2:00 Funny you should mention the suffix "-disse" as a religious suffix for women. Interestingly enough the Swedish name for the "Mother Superior" in nunneries is Abedissa. Could the title have a ancient nordic origins?
No thats the female form of Abbot, so its -issa you should think of something like Vanadís for comparison or Hjördis which is the only personal name in use i can think of. Theres also a charachter i Vikings called Freydis.
I had the dates all mixed up for Anundshög, i thought more or less all of it was from the early 11th centuary. And i always used it as a proof of the longstanding use of boat settings. One from Gotland i believe have been dated to 1000 bc. I used it to show the continuity of the culture. I was also always confused by how these political centres (this huge mound does suggest something like that) could exist so close to one another. Like Adelsö very close to Uppsala and now this place not so far away. Can such political centres really coexist? Or maybe they are not exactly contemporary?
of the 5 boat settings there, i dont think the are all from the same time, the oldest is about 1st c. ad. It is quite far from uppsala actually. maybe it is more a cult centre than a political centre.
Survive the Jive Well, the size of the mound means politics, does it not? Well, i have no opinion on what was going on, i just thought it slightly odd. When I went to Birka I asked the guide something similar about Uppsala vs Adelsö. And he did not really know either. Maybe there is no mystery in it, maybe they were not even contemporary?
the thing is. how do you know these are just stones? they could been a sceleton of a fossilized boat. only digging would reveal that. the distance between the ribs of the boat is like it would have been on a real one. i know the first thing that come to mind is that its just quarried rocks but that may be just a preconditioned prejudice.
Bro love your stuff but your killin me with those legs. You look like you just got out of a wheelchair for the first time. Thor would be dissapoint. I know you do strongman or whatever that means but you gotta hit the temple of iron and do some front squats or something. I dont know if the chub n tuck is supposed to be funny but it doesnt help out with the leg situation.
you trying to rustle my jimmies boy? Ok i admit my squat PR isn't great (3 x 220lbs) but can you run 10km in less than 40 mins? I did in a race. These skinny legs also ran the Rome marathon in 3 hours and 48 minutes. Having muscular legs doesn't help with stamina or functionality and I have trained for years as an endurance runner, which has also given me great stamina for MMA.
Thank you for taking us around to places we wouldn't get to see otherwise. Take care Gare
I was there this summer!
hi Gary
I just found your channel this morning and already I am in love. Your wealth of knowledge and your passion for the history really makes this a complete package. Keep up the great work!
Cheers Justin!
you are the first englishman i know who understand the close historical relation of english and swedish and danish
The only reasonable course of action is to go here during the Spring or Summer. I've actually not been there yet so it will be epic :-)
Love the white socks and black shoes. That’s dad style is what that is.
By all means, do make more videos about boat cults / boat cultures! It's highly interesting to me.
I grew up 5 minutes away from Anundshög. Still one of my favorite places
Important video! Thank you!
I always look forward to your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for that video! I couldn't help thinking, seeing you in those shorts, that all you needed was a cap and a electric guitar and you could be the viking Angus Young. 😁
Great video again:-) I will comment more about the stone ship burial culture soon.
The northmen has been called many different names due the history. And in the description of my video you will find clues of what this boat culture was called during the bronze age: The pillars of old Uppsala 800 BC - 600 AD.
What does the boat runes mean? We have them at Blekinge, Lyckeby, without any visible writings left. Lots of runes and mounds.
I was there this summer. A really nice place.
The women weaved the clothing, the runestones are the same shape as a hand-held shuttle,used in weaving!
Could you do a video on your tattoo's? Their meanings and your inspiration for them?
A Viking ship have been discovered in Berg in Halden
Good job my friend
I've driven past there before. Now I feel kind of bad given how difficult it must be to film at Anundshög with all of the cars going by.
Don't be. It can easily be solved with the correct microphone pinned to the shirt of the narrator. It would pick up speech and not pick up noise from far away.
@@jfv65 I was mostly joking tbh
May I suggest, in the light of all that you are saying about female deities, a more female focused culture and spirituality and the suggestion of fertility rites, that the stone arrangements are not "boat" shaped but are erected in the shape of female reproductive anatomy. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on that idea. Thanks for another great video!
interesting but that wouldn't explain the boat burials at Tuna nearby or the presence of stone ships outside the alleged "female cult" area of Vastmanland. I might point out however, that while the boat burials in Uppland for men are clinker built, the ones at Tuna are dugouts, and that a dugout, it could be argued, is symbolically vulvic. It may be that boats were recognised as symbolic of the womb and vulva....
Dugouts would be inland would they not? Clinker ships would be ocean/ sea going vessels for trading, fishing and raiding.
the clinker boats at Valsgarde are not for the open sea, they are small river, lake boats
Survive the Jive
nevertheless, is there not a distinct purpose for dugouts beyond the symbolic
One of the runestones in Jelling, Denmark, was erected by King Gorm The Old, in memory of his wife Queen Thyra. His son Harald Bluetooth erected the large runestone in memory of his father King Gorm and his mother Queen Thyra. In Sønder Vissing, Denmark, there is a runestone erected by Tove, King Harald Bluetooths wife, in memory of her mother.
Just speculating, and maybe not the first, but maybe the boats in stone shape also represent the Yoni or the female symbol?
Women buried in the centre and the men around them. Defensive positions for the afterlife?
2:00 Funny you should mention the suffix "-disse" as a religious suffix for women. Interestingly enough the Swedish name for the "Mother Superior" in nunneries is Abedissa. Could the title have a ancient nordic origins?
No thats the female form of Abbot, so its -issa you should think of something like Vanadís for comparison or Hjördis which is the only personal name in use i can think of. Theres also a charachter i Vikings called Freydis.
I had the dates all mixed up for Anundshög, i thought more or less all of it was from the early 11th centuary. And i always used it as a proof of the longstanding use of boat settings. One from Gotland i believe have been dated to 1000 bc. I used it to show the continuity of the culture.
I was also always confused by how these political centres (this huge mound does suggest something like that) could exist so close to one another. Like Adelsö very close to Uppsala and now this place not so far away. Can such political centres really coexist? Or maybe they are not exactly contemporary?
of the 5 boat settings there, i dont think the are all from the same time, the oldest is about 1st c. ad. It is quite far from uppsala actually. maybe it is more a cult centre than a political centre.
Survive the Jive
Well, the size of the mound means politics, does it not? Well, i have no opinion on what was going on, i just thought it slightly odd. When I went to Birka I asked the guide something similar about Uppsala vs Adelsö. And he did not really know either. Maybe there is no mystery in it, maybe they were not even contemporary?
Martin Andersson
they were both used continuously for a long time
the thing is. how do you know these are just stones? they could been a sceleton of a fossilized boat. only digging would reveal that. the distance between the ribs of the boat is like it would have been on a real one. i know the first thing that come to mind is that its just quarried rocks but that may be just a preconditioned prejudice.
yeah but what about jellingestenen? it was raised by harald bluetooth for gorm and >thyra
Very interesting.
have you completly forgotten the farmost biggest boatshapes building in scandinavia. reforring to jellinge. i beleive aboat 300 meters long
covered in my recent film about stone boats
i live in north-western Västmanland
Somebody skipped leg day
that highway sound is so intrusive. and not conducive to contemplation. i like Freya.
at 6:43 this inscripted rock, do you think it is a coffin?
It seema like a fertility center... And maybe these women were cherished due to labor and delivery knowledge
Sounds like someone has joined varg's cult
Thought that was Ray Mears for a second...
Idk I'd appreciate being called a good housekeeper xD Odin knows the other guys in my family aren't.
I live 5 minutes on bike from Anundshög.
Perhaps she was a preistess, or Volva.
Bro love your stuff but your killin me with those legs. You look like you just got out of a wheelchair for the first time. Thor would be dissapoint. I know you do strongman or whatever that means but you gotta hit the temple of iron and do some front squats or something. I dont know if the chub n tuck is supposed to be funny but it doesnt help out with the leg situation.
you trying to rustle my jimmies boy? Ok i admit my squat PR isn't great (3 x 220lbs) but can you run 10km in less than 40 mins? I did in a race. These skinny legs also ran the Rome marathon in 3 hours and 48 minutes. Having muscular legs doesn't help with stamina or functionality and I have trained for years as an endurance runner, which has also given me great stamina for MMA.
You are built exactly like my husband. I concur with your reply comment to Derek Denton. Endurance running. ;)
Derek Denton Legs fine looks like a decent middle distance runner
I understand what you mean I have the same skinny legs but they can run like hell.
@@Survivethejive Respect for your Race stats.
Close to Jellhaugen!
No more videos on boats... and now a video about boats.
Hate the car noises
dude, use a clip on mic or something. the traffic noise is louder than you
Wait a minute, a 9th century runestone saying "god rest his soul"? I think you're off by a couple of hundred years in your estimation.
Anders Engman yeah it is actually from about 1040ad
1:07 Alabama intensifies
you are a very spiffy looking guy. Just unfortunate that you have a tattoo otherwise you'd have a very classy look
misspent youth!
Survive the Jive I understand... the degeneracy can be overwhelming sometimes c:
tattoos are not an inherent sign of decline. They can serve as marks of cultural affiliation or initiation. They do look messy though
Survive the Jive yeah they can serve as a sign of tribal belonging but... I don't know, I have a deep aversion to them
@@cris-oq4po The bible forbids them Leviticus 19:28