Actually Roman & Greek scholars have written and visited Scandinavia. They described the region as being a dark and cold scary place. I think the Germanic people, language, and culture is fascinating. And amazing how much their legacy still impacts the modern world.
their legacy doesnt even exist. their languages extinct. what's left is a bunch of citizens of nation-states that destroy peoples and their connection to land, who believe a state is the same as a tribe
I think some people are so programmed to think in terms of modern nations that they also think in those terms when viewing history. I have even seen historians mistakenly take 'Germanic' to mean the same as 'German', which is not the case at all. According to this logic, because Scandinavians and Germans are separate cultures now, that must always have been the case. Not only is this not applicable to past periods in history, but it also ignores the deep historical roots of a common cultural identity that likely stretches all the way back to the Nordic Bronze Age. Even today, little separates Norwegians, Swedes and Danes from each other. Our languages are really different dialects of the same language. As a Norwegian, I have little trouble understanding Swedish. I would struggle with some Danish dialects, but that's also the case with some Western dialects in my own country. Culturally, we are a bit different from one another, but no more than I would be with, say, someone living in the middle or north of Norway.
Same here. I’m Dutch and i can understand German pretty well because the 2 share quite a bit with each other. And to me Scandinavian looks a bit funny until you actually say it out loud, then it sounds pretty similar. For example wolf(Dutch,German) and úlfur(Icelandic)
@@JesseJS4317 Yes, you can see the quite close relation these languages have when listening to and reading them. Dutch and Norwegian actually have interesting similarities when it comes to phonetics. When I went to the US last year, there was a layover in Amsterdam, and I briefly thought Dutch speakers sounded like some local Norwegian dialect. It took me a few seconds to realise that it was, in fact, Dutch. It is difficult for us to understand details when reading it, though, but it's very frequently possible for us to have a general idea of what a particular text is about due to quite a number of similar words.
My family has been in Canada since 1666, but my family name is Robert and learn that before dit was Hrodberht, apparently I am a descendant from a Germanic tribe. I was so proud to learn I was part of the Germanic / Viking family!!!
So if i have Celtic, Germanic (western) and Nordic blood then I’m mostly of Viking descent?! I’ve been trying to figure this out and to learn why I’m so drawn to the Sagas & Culture. I’m mixed (black & white) and my blood tests are mostly the 3 previously stated. Just trying to learn more about where i came from.
I am Swiss German and am proud of my Alemannic blood, but the Celts are also my ancestors. When the Alemannic Germanics invaded Switzerland in the third century AD, the Celts and the Alemanni in German-speaking Switzerland mingled and settled, built houses and settlements. Today's Swiss-German are a mixture of the Celtic Helvetians and the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni belonged to the West-Germanic culture. Our current Swiss German dialects are a West Germanic language variety. At that time there was a dividing line from north to south from the Roman-speaking areas, today's south and south-west swiss still have Roman blood. you see that the further south you go. Peace & Love to my Germanic & Celtic Brothers & Sisters and ALL Good Humans 🤝🏼.
Nice to meet you! I am Swabian German through my late father, who was actually born in Bad Canstatt (Wurttemberg) but our family came from a couple of villages right along the Bavarian state border (still in the heart of the Schwaben cultural-linguistic region). I completely agree about the Celtic mix with the Suebi and Alemanni, for we all absorbed the various Celtic tribes along the Danube and in the Alps. The great Hallstatt culture is part of our heritage too! So in my own effort to reconstruct a Suebi/Alemanni Heathenry, I have no problem incorporating Celtic traditions as well. We had more similarities than differences in any case.
@@seanjobst1985 My Paternal Haplogroup is associated with the La Tene and Halstatt and likely originated in either the Swiss alps or Baden-Wurttemburg. At least phylographed as of now. My maternal Haplogroup U5b1 is most common in North Europe, mainly Finns, Sami, and Estonians, however it predates the Yamnaya and Neolithic Farmers and is One of the oldest Maternal lines in Europe (U5) so it is spread sporadically from Iberia to ofc Northern Finland and Sweden.
@@HailWoden18 Interesting. That's a proud heritage! What's your paternal haplogroup? Mine is R-M405, a subgroup of R-M269. I don't know nearly as much about how or where these haplogroups arose though. Your maternal haplogroup would be consistent with what we know of the earliest inhabitants of Europe, especially their blood surviving most in those regions on the margins (like the Finns, Sami, and Estonians). My maternal haplogroup is J1c2. My entire maternal side is Flemish, with a few Walloon names I found back in the 1500s but aside from that almost entirely from West-Vlaanderen. As far as I know, it came with the Yamnaya? Thanks for the insights.
@@seanjobst1985 R-M269, from what I gather (most recent studies, 2015) it most likely originated with the Eneolithic Eastern Hunter Gatherers. Neatly enough, they are also 1 ancestral component of our later bronze age forefathers, the Yamanaya, whose ancestors were the Western Steppe Herders, who themselves came about when Eastern Hunter Gatherers mixed with Caucasus Hunter Gatherers. So it all kind of ties back together. Thats how the Yamnaya got it and were able to bring it to Europe. Though subclades existed in small frequencies in North Europe and Central already from the earlier EHG.The EHG are also 1 ancestral half of the Scandinavian Hunter gatherers, who are a mix of Dark Skinned, dark haired, blue eyed western hunter gatherers and Light skinned, light haired, overwhelmingly Dark eyed Eastern Hunter Gatherers. However, many subclades within R-M269 are definitively associated with the Indo European (Yamnaya) expansion. My Haplogroup is within R-M269 Specifically in the R1b-U152 (Italo Celtic)Branch and even more specified, the R-L2 (Alpine Celts) Sub Branch, with the subclade Terminal (Y) being R-S8172, so R-S8172. It has little to no info online and is rare, but Through using phylogeographer as well doing research on Mesolithic/Neolithic/Copper/Bronze Age Europe and comparing my Raw DNA to samples I can source for low price. Im sure my Y Haplogroup is of the Unetice Culture (an offshoot of Corded Ware) then to tumulus to Urnfield (Responsible for Proto Celt and Celts) then to Halstatt and La Tene cultures. That is where, as of now I can most safely place it. It makes the most sense as of now. Ofc this is Just theory based upon the research I currently have. Should I acquire new research, it can certainly change. We can always find older samples! And Imagine all the stuff we DON'T or CANT find or recover. So much more than what we know, we dont know. Now, R-M269 is a rather expansive Haplogroup as it is ancestral to many major Haplo families. The Germanic Branch, Which is yours R-M405 also known as R-U106 is a major subclade of R-M269, so is R-U152, the Italo Celtic branch or R-L21 Which is also celtic but associated with Irish and Scots. Gaelic I suppose? Anyhow, do you know which subclade in Particular? Or are you Straight R-U106/M405? Thats would be pretty damn cool, definitely Germanic in Paternal origin. Original Indo European Germanic Haplogroup.
The DNA from the Dane Vikings are almost identical to the DNA from the Anglo-Saxons, which makes it almost impossible to distinguish between the two groups. As an American, it is a reality check to see that all of my ancestors came from a small area that is smaller than a medium sized state.
It's amazing to me (as a US citizen), my DNA is 100% Germanic, Scandinavian and SE English (Anglo-Saxon) to this day. I would think after all the migration my DNA would be a little of different tribes, but it's still 100%.
That’ll probably be because of Jutland? Which was West Germanic, before becoming North Germanic after the arrival of the Danes from Mainland Scandinavia. The West Germanic Jutes and Angles were Originally from Jutland.
This is true. It is very difficult to determine which subgroups of haplogroups are specifically Anglo-Saxon or Danish Vikings. There is only about a 300-400 year difference between when both invaded Britain. They had very similar genetics, if not identical in many ways.
@@samueladams6207 Yes, 100% - all listed are Germanic people: modern Scandinavians (apart from the Sami) as well as the Angles (Angaland, becoming "England") and the Saxons (Essex, Sussex, Wessex - East-, South- and West-Saxon Kingdoms in Old England). Alfred the Great was a West Saxon King who became King of the Anglo-Saxons.
@@kayvan671 as you hear fella...many people claim they are proud of their heritage and thus they don't look like ...if you are blonde ...you might be dinaric or Slavic... Myself I have English, French and German heritage...so
Brother you got an instant sub from me. Five star material. My father sent me this video, he’s a history buff. Ive always wondered about what you explain here because in history this is what the conquerers and the writers of his-story do, divide by putting labels of separation on peoples. Then its taught in schools. Its a total miseducation. They did it to my tribal people here, in all of the Americas, and also to the tribal African, asiatic, & other peoples globally. False history & lies are considered facts. I’ve told people for many years even the European & American whites come from land based tribal cultures like the rest of us. Its great to hear factual history about your tribe. Both our peoples have met in the past far before Columbus brother. It’s great to see you on top of your culture correcting falsehoods. Live strong & spiritual. Mitakuye Oyasin (we are all family), Bomatum (thank You). Long Live The Tribes. ✊
Thank you. Yes all tribal people are not very different from each other and can all live in peace. the real enemy are the ones trying to force their civilization on all of us.
@@tuathadesidhe1530 You mean *ROMANIZED* Christianity? Before it was corrupted by power, power Rome, under Caesar Flavius Claudius Julianus, in fact encouraged in a pathetic attempt, that backfired, to destroy Christianity, it was simply a sect of Judaism whose teachings was strongly *non violent.* So its Rome that should answer, or more accurately the Roman state, as it were. But its not around anymore so I can see the appeal, or rather the laziness, and blame Christianity in which inherited and continued Rome's domineering behavior; like conquest and cultural conversion. ... This is not my opinion, just saying 🤷🏻
Celtic and Germanic people were very closely related, if not genetically indistinguishable. Like the Romans, Greeks, and almost all European populations at the time, they were composed of a mix primarily of Indoeuropean and Neolithic farmer ancestry, with some amount of Western-hunter-gatherer as well. In Northern Europe, there was somewhat less Neolithic farmer, and more hunter-gatherer admixture, although moderate, and this would have applied to both Celtic and Germanic European populations. The source of both groups is really defined by the Indoeuropean invasion of Europe, and slightly before, they would have presumably been the same group. A good example of their similarity is in the British Isles, where, even though Britain had originally been populated by Celtic groups, with the Germanic Anglo-Saxons later invading and dominating England, all groups appear largely genetically homogenous. Today, you see lower rates of light hair and eyes in Southern Europe, partially because the Neolithic farmers, while otherwise very phenotypically similar to the Indoeuropeans, had low rates of light hair and eyes, but primarily due to admixture from entirely different groups migrating into, or conquering parts of, Europe during the middle ages. Also, higher rates of light hair and eyes in Scandinavia are partially due to lower rates of admixture, but primarily due to more recent sexual selection elevating the rates of these traits, and also a slightly higher level of hunter-gather admixture.
Greetings from London brother! My fatherline is I1a and my motherline U5b1b1. Both have high percentages in Scandinavia. I think of myself as of Saxon heritage, and because of my haplogroups (primarily YDNA not being R1b), likely of having high Viking influence. Keeping heritage alive is important. What you are doing with your life and this channel is important.
@@amirouchethelionofnumidia7092 Indeed. My Y-700 results are in and I'm I-FT19948. Closest direct payrilineal ancient ancestor is VK446 in Denmark (app 900AD and VK532 in Denmark).
@@amirouchethelionofnumidia7092 Well, the Irish were in Ireland. P Celts, Britons, Brittonic celts are Native and have claim over Britain, not Gaels, Q Celts. Its belongs to the Welsh, Cornish and those Highland Scots who are mainly of Pictish descent. Britain is a P Celtic (Brythonnic) Word, it comes from the Old Welsh Priton or Pritani. Its Belongs to the Britons, not Irish. Get it right. You are mislead.
Swedish archeologist here. We can't say that the early germanic religions and beliefs were the same as the more modern Norse religion. The Germanic god Wotan around 300 CE has properly quite some differences from the Norse god Odin almost 700 years later. Also, everything we know about the Norse religions was written down at least 200 years after the Christianisation of the Scandinavian lands.
I too have alot of very long lineages of Frisian (So Friesland, Groningen and parts of Germany) ancestry, and the ancient tribes were the Frisii and Chauci mostly. At first I wasn't so proud of it because other history we have. I didn't know much about it but know that I'm starting to find out things it makes more proud then ever of my Heritage. I atleast could trace it back until 792 until Thiadulf de Frisia, which is a common ancestor of modern-day Frisians and stuff, and I have alot more Frisian lines but that would be too long to talk about hahaha. And yes, I'm Dutch
i was adopted and after finding my lineage and birth family - germanic roots, (family still in bavaria) i've been drawn to your channel to learn more and feel more connected to my ancestors.
Yes! My last name is Robert and learn that before it was Hrodberht and that my family name is a Germanic ancestral name. I was so proud to learn at some point I was part of the Germanic / Viking family. This just give me so much pride!!!
Danke for the history. I love learning about my ancestry! I also read and learn language, etc., but postings like this stick in your mind because of the visuals and narration.
@@ayron419 Really short answer: The different Tribes called "germanic" did not evolve from the same precessor cultures. A good example is the Linear Band Culture from around 6-4k b.c. (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearbandkeramische_Kultur#/media/Datei:European-middle-neolithic-en.svg). Some of the tribes that are called germanic today even lived in the area of the balkan before the Migration Period. f.e. the eastern goths. You can actually see a difference in the genetic Heritage if you look into it.
@@johnfk4830 I'm pretty sure that you're forgetting things like the Corded Ware culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture, the Battle Axe culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Axe_culture and the Nordic Bronze Age culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age which are directly ancestral to all of the peoples considered Germanic. (And actually the Finns as well) It's not that all of the peoples living in those areas were Germanic originally, but they were displaced or integrated into the expanding Germanic populace that took control of the area later on, like during the Jastorf culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastorf_culture
I've been saying for this for years. As a child growing up in a German household, before I understood cultures and languages and tribes, I always felt a connection to Vikings and stories and images of them. I felt a sort of kinship I didn't understand until now. Now I know why :)
@@fancypigeon1031 Really, what do we know as humans? All of us think we all have the answers. We only have what we know in this human body and think we've discovered everything. Fancy that!
This is REALLY GOOD history.👍 Very concise, clear, and TOTALLY ACCURATE.👍 I majored in ancient, and medieval history. Greetings from Minnesota.🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧 👋
@@RustyJeyCee Hochdeutsch, Plattdeutsch, Afrikaans, Niederländisch, Norwegisch usw. sind doch alle im Grunde genommen dieselben Sprache. Grüße von Olifantsfontein nach Deutschland.
@@humanbeing1675 yes and no. The germanics did not see themselves as germanic but the did share a language, culture, gentics. Its like the native americans. They didnt see themselves being native until american told them they were but they definitly were related.
Actually the different tribes adopted different forms of Christianity, mixed with older beliefs of course, long before Charlemagne. Most adopted Arianism, Goths, Vandals etc., While the Frank, Charlemagne's tribe, allied themselves with Rome and adopted trinitarian Catholicism. It wasnt clear until after 600ad which would win out. Of course there were holdouts than remained pagan but by the time of Charlemagne they were in the minority but still around and some tribes, like the Saxons, were primarily pagan
Just discovered your channel and I love it! I am 100% Germanic and Scandinavian born and raised in the US. It's amazing to me that my dna is still 100% of these tribes since my family came to the US in the early 1700's. In the 80's we were taught American history, not so much European or world history except the 2 world wars. Thank you for all this information.
Didnt you claim you Had SE English ancestry in another thread? Anglo Saxon? But born in Scandinavia? Typically "Scandinavians" (Which fking country goof?) Would not have SE English DNA, especially old enough to be Anglo-Saxon. Bullsht meter is ticking high here.
@@HailWoden18 I have 100% Germanic and Scandinavian DNA (people with SE English DNA are Anglo Saxon since they originally came from Germany and Scandinavia). . . I am born and raised in the US, as stated in my 1st sentence. Re-read my 1st sentence, I said "born and raised in the US", idiot! 🙄 Why do you give a fuck what I said?
@Phuck UA-cam censorship I'am a natural born citizen of the greatest country on earth, the mighty fuckin US and yes I can tell you are jealous as hell 🤭🤣🤣 We pack over here so fuck around and find out 🤣
Bem vindo a europa. Eh basicamento Vikings contra Romanos. Slavos sao Scandinavos tambem. Ai vierem os Romanos (italia, franca, espanha, portugal etc) e forcaram catolisismo em todomundo. O mundo que a gente tem hoje, eh por causa disso. Tanta coisa fudida. Olha so os Portugueses e Espanhols... eles entraram na america do sul (Brasil) mataram os indios e trazerom escravos da africa. Esses white people que estados unidos falam sobre, vem do pessoal da Roma. Divide and conquer.
I have on my Father’s side Germanic Goths and my mothers side are the Picts from the Highlands, I traced back my heritage because I find history and ancestry fascinating. Love your breakdowns on religious beliefs and the cultural shifts during the Viking age 🧬
Interesting channel and subject! I'm a west-Frisian (north-Netherlands) and my first name is Sybren. Even in my name (which is being passed on for centuries as i can see in my family tree) the connection between Frisian/Germanic/Nordic is seen: Sy means: victory (Germanic: sigi) Bren means: either bear (Germanic: bern/Nordic: bjørn) or it means: flaming sword (Germanic: bren) It's not really clear which of the two it is... Either way: "Victory of/over(?) the bear", or "flaming sword of victory". Both very pleased with that! Love my traditional Frisian name and it's meaning. Perhaps there are some people here with more understanding of this that can help me with the exact meaning of my first name?
The homeland of all germanic tribes is in southern sweden. They had one language, one religion. Modern divisions are exactly that... MODERN. They can only apply to today but not the past. I find it ridiculous how most people (even scholars, wtf are they thinking) divide scandinavians from mainland germanics as if they were totally different. And then they go on calling scandinavians "vikings" and their gods "viking gods". What is not clicking there? 2000 years ago, they were one. And viking is not an ethnicity but an occupation. Their gods were germanic gods. Scholars who don't understand this simple fact should either get their degree examined or they're warping everything on purpose to pander to something.
Finally someone says that very clearly - thanks for the video. Even in Bavaria, which at that time did not even belong to Germania but rather belonged to the Roman Empire, even there most people believed in Wōdan (Odin) or Donar (Thor) etc. I come from Bavaria and to this day there are still old proverbs in rural areas which remind of the once pagan times with Wotan and Donar etc.. Best regards from "Germania";)
@@randomdude2026 Ohh ich kenne jede Menge! Wer nicht zu faul zum Suchen ist der findet sogar ganze Massen deutscher und bayrischer Redewendungen und Sprichwörter im Internet oder Buchladen. An kleinen Riemen lernen die Hunde Leder fressen. Also auf auf, lern mal was Neues ;)
@@net-twin-de Ähh, ich glaub du hast meinen Kommentar falsch verstanden. Es war gar nicht schnippisch gemeint oder so, sondern ich interessiere mich wirklich dafür. Dachte du hättest vielleicht ein Sprichwort, das Donar, Wodan oder andere germanische Götter noch irgendwie beinhaltet. Ich find sowas wie gesagt wirklich interessant, und fände es cool, wenn du ein paar mal nennst :D Weil aus meinem persönlichen Umfeld sind mir zwar viele Sprichwörter bekannt, die auf das Mittelalter zurückgehen, aber da dann schon keinen Bezug mehr zum alten germanischen Glauben haben. Hab jetzt mal gegoogelt und spontan gefunden, dass "Unter die Haube bringen" wohl auf germanisches Recht zurück geht, da Germaninnen ihr Haar wohl früher auch nicht mehr offen trugen nach einer Heirat. Ein anderes Sprichwort, was ich noch gefunden habe, ist "Wen die Götter lieben, den rufen sie zu sich", was wohl auf Walhalla bezogen ist. Könnte allerdings auch von den Griechen kommen und da auf den Olymp bezogen sein.
Where did you get the map where jutes, angles, frisians and saxons supposedly settled on Doggerbank in the north sea (3:35)? The whole of Doggerland had been under water for thousands of years by the time of the first migration westwards, right? Or do I need to read a bit more :D
yes, Spoleto comes from spoletorp in Skåne and so does many prominent families of italy .In Spain most of the nobility and royalty in navarra, Leon, etc have visigothic origin from the norse that came from Sweden and southern Sweden, then danish territory of the danish kingdom.
@@pnkcnlng228 No, in Lombardy you have a lot of people from the south, dark skined people, latin of mediterranean stock. the blond people are a minority. Sorry, I know your country pretty well. In Spain, in northern Spain the celtic element is quite strong on the atlantic side as well as the visigothic, suebi, and descendants of the vandals which had different kingdoms i the iberian Peninsula. The italians are subject to the predominant mediterranean darker element. Famous worlwide for that.
@Owen Johnson ah yes, I am aware of the mediteranean type with more EEF ancestry in the south of Europe, but that would not factor into anything to do with Northern vs Southern Scandinavia. People in southern Scandinavia are just as pale as from any other part of Scandinavia. They belong to the same population. Perhaps I have missed or misread something.
@Owen Johnson for the most part it seems we are. I would add that it is true that much germanic blood went into the Poles and Lithuanians but they are overall Slavs. And Estonians are Uralic people. But of course there was mixing at the cultural frontiers.
@Owen Johnson what you say about the bronze age indo europeans is true. But concerning Poland, there were Poles for thousands of years. They may not have existed as a nation before WW1 but as a people they have been around a long time. Probally a similar situation with Lithuania but Im not very familiar with Lithuanian history.
I was educated thru the 1950s - 1960s. Somewhere along the line, I was given the impression that the Scandinavians and Germanics were a bit related but different. I am probably the target of this video. I will say you have scored a bullseye. This was new to me and I am convinced.
Pre-Christian beliefs were very localized, even within Sweden. I saw a comment here about Odin being the chief god. Well that depends on your perspective and place in society. In parts of Sweden where they practiced the (really) old religion, Tyr was still worshipped as the chief god... and there was the cult of Freya--- very strong. For those about vikingr (those some [unfortunately] the only Norse people many medieval Europeans got to meet), Odin is the perfect tutelary deity.
@@Tipi_Dan I can easily believe that within a common general culture there were different gods emphasised in different areas. BTW I know of Tyr because I once posted a blog about where the British weekday name Tuesday arose, as I knew all the rest. After researching I'd bet almost no English speakers know of Tyr and Fenrir. I also found Tyr is VERY old, from Indo-European deywós, and you can see Deus , Dios Theos etc. in there.
The Roman's actually did write about Scandinavia. " And now begin the states of the Suiones, situated on the Ocean itself, and these, besides men and arms, are powerful in ships. The form of their vessels is peculiar in this respect, that a prow at either extremity acts as a forepart, always ready for running into shore. They are not worked by sails, nor have they a row of oars attached to their sides; but, as on some rivers, the apparatus of rowing is unfixed, and shifted from side to side as circumstances require. And they likewise honour wealth, and so a single ruler holds sway with no restrictions, and with no uncertain claim to obedience. Arms are not with them, as with the other Germans, at the general disposal, but are in the charge of a keeper, who is actually a slave; for the ocean forbids the sudden inroad of enemies, and, besides, an idle multitude of armed men is easily demoralized. And indeed it is by no means the policy of a monarch to place either a nobleman, a freeborn citizen, or even a freedman, at the head of an armed force..." Tacitus, Germania and it's Tribes chapter 44. "...Closely bordering on the Suiones are the tribes of the Sitones, which, resembling them in all else, differ only in being ruled by a woman. So low have they fallen, not merely from freedom, but even from slavery itself. Here Suevia ends." Tacitus, Germania and it's Tribes chapter 45. www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0083%3Achapter%3D44 Very much agree with your point in the video by the way, greetings from Sweden🍻
I always figured I was basically a blend of Celtic, Germanic and Slavic but that map basically cemented my thoughts on the matter. Very cool video, thanks!
@@jeanvaljean7266 great grandparents were from Slovakia on my moms dads side, on her moms side UK, Germany, and all the Scandinavian countries. My dad's side is Irish, Italian
Rollo was a viking that ended up in France and settled in what is today known as Normandy (realm of the Norse men). He is the great-great-great grandfather of William the Conquerer. So, in a way, the vikings (their bloodline at any rate) managed to get all of England after all ;-)
basically. They could somewhat even understand each other as though a norwegian speaking with a dane. Old Norse and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) was mutually intelligible for the most part (my guestimate around 70%).
Exellent work Brother. I'am from north Germany (Frisian) and as a History fan I was reading a lot of the old Cultures of the Germans and Scandinavian. I can understand that many people are confused about the Storys and history. Most of the people didn't understand that there wasn't Germany, Denmark, Sweden or Norway. There was one culture tree (you tolt). And I think there was much more trade and exchange in nothern Europe between all this Tribes from Germanics, Celtics, Slavics, Baltics, Uralics and even the Baltic people. Some Art from this areas speaks a clear language.
Scandinavians and Germans also have Haplogroup I1, R1b, and R1a in common in about the same proportions with Scandy's a little higher in I1 and German's a little higher in R1b. (Yamnaya) Near cousins.
Takk før dette! I am not so sure about your map of migration into England, though. My understanding was that the Jutes went to Kent in the south east corner, but the Saxons went to Wessex (Wessex = West Saxons). Indeed, any of the regions or counties that end in ‘-sex’ (yes, I know) were Saxon settlements areas, as the clue is in the name.
I am of Swedish, German and English (Anglish) ancestry as well as having been returned home to the Gods for 30 yrs now. Depending on my mood or situation I often use the different pronunciations interchangeably. i.e. - Wotan, Woden, Odinn and so on. And I do this with other Gods as well. I love that this video points out that we began ancestrally as one people. And like regular families having different branches, so we do also. It drives me nuts with shows like "vikings" where they act as if the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons couldn't understand one another. They most certainly could have have a conversation. Might be a bit off the cuff, but they could do it. And they also never reference the Pagan past of the Anglo-Saxons. We do know from some historical sources that the A-S before battle got blessing from the local christian priest, but there are also accounts of some of them just before engaging the fight asking the "Thunderer" for strength. Thunderer being Thunor or Thor. And even though that era of England may have been christian it was still early enough in the conversion process that the Pagan influence on the culture would still be present. Our heritage regardless of nation of birth is paramount. And we must see it survive and thrive. We are unique among the world populace.
Wait so when the Anglo Saxons migrated to England, where they still pagan and later converted to Christianity, or were they already Christian when they migrated?
@@The_Owl444 They were still pagan, but were mostly Christianised by the time of the viking invasions which began about three centuries later. At the time that the Anglo-Saxon tribes conquered most of England, the only Christians in Britain were the Romanised Celts ("Britons") that they displaced.
Very interesting. However on the 1CE map, showing Germanic, Celtic peoples etc, I reckon there werent “definite boundaries between all these groups of ancient peoples. And there was more of a “flow / blending into each other” of the languages, in these “boundary areas”. Today, we have “national standard languages”, and therefore “linguistic boundaries” between languages, however, this is a modern phenomenon, and wasn’t the case in more ancient times. This I reckon was particularly the case in the North Sea region, where I reckon there was constant contact and flow, over and back across the North Sea, which both sides being able to communicate with each other and a hybrid “Germanico-Celtic” language. Perhaps that language having come from an older “Indo-European” form, out of which, Germanic and Celtic developed and split, but it survived in part, in the North Sea region.
No, celto-germanic is not a thing, italo-celtic is. Lusitanian, in iberia, is closer to celtic and italic than germanic is to them. Proximity =/= relatedness.
Great video. Just one little addendum: Clovis, King of the Franks (a Germanic Tribe), was baptized around A.D. 500 and as was the custom of the time, therefore, his kingdom came along into the Catholic Church. Charlemagne became king from a long line of Frankish Christian kings before him. To the east of his growing kingdom, his Germanic brothers still remained Pagan.
Indeed, my Alemanni/Suebi tribe resisted Clovis but even though we were conquered by the Franks, we remained Heathen for at least 200-300 years afterwards. You see Frankish elites fabricating at first a Trojan and then a Hebrew origin for themselves, like they were ashamed of their Germanic heritage. Once converted, they were used by the Church as a mercenary/missionary force against other Germanic peoples. What happened to the Burgundians and Suebi/Alemanni was a test run for what they later did against the Saxons, who fortunately were able to resist longer and thus preserve a little more.
I'm curious do you have a lot of Norwegian DNA? Your facial features remind me of my own as well as one of my cousins. Your voice even kind of reminds me of my voice. Maybe you can't see it in my profile pic but I swear, if I sort of un-focus a bit, I can see it in the eyes and the mouth. I did a dna test and had quite a bit of Germanic dna, no Scandinavian dna though, but my great great grandmother's mother was from Sweden.
I’m English and Danish and I find your channel very interesting. Personally I am a Christian and I do see myself as an inheritor of Roman cultural tradition and civilisation but I do find the ancient religion and customs to be quite interesting. Thanks for the videos, you’ve got a new subscriber 👍🏼
Yes, true. Simply calling different members of a family different names, does not mean they aren't fully of the same family lineage. Asha Logos in several of his excellent videos, 'Subverted History, etc. highlights this point. All the Germanics - all of them- have roots, at least 5,000 plus years back to the Scythians and Yamnaya people. Understand - in one ancient text, EVEN THE EGYPTIANS, grudgingly acknowledged that these independent steppe people were actually the oldest lineage, existing even before most ancient Egyptian dynasties.
I'm of Germanic ancestry. I always wondered why my surname was tribal bold lion, but I'm not a native american. Then I learned that we are a tribal family, who carries on a beautiful culture of paganism!
Truly enjoy your videos. I've only just begun diving into your videos but it helps simply bridge some gaps in my knowledge of the history and heritage. Much appreciated.
So I had a question for anyone who wants to answer! But I’m planning on getting like an outfit / costume of clothing and weapons that relates to a mix of my ancestors clothing I’m (German,English,Irish,and French) so I was wondering what kind of armor and clothing I should get to look like a mix of all of these?
This might be mildly inappropriate for some, but I think it’s very healthy that white people begin to look at themselves as part of a tribe. It’s something many of us lack, that race consciousnesses. However, it’s deeply engrained in all of us and perfectly normal and healthy to feel a belonging and connection of a community outside ourselves and our families.
There is a great podcast called the History of English by a dude who is super thoroughly well researched (He can read old English). If I remember correctly, he mentions at around the time the Dane Law was established, Old Norse and Old English were still mostly mutually intelligible. Additionally, even a few centuries later, Old Norse imparted pronouns and certain grammatical structures, which seems to hint even a few centuries after the Viking invasion, Old Norse wasn' t so foreign that it wasn' t still be able to affect changes into Old English for the sake of ease or understanding. Check out the guy' s podcast, plenty of stuff about Old Norse.
Also, keep in mind, when they speak about converting to christianity, the are talking about elites. I am now reading a book that talks about pagan rites still taking place in 1600 Netherlands. Might not be that they were into the old germanic religions, but those customs certainly took root in that time. Also from a religious point of view, the Celtics, Slavs, Iranians all share the same root. There is so much overlap going on when you look at the old stuff. It's really amazing!
Very true. I speak about that all the time in my other videos that the "official" Christianization dates are garbage. Pagan beliefs, traditions lasted hundreds of years longer in Scandinavia. I didn't know about that lasting so long in the Netherlands though. Do you have any recommended sources where I can read about that?
Hoe heet het boek als ik vragen mag? Het heidendom komt hedendaags nog her en der voor. Plaatsnamen verwijzen soms naar Wodan. Donderbezems (rune) zijn nog in de late middeleeuwen als metseltekens aangebracht op gebouwen. De dagen van de week zijn verwijzingen naar Goden. Katholieke kapellen zijn vaak onder bomen geplaatst en kregen namen als "de heilige eik" (Heidense bomenverering) etc. Wellicht geeft het boek een beter totaalplaatje van dergelijke kenmerken.
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Carnaval(catholicized pagan festivities) in the eastern and southern regions of the Netherlands, easter fires(paasvuren) in the eastern and northern regions of the Netherlands and Germany. There's probably more.
They found asiatic dna in viking graves ,like from central asia(scythian white asian people). Same influence in places like ukraine and turkey. Sami who are like scythians people but with german/celtic influence was present with celtic and german migration growing. The scythians peoples also were in south east germany. There are many names for these white asiatic people and their descendants. Like huns,mongols,turks,kieven Rus etc. This is where the swastika comes in relevance.
I appreciate your page so much. I'm a "day late", but I'm just finishing the history channels Vikings and your page has been helpful answering different questions I've had about the historical accuracy. I did know many aspects of the story weren't historically precise, but I had many random lingering questions. Maps showing movements of people help me more than you know.
Interesting. Do you know much about the Battle axe culture, the people who are supposed to be the proto Germanic speakers? And their relationship of course with the other speakers of Indo European languages? It's all so fascinating.
Yes of course. Very old people and we have no records of their language or even written records about them at all I believe. Just archeological evidence. Very interesting and I plan doing a video on it.
They weren’t proto Germanic speakers,just indoeuropean people that countribiuted to the development of proto-Germanic along with the corded ware culture
The times you were talking about in the first 2 centuries AD you said the Germanic peoples remained pagan that the romans hadn’t christianized them; but at that time romans were still pagan as well and didn’t force conversions. It wasn’t until the fourth century that Rome formally became Christian.
Charlemagne wasn't French, he was Frankish. Common misconception but he was of Germanic descent and he spoke a Germanic language.
Saxons hated him and fought with him tooth and nail to preserve they're heritage.
@@joeyhalf3471 so?
@@NH-ge4vz Because we know he was German ,French identity hadn't been born.Saxons were different to the Frank's in many ways but both were Germanic
@@joeyhalf3471 so?
Karel, Carolus...
Actually Roman & Greek scholars have written and visited Scandinavia. They described the region as being a dark and cold scary place. I think the Germanic people, language, and culture is fascinating. And amazing how much their legacy still impacts the modern world.
Romans should be scared
their legacy doesnt even exist. their languages extinct. what's left is a bunch of citizens of nation-states that destroy peoples and their connection to land, who believe a state is the same as a tribe
I think some people are so programmed to think in terms of modern nations that they also think in those terms when viewing history. I have even seen historians mistakenly take 'Germanic' to mean the same as 'German', which is not the case at all. According to this logic, because Scandinavians and Germans are separate cultures now, that must always have been the case. Not only is this not applicable to past periods in history, but it also ignores the deep historical roots of a common cultural identity that likely stretches all the way back to the Nordic Bronze Age. Even today, little separates Norwegians, Swedes and Danes from each other. Our languages are really different dialects of the same language. As a Norwegian, I have little trouble understanding Swedish. I would struggle with some Danish dialects, but that's also the case with some Western dialects in my own country. Culturally, we are a bit different from one another, but no more than I would be with, say, someone living in the middle or north of Norway.
Same in Germany regarding dialects. I speak modern high german and simply can't understand germans living a few kilometres away from me.
My aunt on my Slovakian side has that attitude, like there's no way that the Polish and Hungarian that showed up on my DNA test came from Slovakia.
Same here. I’m Dutch and i can understand German pretty well because the 2 share quite a bit with each other. And to me Scandinavian looks a bit funny until you actually say it out loud, then it sounds pretty similar. For example wolf(Dutch,German) and úlfur(Icelandic)
@@JesseJS4317 Yes, you can see the quite close relation these languages have when listening to and reading them. Dutch and Norwegian actually have interesting similarities when it comes to phonetics. When I went to the US last year, there was a layover in Amsterdam, and I briefly thought Dutch speakers sounded like some local Norwegian dialect. It took me a few seconds to realise that it was, in fact, Dutch. It is difficult for us to understand details when reading it, though, but it's very frequently possible for us to have a general idea of what a particular text is about due to quite a number of similar words.
@@Philipp.of.Swabia That's absolutely inaccurate. You are just some weird guy spawing division where there is none.
Greetings from northern Germany, Brother. Lets never forget our Heritage.
My family has been in Canada since 1666, but my family name is Robert and learn that before dit was Hrodberht, apparently I am a descendant from a Germanic tribe. I was so proud to learn I was part of the Germanic / Viking family!!!
@@vincentrobert1194 the english are of germanic heritage, so even if you had "only" english ancestors, you would still be of germanic heritage. ;-)
@@cani5761 Yeah that's true, they are celtic too some extend too but mayority is germanic because the anglics and saxons where germanic tribes.
@@elijahuteichtal1530 tell a German that
Wo in Nord Deutschland?
I’ve been telling people this for years lol nice to finally see someone who agrees. We were once all one people.
Very factual. Great vid for sure. ✊
Were Still All Germanic, Just takes some blood memory to Remember, The German.
So if i have Celtic, Germanic (western) and Nordic blood then I’m mostly of Viking descent?! I’ve been trying to figure this out and to learn why I’m so drawn to the Sagas & Culture. I’m mixed (black & white) and my blood tests are mostly the 3 previously stated. Just trying to learn more about where i came from.
Probably why no one can stand you.
@@tysonclark5974 Tyson Clark...two first names...I bet your mom and aunt are the same person.
I am Swiss German and am proud of my Alemannic blood, but the Celts are also my ancestors. When the Alemannic Germanics invaded Switzerland in the third century AD, the Celts and the Alemanni in German-speaking Switzerland mingled and settled, built houses and settlements. Today's Swiss-German are a mixture of the Celtic Helvetians and the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni belonged to the West-Germanic culture. Our current Swiss German dialects are a West Germanic language variety. At that time there was a dividing line from north to south from the Roman-speaking areas, today's south and south-west swiss still have Roman blood. you see that the further south you go. Peace & Love to my Germanic & Celtic Brothers & Sisters and ALL Good Humans 🤝🏼.
Nice to meet you! I am Swabian German through my late father, who was actually born in Bad Canstatt (Wurttemberg) but our family came from a couple of villages right along the Bavarian state border (still in the heart of the Schwaben cultural-linguistic region). I completely agree about the Celtic mix with the Suebi and Alemanni, for we all absorbed the various Celtic tribes along the Danube and in the Alps. The great Hallstatt culture is part of our heritage too! So in my own effort to reconstruct a Suebi/Alemanni Heathenry, I have no problem incorporating Celtic traditions as well. We had more similarities than differences in any case.
@@seanjobst1985 My Paternal Haplogroup is associated with the La Tene and Halstatt and likely originated in either the Swiss alps or Baden-Wurttemburg. At least phylographed as of now. My maternal Haplogroup U5b1 is most common in North Europe, mainly Finns, Sami, and Estonians, however it predates the Yamnaya and Neolithic Farmers and is One of the oldest Maternal lines in Europe (U5) so it is spread sporadically from Iberia to ofc Northern Finland and Sweden.
@@HailWoden18 Interesting. That's a proud heritage! What's your paternal haplogroup? Mine is R-M405, a subgroup of R-M269. I don't know nearly as much about how or where these haplogroups arose though. Your maternal haplogroup would be consistent with what we know of the earliest inhabitants of Europe, especially their blood surviving most in those regions on the margins (like the Finns, Sami, and Estonians). My maternal haplogroup is J1c2. My entire maternal side is Flemish, with a few Walloon names I found back in the 1500s but aside from that almost entirely from West-Vlaanderen. As far as I know, it came with the Yamnaya? Thanks for the insights.
@@seanjobst1985 R-M269, from what I gather (most recent studies, 2015) it most likely originated with the Eneolithic Eastern Hunter Gatherers. Neatly enough, they are also 1 ancestral component of our later bronze age forefathers, the Yamanaya, whose ancestors were the Western Steppe Herders, who themselves came about when Eastern Hunter Gatherers mixed with Caucasus Hunter Gatherers. So it all kind of ties back together. Thats how the Yamnaya got it and were able to bring it to Europe. Though subclades existed in small frequencies in North Europe and Central already from the earlier EHG.The EHG are also 1 ancestral half of the Scandinavian Hunter gatherers, who are a mix of Dark Skinned, dark haired, blue eyed western hunter gatherers and Light skinned, light haired, overwhelmingly Dark eyed Eastern Hunter Gatherers. However, many subclades within R-M269 are definitively associated with the Indo European (Yamnaya) expansion. My Haplogroup is within R-M269 Specifically in the R1b-U152 (Italo Celtic)Branch and even more specified, the R-L2 (Alpine Celts) Sub Branch, with the subclade Terminal (Y) being R-S8172, so R-S8172. It has little to no info online and is rare, but Through using phylogeographer as well doing research on Mesolithic/Neolithic/Copper/Bronze Age Europe and comparing my Raw DNA to samples I can source for low price. Im sure my Y Haplogroup is of the Unetice Culture (an offshoot of Corded Ware) then to tumulus to Urnfield (Responsible for Proto Celt and Celts) then to Halstatt and La Tene cultures. That is where, as of now I can most safely place it. It makes the most sense as of now. Ofc this is Just theory based upon the research I currently have. Should I acquire new research, it can certainly change. We can always find older samples! And Imagine all the stuff we DON'T or CANT find or recover. So much more than what we know, we dont know. Now, R-M269 is a rather expansive Haplogroup as it is ancestral to many major Haplo families. The Germanic Branch, Which is yours R-M405 also known as R-U106 is a major subclade of R-M269, so is R-U152, the Italo Celtic branch or R-L21 Which is also celtic but associated with Irish and Scots. Gaelic I suppose? Anyhow, do you know which subclade in Particular? Or are you Straight R-U106/M405? Thats would be pretty damn cool, definitely Germanic in Paternal origin. Original Indo European Germanic Haplogroup.
Many tribes one nation.
The DNA from the Dane Vikings are almost identical to the DNA from the Anglo-Saxons, which makes it almost impossible to distinguish between the two groups. As an American, it is a reality check to see that all of my ancestors came from a small area that is smaller than a medium sized state.
It's amazing to me (as a US citizen), my DNA is 100% Germanic, Scandinavian and SE English (Anglo-Saxon) to this day. I would think after all the migration my DNA would be a little of different tribes, but it's still 100%.
That’ll probably be because of Jutland? Which was West Germanic, before becoming North Germanic after the arrival of the Danes from Mainland Scandinavia. The West Germanic Jutes and Angles were Originally from Jutland.
@@cbear9263 100% then proceed to list more than one?
This is true. It is very difficult to determine which subgroups of haplogroups are specifically Anglo-Saxon or Danish Vikings. There is only about a 300-400 year difference between when both invaded Britain. They had very similar genetics, if not identical in many ways.
@@samueladams6207 Yes, 100% - all listed are Germanic people: modern Scandinavians (apart from the Sami) as well as the Angles (Angaland, becoming "England") and the Saxons (Essex, Sussex, Wessex - East-, South- and West-Saxon Kingdoms in Old England). Alfred the Great was a West Saxon King who became King of the Anglo-Saxons.
I'm a proud german.
I love my germanic heritage ✊🏼
Yes the germanic are a beautiful powerful people. Im From the tribes of the Americas brother. ✊
Idk if you are exactly Germanic...I'd have to check it ...if you look far from me maybe you are not that Germanic ...I'm sorry fella
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What?
@@kayvan671 as you hear fella...many people claim they are proud of their heritage and thus they don't look like ...if you are blonde ...you might be dinaric or Slavic... Myself I have English, French and German heritage...so
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Dude...i'm half Germam and half Dutch.
I have brown hair and green eyes.
I'm also 195 cm tall.
So yes i'm 100% germanic.
Brother you got an instant sub from me. Five star material. My father sent me this video, he’s a history buff. Ive always wondered about what you explain here because in history this is what the conquerers and the writers of his-story do, divide by putting labels of separation on peoples. Then its taught in schools. Its a total miseducation. They did it to my tribal people here, in all of the Americas, and also to the tribal African, asiatic, & other peoples globally. False history & lies are considered facts. I’ve told people for many years even the European & American whites come from land based tribal cultures like the rest of us. Its great to hear factual history about your tribe. Both our peoples have met in the past far before Columbus brother. It’s great to see you on top of your culture correcting falsehoods. Live strong & spiritual. Mitakuye Oyasin (we are all family), Bomatum (thank You). Long Live The Tribes. ✊
Thank you. Yes all tribal people are not very different from each other and can all live in peace. the real enemy are the ones trying to force their civilization on all of us.
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 very true.
@@claudiahasselbach1722 very true. Great point.
Christianity has a lot to answer for globally.
@@tuathadesidhe1530 You mean *ROMANIZED* Christianity? Before it was corrupted by power, power Rome, under Caesar Flavius Claudius Julianus, in fact encouraged in a pathetic attempt, that backfired, to destroy Christianity, it was simply a sect of Judaism whose teachings was strongly *non violent.* So its Rome that should answer, or more accurately the Roman state, as it were. But its not around anymore so I can see the appeal, or rather the laziness, and blame Christianity in which inherited and continued Rome's domineering behavior; like conquest and cultural conversion.
... This is not my opinion, just saying 🤷🏻
Welsh, german heritage here. My dad been researching our history, Germania tribal history but
Not a lot of info otherwise. Love your site
Nother Germanic Vivking Slav here from US. Proud of my heritage. We are a strong 💪 people that Rome could not take.
But youre being Christian 😂
Great video! Skål from Northern Germany 🍻
Warum sind die meisten Deutschen hier aus dem Norden?
🤣
Do you know about Hermann the German
@@kayvan671 Alemanne hier, aus dem tiefsten Süden ;)
@@user-sf2nu8rx4j
Aus dem Süden?
Also "Grüß Gott" oder "Servus"?
@@kayvan671 Schon fast Grüezi ;)
I am proud my ancestry, I also feel a connection to the Norse history. My other half is Welsh. I feel like it's all connected.
All got connected by six inches of meat and two tablespoons of pearly goop.
Germanic , and Welsh, Scottish on my fathers side .
@@jeremiahpickens5048 I was part Irish as a baby, then I was circumcised and there went that!🤸
Celtic and Germanic people were very closely related, if not genetically indistinguishable. Like the Romans, Greeks, and almost all European populations at the time, they were composed of a mix primarily of Indoeuropean and Neolithic farmer ancestry, with some amount of Western-hunter-gatherer as well. In Northern Europe, there was somewhat less Neolithic farmer, and more hunter-gatherer admixture, although moderate, and this would have applied to both Celtic and Germanic European populations. The source of both groups is really defined by the Indoeuropean invasion of Europe, and slightly before, they would have presumably been the same group. A good example of their similarity is in the British Isles, where, even though Britain had originally been populated by Celtic groups, with the Germanic Anglo-Saxons later invading and dominating England, all groups appear largely genetically homogenous. Today, you see lower rates of light hair and eyes in Southern Europe, partially because the Neolithic farmers, while otherwise very phenotypically similar to the Indoeuropeans, had low rates of light hair and eyes, but primarily due to admixture from entirely different groups migrating into, or conquering parts of, Europe during the middle ages. Also, higher rates of light hair and eyes in Scandinavia are partially due to lower rates of admixture, but primarily due to more recent sexual selection elevating the rates of these traits, and also a slightly higher level of hunter-gather admixture.
Frisian ancestry here from Texel . And a beer for everyone
Im mexican but have always had insane fascination with Scandinavians and Germans ❤❤❤ brave intelligent strong and hardy industrious people
I'm German but love Mexican culture, and the beer and food.
@@tenbroeck1958 thank you to Germans for introducing lager style to us ❤❤❤ Germans and Mexicans are brothers 🙏
@@tenbroeck1958 You forgot women.
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I really like your video's. Big thank you from a proud Frisian living in Friesland.
Frisian is an official language of Netherlands along with Dutch,my dad is from south Holland,and I’m also proud of Germanic
I was born in Germany I'm German from my father side and Cherokee on mother's! I live in us state of Nebraska
Greetings from London brother! My fatherline is I1a and my motherline U5b1b1. Both have high percentages in Scandinavia. I think of myself as of Saxon heritage, and because of my haplogroups (primarily YDNA not being R1b), likely of having high Viking influence. Keeping heritage alive is important. What you are doing with your life and this channel is important.
Britain belongs to the IRISH!!! You’re just a guest there !!!
@@amirouchethelionofnumidia7092 Indeed. My Y-700 results are in and I'm I-FT19948. Closest direct payrilineal ancient ancestor is VK446 in Denmark (app 900AD and VK532 in Denmark).
I am also U5b, U5b1 to be exact. Pretty close.
@@amirouchethelionofnumidia7092 Well, the Irish were in Ireland. P Celts, Britons, Brittonic celts are Native and have claim over Britain, not Gaels, Q Celts. Its belongs to the Welsh, Cornish and those Highland Scots who are mainly of Pictish descent. Britain is a P Celtic (Brythonnic) Word, it comes from the Old Welsh Priton or Pritani. Its Belongs to the Britons, not Irish. Get it right. You are mislead.
Greetings from The Netherlands! Hail Oðinn! Great video, brother!
Wodan Lenker der Schlachten !
Great videos you make, all the best from Denmark ;) Germanic & Scandinavian tribes was the same, we still share a lot ;)
They ARE the same,Nordic,West and East are all the same Germanic,wich are also Indo-European descended from the PIE corded ware culture
Swedish archeologist here. We can't say that the early germanic religions and beliefs were the same as the more modern Norse religion. The Germanic god Wotan around 300 CE has properly quite some differences from the Norse god Odin almost 700 years later. Also, everything we know about the Norse religions was written down at least 200 years after the Christianisation of the Scandinavian lands.
Finally someone who looks at it the right way
Greetings from the north-eastern Netherlands
As a descendent of Frisians I’m just happy to see us included on the migration map
I was able to take my history back to Peter Sax a chronicler of the north frisian islands.
I too have alot of very long lineages of Frisian (So Friesland, Groningen and parts of Germany) ancestry, and the ancient tribes were the Frisii and Chauci mostly. At first I wasn't so proud of it because other history we have. I didn't know much about it but know that I'm starting to find out things it makes more proud then ever of my Heritage. I atleast could trace it back until 792 until Thiadulf de Frisia, which is a common ancestor of modern-day Frisians and stuff, and I have alot more Frisian lines but that would be too long to talk about hahaha. And yes, I'm Dutch
@@zxsb2 why were you not proud of it at first? Are you American?
@@l2516 No, I’m Dutch, but the other history we Dutch people have with the VOC and stuff, just not very proud of that.
Greetings from the north east of the Netherlands. Proud to be Germanic
Moi eem hest goud sloap'n😋
in ancient times, everything north of the alpes was "the north".
We are all norse people, brothers and sisters. Same heritage, same roots.
@pc That is literally not true at all.
@pc Whatever, everybody reading your nonsense will know you are wrong anyways.
@pc so germans, austrian, switzer, dutch and skandinavians
@@derKrampus "Whatever, everybody reading your nonsense will know you are wrong anyways."
You got that right
@pc could be possible for this groups
i was adopted and after finding my lineage and birth family - germanic roots, (family still in bavaria) i've been drawn to your channel to learn more and feel more connected to my ancestors.
Yes! My last name is Robert and learn that before it was Hrodberht and that my family name is a Germanic ancestral name. I was so proud to learn at some point I was part of the Germanic / Viking family. This just give me so much pride!!!
My name is heidi. Its german and a short version from Adelheid. And Adelheid originaes from the germanic Adalheidis.
@@Matagu1 I know people here in Iceland whose name is Aðalheiður. Interesting...
Cool! My father's surname is also Robert
Danke for the history. I love learning about my ancestry! I also read and learn language, etc., but postings like this stick in your mind because of the visuals and narration.
Started watching your content a few days ago, really enjoying your stuff man. Very knowledgeable and humble.
great review very interesting greetings from the netherlands
I've tried educating people that all Germanic people are the same ethnic group, just different dialects. We're all Folk/Volk.
very similar but not the exact same
Just plain false.
@@johnfk4830 how so?
@@ayron419 Really short answer: The different Tribes called "germanic" did not evolve from the same precessor cultures. A good example is the Linear Band Culture from around 6-4k b.c. (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearbandkeramische_Kultur#/media/Datei:European-middle-neolithic-en.svg). Some of the tribes that are called germanic today even lived in the area of the balkan before the Migration Period. f.e. the eastern goths. You can actually see a difference in the genetic Heritage if you look into it.
@@johnfk4830 I'm pretty sure that you're forgetting things like the Corded Ware culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture, the Battle Axe culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Axe_culture and the Nordic Bronze Age culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age which are directly ancestral to all of the peoples considered Germanic. (And actually the Finns as well) It's not that all of the peoples living in those areas were Germanic originally, but they were displaced or integrated into the expanding Germanic populace that took control of the area later on, like during the Jastorf culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastorf_culture
Greetings from the Netherlands, be well brothers
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I've been saying for this for years. As a child growing up in a German household, before I understood cultures and languages and tribes, I always felt a connection to Vikings and stories and images of them. I felt a sort of kinship I didn't understand until now. Now I know why :)
dont forget reincarnation deja vu i have the same feelings
That's not how things work unfortunately, but keep telling yourself that! :)
@@fancypigeon1031 Really, what do we know as humans? All of us think we all have the answers. We only have what we know in this human body and think we've discovered everything. Fancy that!
This is one of my favorite videos from you. So many people don't know this stuff. Great job.
This is REALLY GOOD history.👍 Very concise, clear, and TOTALLY ACCURATE.👍 I majored in ancient, and medieval history. Greetings from Minnesota.🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧 👋
Much appreciation from Switzerland!
Welkom. Goeie dag aan jou ook. Vaarwel, van Suid Afrika.
'n koue bier vir jou!
@@Ravishrex1 Is nodig ;)
Ook gegroet vanuit Nederland! Leuk om zo met elkaar te spreken vanuit de andere kant van de wereld.
It still baffles me that I as a German can understand that
@@RustyJeyCee Hochdeutsch, Plattdeutsch, Afrikaans, Niederländisch, Norwegisch usw. sind doch alle im Grunde genommen dieselben Sprache. Grüße von Olifantsfontein nach Deutschland.
Excellent topic☺️ Can't wait for more☺️
The people who made up the germanic tribes di not see themselves as "gemanics" but as members to their own tribes, franks saxons, goths etc.
Yes and they fought nonstop more than anyone else. Really the only thing uniting them all was language and religion.
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 yeah, they where real mad lads. You won favor by going to war. Proud of my ancestors✊
It was simply a name given by the Romans.
@@humanbeing1675 yes and no. The germanics did not see themselves as germanic but the did share a language, culture, gentics. Its like the native americans. They didnt see themselves being native until american told them they were but they definitly were related.
Actually the different tribes adopted different forms of Christianity, mixed with older beliefs of course, long before Charlemagne. Most adopted Arianism, Goths, Vandals etc., While the Frank, Charlemagne's tribe, allied themselves with Rome and adopted trinitarian Catholicism. It wasnt clear until after 600ad which would win out. Of course there were holdouts than remained pagan but by the time of Charlemagne they were in the minority but still around and some tribes, like the Saxons, were primarily pagan
Just discovered your channel and I love it! I am 100% Germanic and Scandinavian born and raised in the US. It's amazing to me that my dna is still 100% of these tribes since my family came to the US in the early 1700's. In the 80's we were taught American history, not so much European or world history except the 2 world wars. Thank you for all this information.
Didnt you claim you Had SE English ancestry in another thread? Anglo Saxon? But born in Scandinavia? Typically "Scandinavians" (Which fking country goof?) Would not have SE English DNA, especially old enough to be Anglo-Saxon. Bullsht meter is ticking high here.
@@HailWoden18 I have 100% Germanic and Scandinavian DNA (people with SE English DNA are Anglo Saxon since they originally came from Germany and Scandinavia). . . I am born and raised in the US, as stated in my 1st sentence. Re-read my 1st sentence, I said "born and raised in the US", idiot! 🙄 Why do you give a fuck what I said?
@Phuck UA-cam censorship Shows what you know . . I go to Hamburg every couple of years! 😏
@Phuck UA-cam censorship I'am a natural born citizen of the greatest country on earth, the mighty fuckin US and yes I can tell you are jealous as hell 🤭🤣🤣 We pack over here so fuck around and find out 🤣
I'm a Brazilian who lives in Sweden,I love this information.keep it up, and be proud for your heritage 🌿💪
Bem vindo a europa. Eh basicamento Vikings contra Romanos. Slavos sao Scandinavos tambem. Ai vierem os Romanos (italia, franca, espanha, portugal etc) e forcaram catolisismo em todomundo. O mundo que a gente tem hoje, eh por causa disso. Tanta coisa fudida. Olha so os Portugueses e Espanhols... eles entraram na america do sul (Brasil) mataram os indios e trazerom escravos da africa. Esses white people que estados unidos falam sobre, vem do pessoal da Roma. Divide and conquer.
Excellent videos.
Great video! Greetings from the Netherlands
I have on my Father’s side Germanic Goths and my mothers side are the Picts from the Highlands, I traced back my heritage because I find history and ancestry fascinating. Love your breakdowns on religious beliefs and the cultural shifts during the Viking age 🧬
I find it very interesting aswell, hoe can you find out about ancestry?
Interesting channel and subject!
I'm a west-Frisian (north-Netherlands) and my first name is Sybren. Even in my name (which is being passed on for centuries as i can see in my family tree) the connection between Frisian/Germanic/Nordic is seen:
Sy means: victory (Germanic: sigi)
Bren means: either bear (Germanic: bern/Nordic: bjørn) or it means: flaming sword (Germanic: bren)
It's not really clear which of the two it is...
Either way: "Victory of/over(?) the bear", or "flaming sword of victory". Both very pleased with that! Love my traditional Frisian name and it's meaning.
Perhaps there are some people here with more understanding of this that can help me with the exact meaning of my first name?
The homeland of all germanic tribes is in southern sweden. They had one language, one religion. Modern divisions are exactly that... MODERN. They can only apply to today but not the past.
I find it ridiculous how most people (even scholars, wtf are they thinking) divide scandinavians from mainland germanics as if they were totally different. And then they go on calling scandinavians "vikings" and their gods "viking gods". What is not clicking there? 2000 years ago, they were one. And viking is not an ethnicity but an occupation. Their gods were germanic gods. Scholars who don't understand this simple fact should either get their degree examined or they're warping everything on purpose to pander to something.
Finally someone says that very clearly - thanks for the video.
Even in Bavaria, which at that time did not even belong to Germania but rather belonged to the Roman Empire, even there most people believed in Wōdan (Odin) or Donar (Thor) etc. I come from Bavaria and to this day there are still old proverbs in rural areas which remind of the once pagan times with Wotan and Donar etc..
Best regards from "Germania";)
Was kennst du denn so für Sprichwörter? Würde mich interessieren.
@@randomdude2026 Ohh ich kenne jede Menge! Wer nicht zu faul zum Suchen ist der findet sogar ganze Massen deutscher und bayrischer Redewendungen und Sprichwörter im Internet oder Buchladen. An kleinen Riemen lernen die Hunde Leder fressen. Also auf auf, lern mal was Neues ;)
@@net-twin-de Ähh, ich glaub du hast meinen Kommentar falsch verstanden. Es war gar nicht schnippisch gemeint oder so, sondern ich interessiere mich wirklich dafür. Dachte du hättest vielleicht ein Sprichwort, das Donar, Wodan oder andere germanische Götter noch irgendwie beinhaltet. Ich find sowas wie gesagt wirklich interessant, und fände es cool, wenn du ein paar mal nennst :D Weil aus meinem persönlichen Umfeld sind mir zwar viele Sprichwörter bekannt, die auf das Mittelalter zurückgehen, aber da dann schon keinen Bezug mehr zum alten germanischen Glauben haben.
Hab jetzt mal gegoogelt und spontan gefunden, dass "Unter die Haube bringen" wohl auf germanisches Recht zurück geht, da Germaninnen ihr Haar wohl früher auch nicht mehr offen trugen nach einer Heirat. Ein anderes Sprichwort, was ich noch gefunden habe, ist "Wen die Götter lieben, den rufen sie zu sich", was wohl auf Walhalla bezogen ist. Könnte allerdings auch von den Griechen kommen und da auf den Olymp bezogen sein.
@@randomdude2026 Whoever the gods love dies young. (Valhalla)
Where did you get the map where jutes, angles, frisians and saxons supposedly settled on Doggerbank in the north sea (3:35)? The whole of Doggerland had been under water for thousands of years by the time of the first migration westwards, right? Or do I need to read a bit more :D
Greetings from Lombardy! We are a Germanic tribe that comes to Skania, in modern day Sweden
yes, Spoleto comes from spoletorp in Skåne and so does many prominent families of italy .In Spain most of the nobility and royalty in navarra, Leon, etc have visigothic origin from the norse that came from Sweden and southern Sweden, then danish territory of the danish kingdom.
@@georgewilliama.4762 In spain omly the nobility, but here in Lombardy everyone derives from the Germanic tribes
@@pnkcnlng228 No, in Lombardy you have a lot of people from the south, dark skined people, latin of mediterranean stock. the blond people are a minority. Sorry, I know your country pretty well. In Spain, in northern Spain the celtic element is quite strong on the atlantic side as well as the visigothic, suebi, and descendants of the vandals which had different kingdoms i the iberian Peninsula. The italians are subject to the predominant mediterranean darker element. Famous worlwide for that.
@Louis Garidel ?
@@pnkcnlng228 🧢🧢
Good Video🙌🏻
Greetings from east Germany!
The Irish Celts differentiated the Light Norse from Norway, and the Dark Norse from Denmark, based on hair color.
I heard it was due to the colour of their raiment.
@Owen Johnson with a few exceptions all the peoples of Europe are Indo European. I dont understand your statement about colours and directions though.
@Owen Johnson ah yes, I am aware of the mediteranean type with more EEF ancestry in the south of Europe, but that would not factor into anything to do with Northern vs Southern Scandinavia. People in southern Scandinavia are just as pale as from any other part of Scandinavia. They belong to the same population. Perhaps I have missed or misread something.
@Owen Johnson for the most part it seems we are. I would add that it is true that much germanic blood went into the Poles and Lithuanians but they are overall Slavs. And Estonians are Uralic people. But of course there was mixing at the cultural frontiers.
@Owen Johnson what you say about the bronze age indo europeans is true. But concerning Poland, there were Poles for thousands of years. They may not have existed as a nation before WW1 but as a people they have been around a long time. Probally a similar situation with Lithuania but Im not very familiar with Lithuanian history.
Great f0kin video. Cleared many doubts i had.
I was educated thru the 1950s - 1960s. Somewhere along the line, I was given the impression that the Scandinavians and Germanics were a bit related but different. I am probably the target of this video. I will say you have scored a bullseye. This was new to me and I am convinced.
Pre-Christian beliefs were very localized, even within Sweden. I saw a comment here about Odin being the chief god. Well that depends on your perspective and place in society. In parts of Sweden where they practiced the (really) old religion, Tyr was still worshipped as the chief god... and there was the cult of Freya--- very strong. For those about vikingr (those some [unfortunately] the only Norse people many medieval Europeans got to meet), Odin is the perfect tutelary deity.
@@Tipi_Dan I can easily believe that within a common general culture there were different gods emphasised in different areas.
BTW I know of Tyr because I once posted a blog about where the British weekday name Tuesday arose, as I knew all the rest. After researching I'd bet almost no English speakers know of Tyr and Fenrir.
I also found Tyr is VERY old, from Indo-European deywós, and you can see Deus , Dios Theos etc. in there.
Great video, religion tells a lot about cultures. It’s too bad that our great culture has been diluted that no one remembers it.
Germanic gods look exactly like them
I remember.
The Roman's actually did write about Scandinavia. " And now begin the states of the Suiones, situated on the Ocean itself, and these, besides men and arms, are powerful in ships. The form of their vessels is peculiar in this respect, that a prow at either extremity acts as a forepart, always ready for running into shore. They are not worked by sails, nor have they a row of oars attached to their sides; but, as on some rivers, the apparatus of rowing is unfixed, and shifted from side to side as circumstances require. And they likewise honour wealth, and so a single ruler holds sway with no restrictions, and with no uncertain claim to obedience. Arms are not with them, as with the other Germans, at the general disposal, but are in the charge of a keeper, who is actually a slave; for the ocean forbids the sudden inroad of enemies, and, besides, an idle multitude of armed men is easily demoralized. And indeed it is by no means the policy of a monarch to place either a nobleman, a freeborn citizen, or even a freedman, at the head of an armed force..."
Tacitus, Germania and it's Tribes chapter 44.
"...Closely bordering on the Suiones are the tribes of the Sitones, which, resembling them in all else, differ only in being ruled by a woman. So low have they fallen, not merely from freedom, but even from slavery itself. Here Suevia ends."
Tacitus, Germania and it's Tribes chapter 45.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0083%3Achapter%3D44
Very much agree with your point in the video by the way, greetings from Sweden🍻
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I always figured I was basically a blend of Celtic, Germanic and Slavic but that map basically cemented my thoughts on the matter. Very cool video, thanks!
Same lol
Where are you from? Austria, Bavaria, Bohemia/Moravia?
@@jeanvaljean7266 great grandparents were from Slovakia on my moms dads side, on her moms side UK, Germany, and all the Scandinavian countries. My dad's side is Irish, Italian
Very cool presentation of history and culture. Already Subscribed.
So when the vikings reached the british isles, they just met their long lost cousins?
Lol basically yes.
Pretty much, they knew of them and they could understand each other more or less. The Conglomeration that is the Anglo-Saxons that is.
Rollo was a viking that ended up in France and settled in what is today known as Normandy (realm of the Norse men). He is the great-great-great grandfather of William the Conquerer. So, in a way, the vikings (their bloodline at any rate) managed to get all of England after all ;-)
basically.
They could somewhat even understand each other as though a norwegian speaking with a dane.
Old Norse and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) was mutually intelligible for the most part (my guestimate around 70%).
@@metalfyregaming2468 Just read a book about william the conqueror. His ending was miserable.
Thank you a lot of people need to know this
HAHAHA so that make us a big Family then HAHA greetings from North Holland/west frisia !!! Skål 🍻.
Skål🇩🇰
I love frisland😊
Love your videos !! Love hearing about our lost culture !
I love the video , yes Charlemagne converted the Germanic tribes by the sword . Keep up the good work
Yup. But Charlemagne was himself Germanic. He was a descendant of the Franks, who were a German tribe.
Great to see someone getting things straight, keep up the good work.
Exellent work Brother. I'am from north Germany (Frisian) and as a History fan I was reading a lot of the old Cultures of the Germans and Scandinavian. I can understand that many people are confused about the Storys and history. Most of the people didn't understand that there wasn't Germany, Denmark, Sweden or Norway. There was one culture tree (you tolt). And I think there was much more trade and exchange in nothern Europe between all this Tribes from Germanics, Celtics, Slavics, Baltics, Uralics and even the Baltic people. Some Art from this areas speaks a clear language.
There were no Slavs there then
I didn't expect much from this but am impressed - well done . . . gut gemacht!
Scandinavians and Germans also have Haplogroup I1, R1b, and R1a in common in about the same proportions with Scandy's a little higher in I1 and German's a little higher in R1b. (Yamnaya) Near cousins.
Thank you for all the info i am learning so much
Takk før dette! I am not so sure about your map of migration into England, though. My understanding was that the Jutes went to Kent in the south east corner, but the Saxons went to Wessex (Wessex = West Saxons). Indeed, any of the regions or counties that end in ‘-sex’ (yes, I know) were Saxon settlements areas, as the clue is in the name.
Son of SYVER here and I love the video brother!
I am of Swedish, German and English (Anglish) ancestry as well as having been returned home to the Gods for 30 yrs now. Depending on my mood or situation I often use the different pronunciations interchangeably. i.e. - Wotan, Woden, Odinn and so on. And I do this with other Gods as well. I love that this video points out that we began ancestrally as one people. And like regular families having different branches, so we do also. It drives me nuts with shows like "vikings" where they act as if the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons couldn't understand one another. They most certainly could have have a conversation. Might be a bit off the cuff, but they could do it. And they also never reference the Pagan past of the Anglo-Saxons. We do know from some historical sources that the A-S before battle got blessing from the local christian priest, but there are also accounts of some of them just before engaging the fight asking the "Thunderer" for strength. Thunderer being Thunor or Thor. And even though that era of England may have been christian it was still early enough in the conversion process that the Pagan influence on the culture would still be present.
Our heritage regardless of nation of birth is paramount. And we must see it survive and thrive. We are unique among the world populace.
Yes its thats all true. Thank you. Thats what I wrote my thesis on actually. You would like this video.
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Wait so when the Anglo Saxons migrated to England, where they still pagan and later converted to Christianity, or were they already Christian when they migrated?
If you are talking about the Vikings serial, so Anglo-Saxon King admitted in one series that they were Pagans previously, also.
@@The_Owl444 They were still pagan, but were mostly Christianised by the time of the viking invasions which began about three centuries later. At the time that the Anglo-Saxon tribes conquered most of England, the only Christians in Britain were the Romanised Celts ("Britons") that they displaced.
Great video. Informative and clear. Suggestion work on your background in video. Your views will grow exponentially.
Very interesting.
However on the 1CE map, showing Germanic, Celtic peoples etc, I reckon there werent “definite boundaries between all these groups of ancient peoples. And there was more of a “flow / blending into each other” of the languages, in these “boundary areas”.
Today, we have “national standard languages”, and therefore “linguistic boundaries” between languages, however, this is a modern phenomenon, and wasn’t the case in more ancient times.
This I reckon was particularly the case in the North Sea region, where I reckon there was constant contact and flow, over and back across the North Sea, which both sides being able to communicate with each other and a hybrid “Germanico-Celtic” language.
Perhaps that language having come from an older “Indo-European” form, out of which, Germanic and Celtic developed and split, but it survived in part, in the North Sea region.
No, celto-germanic is not a thing, italo-celtic is. Lusitanian, in iberia, is closer to celtic and italic than germanic is to them. Proximity =/= relatedness.
Great stuff, thanx! 😁
Saxon surname with a DNA blend of Teutonic and Gaelic, and very proud of my ancestry.
Same I have a irish surname that originates from saxons in Denmark and im irish/german/kinda eastern european
Well explained,LIKE !
Great video. Just one little addendum: Clovis, King of the Franks (a Germanic Tribe), was baptized around A.D. 500 and as was the custom of the time, therefore, his kingdom came along into the Catholic Church. Charlemagne became king from a long line of Frankish Christian kings before him. To the east of his growing kingdom, his Germanic brothers still remained Pagan.
Indeed, my Alemanni/Suebi tribe resisted Clovis but even though we were conquered by the Franks, we remained Heathen for at least 200-300 years afterwards. You see Frankish elites fabricating at first a Trojan and then a Hebrew origin for themselves, like they were ashamed of their Germanic heritage. Once converted, they were used by the Church as a mercenary/missionary force against other Germanic peoples. What happened to the Burgundians and Suebi/Alemanni was a test run for what they later did against the Saxons, who fortunately were able to resist longer and thus preserve a little more.
I'm curious do you have a lot of Norwegian DNA? Your facial features remind me of my own as well as one of my cousins. Your voice even kind of reminds me of my voice. Maybe you can't see it in my profile pic but I swear, if I sort of un-focus a bit, I can see it in the eyes and the mouth. I did a dna test and had quite a bit of Germanic dna, no Scandinavian dna though, but my great great grandmother's mother was from Sweden.
I’m English and Danish and I find your channel very interesting. Personally I am a Christian and I do see myself as an inheritor of Roman cultural tradition and civilisation but I do find the ancient religion and customs to be quite interesting. Thanks for the videos, you’ve got a new subscriber 👍🏼
Being pagan bro! 🙏🏻
3:05 "The Romans pushed up... *sigh" lmfao
This guy definitely has viking ancestors
Viking is a profession
You mean he has North Germanic ethnicity
“Viking ancestors” ?
Arrrrh
@@jaklm4221 I just meant he probably has ancestors that were vikings lol...
No,Viking was a proffession,you mean north Germanic ethnicity
Thank you for the history lesson.
Yes, true. Simply calling different members of a family different names, does not mean they aren't fully of the same family lineage.
Asha Logos in several of his excellent videos, 'Subverted History, etc. highlights this point. All the Germanics - all of them- have roots, at least 5,000 plus years back to the Scythians and Yamnaya people.
Understand - in one ancient text, EVEN THE EGYPTIANS, grudgingly acknowledged that these independent steppe people were actually the oldest lineage, existing even before most ancient Egyptian dynasties.
What is the island in the middle of the North Sea shown on the map at 3:37?
Didn’t it disappear long before there were European Germanic tribes?
Doggerland
I'm of Germanic ancestry. I always wondered why my surname was tribal bold lion, but I'm not a native american. Then I learned that we are a tribal family, who carries on a beautiful culture of paganism!
Truly enjoy your videos. I've only just begun diving into your videos but it helps simply bridge some gaps in my knowledge of the history and heritage. Much appreciated.
So I had a question for anyone who wants to answer! But I’m planning on getting like an outfit / costume of clothing and weapons that relates to a mix of my ancestors clothing I’m (German,English,Irish,and French) so I was wondering what kind of armor and clothing I should get to look like a mix of all of these?
Great channel!
This might be mildly inappropriate for some, but I think it’s very healthy that white people begin to look at themselves as part of a tribe. It’s something many of us lack, that race consciousnesses. However, it’s deeply engrained in all of us and perfectly normal and healthy to feel a belonging and connection of a community outside ourselves and our families.
Tribe has absolutely nothing to do with the shitstain construct of race
@@EmilReiko Yes it does. People who look the same will naturally go along more
@@EmilReiko race is a reality, not a construct.
@@weisthor0815 Yes! exactly
@@Dudeturner yes I am mostly interested in people who share my genetic background.
There is a great podcast called the History of English by a dude who is super thoroughly well researched (He can read old English). If I remember correctly, he mentions at around the time the Dane Law was established, Old Norse and Old English were still mostly mutually intelligible. Additionally, even a few centuries later, Old Norse imparted pronouns and certain grammatical structures, which seems to hint even a few centuries after the Viking invasion, Old Norse wasn' t so foreign that it wasn' t still be able to affect changes into Old English for the sake of ease or understanding. Check out the guy' s podcast, plenty of stuff about Old Norse.
Also, keep in mind, when they speak about converting to christianity, the are talking about elites. I am now reading a book that talks about pagan rites still taking place in 1600 Netherlands. Might not be that they were into the old germanic religions, but those customs certainly took root in that time.
Also from a religious point of view, the Celtics, Slavs, Iranians all share the same root. There is so much overlap going on when you look at the old stuff. It's really amazing!
Very true. I speak about that all the time in my other videos that the "official" Christianization dates are garbage. Pagan beliefs, traditions lasted hundreds of years longer in Scandinavia. I didn't know about that lasting so long in the Netherlands though. Do you have any recommended sources where I can read about that?
Hoe heet het boek als ik vragen mag? Het heidendom komt hedendaags nog her en der voor. Plaatsnamen verwijzen soms naar Wodan. Donderbezems (rune) zijn nog in de late middeleeuwen als metseltekens aangebracht op gebouwen. De dagen van de week zijn verwijzingen naar Goden. Katholieke kapellen zijn vaak onder bomen geplaatst en kregen namen als "de heilige eik" (Heidense bomenverering) etc. Wellicht geeft het boek een beter totaalplaatje van dergelijke kenmerken.
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Carnaval(catholicized pagan festivities) in the eastern and southern regions of the Netherlands, easter fires(paasvuren) in the eastern and northern regions of the Netherlands and Germany. There's probably more.
Wow, this is so interesting. I am very curious to learn the cultural differences between celtics and the germanic tribes.
I'm mostly Asian. Three generations ago, I have a grandpa of Germanic blood.
Asians and germanic tribes are heavily linked, I heard geinghis khan was white and asian
@@pochoboi4125 Nah maybe over Sami
They found asiatic dna in viking graves ,like from central asia(scythian white asian people). Same influence in places like ukraine and turkey.
Sami who are like scythians people but with german/celtic influence was present with celtic and german migration growing.
The scythians peoples also were in south east germany.
There are many names for these white asiatic people and their descendants. Like huns,mongols,turks,kieven Rus etc.
This is where the swastika comes in relevance.
@@pochoboi4125 and a humanitarian, don't forget humanitarian.
@@pochoboi4125 bruh
I appreciate your page so much. I'm a "day late", but I'm just finishing the history channels Vikings and your page has been helpful answering different questions I've had about the historical accuracy. I did know many aspects of the story weren't historically precise, but I had many random lingering questions. Maps showing movements of people help me more than you know.
Interesting. Do you know much about the Battle axe culture, the people who are supposed to be the proto Germanic speakers? And their relationship of course with the other speakers of Indo European languages? It's all so fascinating.
Yes of course. Very old people and we have no records of their language or even written records about them at all I believe. Just archeological evidence. Very interesting and I plan doing a video on it.
They weren’t proto Germanic speakers,just indoeuropean people that countribiuted to the development of proto-Germanic along with the corded ware culture
Ty for saving me time on my research as I was looking for this information.. skal
He looks just like Ubbe from the show Vikings
Omg 😳 he does 😂
Kinda actually
I prolly watched this thing 4 or 5 times and I'm back again
The times you were talking about in the first 2 centuries AD you said the Germanic peoples remained pagan that the romans hadn’t christianized them; but at that time romans were still pagan as well and didn’t force conversions. It wasn’t until the fourth century that Rome formally became Christian.
your english is excellent and i learned some new things from this video great stuff.