7 Craziest Things that Vikings Actually Did

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[@megamyrthe]

IndexSe7en 4 in 5? That's rather alot. Not 1 out of 5?

[@colleenatow]

In 1995 the incident with your life or any United States

[@colleenatow]

Incident involving United States and Russia from Norway 1995

[@g4gaming809]

IndexSe7en hystoricly innacurate video, norsemen didnt tattoo themselves.

[@TheCrazyFinn]

I love how everybody here is an expert on what the fuck exactly happened over a thousand years ago. -.-

[@twentysins1988]

Smh they think they are 100% right

[@tylerherbold3479]

Seriously though!

[@beau_miley5855]

I don't think wearing eyeliner or painting hair is one of THE craziest things Vikings did... I know a lot of chicks that do that nowadays

[@iceylavanuffsaid4997]

ohgod vikings are still among us

[@raymondfair7822]

Yes. Not crazy

[@AntLeonardi01]

Yeah extreme isolation and wearing no armor in battle to embody an animal is on a different level than wearing makeup.

[@SimulDatCor]

@@AntLeonardi01 but the former might as well also happen in today’s world, given how crazy things are right now

[@gangatalishis]

Vikings are now rolling in Valhalla

[@Savra]

Great Wisdom. Here, take a pin.

[@AIKRasunda]

Well, This is pretty much false information aswell. So don´t pretend to spread the word when you don´t know it.

[@kimpa843]

U're saying bullshet, no body knows what they exactly did or not, was it tails or not. Did u see it with ur own eyes back then? Historiens and people only interpreate what's left of that time, fact is it's mostly 90% times wrong you find some random book written by some shithead guy and believe everything written in it, history is 90% falsified by the people who writte it (winners). 1) who cares? 2) Bloodeagle is very hard to do but still is a wonderful torture, you say all the vikings did was tie people and shot arrows but u're far away from the crualty back then just look at all the tortures Christians used and you realy believe that VIKINGS (10 times more crual/barbarian than CHRISTIANS) only shot some arrows ? Pity of you 3) Your commercial toothpaste focks ur teeth more than if u did brush them without it. 4) We are talking about VIKINGS not Northmens, vikings are very little part of the Northmens you aren't born viking you become it, they are only the strongest warriors not pussays like you. 5) Who cares 6) Who cares 7) Your basicly saying that berserksers were some dancing drugged pussays that's your interpreatation i personally believe that they were bloodthirsty warriors who became the animal they were on their head, you don't send dancing drugged people in the first line of a battle field... Your truth is a lie to me, my truth is a lie to you, everything is true and false to everyone there is no REAL TRUTH about Vikings there is only people's lies they believe in. People Live their Lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That is how they define "Reality" . But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true"? They are merely vague concepts... Their "Reality" may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to be simply living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

2. maybe, maybe not. I personally wouldn't be surprised if it was real though. 3. Brushing your teeth is an instinct. Don't believe me? Animals do it. Look at crocodiles, sharks, ... The toothpick was a germanic invention ( Norsemen are northern Germanics), the tooth brush exists since the Egyptians ( though I have to admit that I don't know if it was used in Scandinavia back then), and Norsemen where described as being the cleanest people of their era ( and the others weren't exactly rolling in the dirt either) -> if not with a tooth brush, you can clean your teeth rudimentary by rubbing wet sand over them -> wash it all out -> maybe chew on a few herbs to optimise the smell of your breath 4. Not really. This was common practice throughout cultures. Children so sickly, that they would have been left to die would most likely not have survived anyway, though.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

2. First: Barbarian means "Outlander". :P Second: What makes you believe that Vikings would have been any worse than christians? 4. True that a Norseman isn't automatically a viking. But "viking" can be translated in different ways, the most "common" being: "Searaider". You're noone special if you become a viking. It just means you're on a ship, looking for loot.

[@mortenharrysson8136]

Berserker wore bear skin while ulvhedner wore wolf skin. My personal belief when it came to berserker is that it was a group of aging warriors who wanted to die in battle before they got to old to join in viking. Dying bravely in battle was important for the most fanatical viking warriors, so that they would come to Valhalla to feast and fight alongside with their gods (Frigg, Balder, Hød, Brage, Idun, Heimdal, Frøy, Frøya, Tyr, Tor, Loke and Odin) until ragnarok destroyed Midgard (the home of man) Åsgard (the home of their gods) and Utgard (The home of the ogre like jotuns) Most norsemen lived their life as farmers, traders and craftsmen. Some of the more adventurous souls went into viking or to explore for new land to settle or to find new trade routes.

[@Wardner213]

And if I tried to walk around with a sword on my belt nowadays I would probably get arrested........I was born in the wrong century dammit.

[@dimpleseve]

There's a guy in my neighborhood that walks around in a cape and sword..well in the summer time anyhow because winter is as cold as hell up here!

[@LordDonutz]

I can run around with a gun in my belt....and I'm not even a cop.

[@GraysonMckernan]

Wardner213 in Cali it's not.

[@sergiokaminotanjo]

Welcome to the club buddy, l though traveled with a Bokuto and a pair of Shinken many times...

[@annoythefish]

Wardner213 swords were for the rich, most used axes clubs/hammers and spears

[@jakob4644]

Half of this is false or misleading with exaggerated "truths" - Danish Archaeology Student

[@TheShendalorian]

Exactly ! Like the most misleading thing is calling every Norse native - Viking...Like this stereotype need to stop ! The Berserker stuff is also false...

[@Peteru69]

I think "false" is misleading, because lets be honest, we just don't know that much about the vikings other than what others wrote about them. We don't have a great deal of scripture from the vikings themselves. It's folklore and sagas and a couple of rune stones here and there. Other than the actual archaeological finds that still leaves a lot of guess work.

[@TheShendalorian]

Well you said it - We dont know that much about them,which directly excludes the Berserker stuff,that is rediculous by just saying someone ate some shrooms and started running naked into battle,and especially the vanguard...Berserkers were most probably just the champions of a certain Jarl,the only bear connection is that they could've worn Bear Skin over their armor/clothing...And then there is the possibility someone translated it wrong and Berserker is not Bear-skin, but rather Bear-shirt...The child abandonment is also a bit false,since the Norsemen were not only farmers(part-time Vikings) and warriors,but also traders and merchants,a rather weak child could become one of these..

[@russianspy5307]

The "berserkers" probably wore the best armour as they were the jarls top warrior i believe

[@iemgote7249]

Peteru Avertis "we just don't know that much about the vikings other than what others wrote about them" Are you a fucking vegetable? The Icelandic "vikings" we're the most active historians of their time.

[@TheRiothamus84]

The groves on the teeth was made to recognize friends and enemy's in battle. Their helmet only exposed their eyes and mouth.

[@chaplainpadrekickstand3792]

Proud to be a Norwegian Viking here.....

[@lotioninmotion7128]

You said only 4/5 children survived abandonment, but it seems like you meant to say only 1/5 children survived. Cool video.

[@arendbreukelaar2935]

Fast Technicolor he didn't mean abandonement, he meant that 4/5 in general survived the first 5 years.

[@B20C0]

Ye just wanted to say, 4/5 kids surviving in the 9th century is pretty much the highest survival rate in the world at that time :D

[@awelshperson306]

Abandoned

[@triumphant39]

"Infant and childhood life-span It has been estimated that about 17% of the population died in infancy, before reaching five years of age. About 16% did not survive to around 20 years of age. In all, more than 33% of the population did not reach adulthood." -- www.viking.no/e/england/york/life_expectancy_in_jorvik.html 4 in 5 did not die, and it would be rare for a statistic like that to be in any population/group in history, perhaps in an early industrial coal or asbestos mine, but it still wouldn't even be that low.

[@armincal9834]

and yet they somehow had enough able-bodied warriors to swarm Europe like a fucking horde.

[@djscooby76]

Really great job on the video! Love the music that went with it as well as the illustrations nice job!

[@melissah9572]

great video! ive always loved norse lore and history.

[@intheblacklite9849]

The blood eagle was used as the last way an evil or bad viking can redeem himself. If he can indure the pain in silence he will be offered a place in valhalla. If not he will be in hel for all eternity

[@oddish2253]

Weird, if Vikings got rid of their weak babies then how did Ivar the boneless survive?

[@Peteru69]

Don't believe TV shows.

[@PaulS-px6ib]

Because it was translated false. Ivar the Boneless could walk, it had other reasons why he got called like that.

[@DementedCaver]

Thanks for the mental picture pal.....and no wonder he got so mean.

[@Mad-213]

Because he is not just any kid .. he is Ragnar son.

[@spiritumsanctum531]

Your not weak when your parents are wealthy, and powerful.

[@AussieFIag]

What gets me about the first one is WHO would think to soak and boil their urine for a week, add a fungus, then roll it to start a fire? Ingenious!

[@wtfMYRONL]

Watch Vikings, it's easily 1 of the best tv shows ever made

[@zachgunnink6136]

They also missed a field goal for a chance to go the super bowl in 98'

[@ghostly9450]

lolololololol

[@AskiFin]

Vikings were mostly traders & they always looked for new trade routes and settlement locations, hence the visits to all around the europe, america & africa. Sure they raided, but so did everyone else, sure they had slaves, but so did everyone else. But unlike others they traveled/traded/settled across the sea from NA to africa. Video is basically just "7 craziest myths that vikings actually did" Some are true, but on the whole it's bullshit. Only 1 out of 5 (or even less than that) in ANYWHERE died before age of 5.

[@AskiFin]

Only thing noteworthy about their raiding, is that they destroyed Christians religious symbols and locations. (and during that time, church held power).

[@climbscience4813]

Uuuhm. I totally agree that the video has tons of really false statements and that it is pretty much BS all over the place. However, the vikings were raiding, raping and trading slaves in a large scale. They also traded things, that is true, but they destroyed far more than religious symbols on their 'visits'.

[@aesiresports1624]

its actually Ivar the Fearless not Boneless btw

[@FS-dm6et]

i wish everyone a nice evening. wherever you are. from switzerland.

[@Logan-dl2ce]

buy a mic

[@79pejeperro]

Kohl is the arab name of that eye protecting eye liner

[@gurohyena5422]

79pejeperro Egyptian name actually.

[@bgpapa4178]

lots of cultures used eye liner like that for the same reason

[@muskeldundret]

Guro Hyena Arabic/Egyptian actually

[@Duskworker]

Egyptian usage goes back further

[@muskeldundret]

Duskworker If the word origins from Egyptian but is both used in Arabic and Egyptian I'd say it's Arabic/Egyptian

[@robertcullins4636]

Audie Murphy - Modern-day Berserker

[@bootchildhutwalker3383]

May I recommend ~ Study the real truth about Vikings

[@ms.k7869]

Theres a 20-40% chance that some of my ancestors were Vikings or "Witches" on my white side, on my black side there is an extremely high chance that my ancestors took place in the Haitian revolution, since I'm half Haitian, Spanish, Swiss ect.

[@levinwiehe8892]

omg so CRAZY eye liner OMG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[@blackwaxtiger6442]

i have a lot of Danish in me but some of these facts are false but some is true, everyone in my family has got a tribe tattoo symbolizing or culture and who we are and im proud to have Danish in me but now its like nobody gives a fuck because everyone has forgot who they are.

[@zomfglegend8488]

Beserkers also took magic mushrooms in battles

[@psychoticannibal6125]

Bullshit!

[@Gumpmachine1]

midnight_storm_(vǫrðr) their Easter used to last a month long and was known for celebrating, feasting, drinking and baby making. Lol.

[@MrBellsBlues]

No they didn't.

[@henrikschock9030]

google it.. its true.

[@dampsomsatan]

an army would not have many of them, 2- 3 , and they where usually brothers. Most likely just big angry drunk fuckers

[@fredericjuliard4261]

THx.

[@Suryoyoz]

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Icelead.. your mighty ancestors are turining in their graves :/ become Viking again! I urge you!

[@istrysii]

i know more in Iceland thats into Vikings then i know from Sweeden and Norway ... becouse you dont see them dont mean the are not there .....

[@tasult7787]

In Norway, our oil is starting to run out. Oh well, I guess we have to go back to the raiding of British coast again :/

[@FirstLast-pk2of]

Thomas Sylta modern day norwegians couldn't raid a corner store

[@etaunknown4024]

First Last, it would take the whole country to hold up a 7/11. Yep, all 56 of them. Lol.

[@beardedguy66]

Dont blame us, its all christianitys fault.

[@deadmeme8973]

Everything UNTIL berserkers was correct. And then it all fell off the deep end... Listen, the vikings, for one, were not a people. Viking is actually both a verb and a noun, with the latter meaning "a person who goes viking" - aka travels in order to find more land on which to settle and grow crops. Very little people know that. Berserkers are similar in a sense that no one has a bloody clue what they are. A berserker is basically what later European aristocrats and monarchs would call a champion - a formidable warrior of extreme strenght and technique which jarls would use to threaten each other and solve conflicts (the berserkers fought each other - similar to a duel) and so on. "Going berserk" is a phrase based on an ancient misconception. The accounts of people suddenly going apeshit and breaking formation during battle to do some ridiculous things like biting shields and throwing oneself onto the enemy is a case of mental issues, extreme anger or overexcitement. No records show even a hint of berserkers doing that - they were extremely well-trained killing machines, not mad bears and surely not a special unit... And they weren't druggies either... heard a bunch of really intelligent people saying something about eating poisonous mushrooms to go berserk and just couldnt fucking believe my ears. (edit: the part about mad wolves is a poor translation of one of the sagas, in which.... i believe a leader of some sort or maybe part of the norse royalty began acting weirdly as he was rallying his troops and threatening the enemy over a distance. He bit his shield, howled and grinned etc etc.)

[@Tony45290]

When I realized I had to read I immediately left😂😂

[@justynjmsr8684]

Imagine being that stupid 😂

[@bunnyxxjay4189]

audio would be nice for people like me who want to learn stuff and multi-task x.x

[@Unloadonyou]

0:52 "The sodium nitrate mixed with touchwood found in urine..." There's touchwood in urine?

[@iceylavanuffsaid4997]

so i can pee on wood?

[@ryanb418]

I thank the Viking Gods for the mute option on KZbin.

[@tyler_davies]

they listened to amon amarth while sailing the sea

[@macabre9115]

Gay, they listened to bathory

[@George-iq1vt]

The grooves in their teeth were to make them look groovy

[@Limaien]

"Viking men were known to be heavily tattooed" ? There has literally NEVER been any evidence for this. There might (MIGHT!) have been a couple of guys walking around tattooed but no archaeological findings (such as well-preserved bodies) nor anything written (like in the Sagas) has ever suggested that tattoos were a standard thing anywhere in Scandinavia at the time.

[@Randi-k6m]

There has never been found human remains from the Viking Age so well preserved as to determinate if they were tattooed or not. The Arab diplomat Ibn Fadlan who met a group of Vikings described them as being tattooed “with animals, trees and some figures”. In Denmark needles for tattooing has been found dating back to the Bronze Age, which began 2200 years before the Viking Age. Tattoos have been known for thousands of years; when the Roman conquered England 2000 years ago, they described Celts and Picts from Scotland as tattooed. Also were the Turks and the Skytes from Iran. Vikings loved colours and art and were described as being vain, so unless tattoos went out of fashion between the Bronze Age and the Viking Age, I think there is a strong possibility they were tattooed.

[@shieldmaiden000]

Limaien, I agree wholeheartedly. I study Vikings and only a very few were discovered with tattoos. I commented about his statement above before I seen your comment about that subject. And to Randi...the Celts and Picts were not Viking era people when the Romans were there. You need to study your history more. The Vikings did not come until after the Romans left England. And the Vikings did love their bodies, that is why they did not mar them up with tattoos.

[@jessikapiche6097]

I like the background music and even if i don't believe all you said in this video, it was good! Liked!

[@ArmouryTerrain]

I thought that you were doing ok with this video before letting it all down with the berserker thing. If you can provide one historically accurate source for your berserker claims I will literally eat my hat and film myself doing it while apologizing. Please don't quote Snorri Sturluson as he was seeing through christian eyes a good hundred and fifty years after the "viking" period. The Wiki that you list is full of maybes, and proposed meanings and could have beens but nothing definite.

[@SiegfriedDrachentoeter]

Armoury-Terrain Look at Wikipedia. It is even said there what Beserks did.

[@Duskworker]

There are no historically 'accurate' sources for things of this nature at this time. The Icelandic sagas are probably as close as you would get to an historic 'accurate' account.

[@ArmouryTerrain]

While Wikipedia is great and can be altered by any of us, I will have to put more faith in Roderic Dale who holds a Doctorate of Berserkers and provided Loyd of the Lindsey Beige channel a lot of interesting information. While they may have worn Bearskins as a status symbol, most of the rest belongs in movies along with the horned helmets.

[@SiegfriedDrachentoeter]

No it doesnt. Why else would the name mean this? It also fits to the mythologie. It would be a bless by the gods.

[@TheShendalorian]

Why would the name mean this ? Are you serious...Berserkers were not some crazy guys on shrooms,than ran naked into battle,Scandinavia was not Hollywood...First of all wearing the Bear pelt itself could show a high status,maybe a Jarl's champion,but definetely not wearing it while being naked...Second it could be mistranslated into Bear-skin,while it is actually Bear-shirt...Don't give Wikipedia as your back up source, this itself is a reason for every person who is actually history educated to laugh at you,since everyone can type any kind of shit in Wikipedia :)

[@Rohnon]

So I'm going to watch this video without expecting any of these "facts" to be true

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

"Craziest things" -> used eyeliner and dyed their hair. ... xD lol hard! ( Berserkers aren't a proven fact. There are several theories around them. The above is just one possibility. I personally like Lindybeige's guess the most: that Berserker means champion. Also a "Berserker" wearing a wolf skin would be an "Ulfhaedinn".)

[@Gorea1922]

I actually really like that guess! Another Hypothesis about Berserkers I really like (since everyone said it that there is no actual evidence as to whether they actually existed and if what their purpose was, or not) is that Berserkers were "just" a Tribe which had similar rites like "regular" Vikings but still were somewhat different. But yeah since there is no actual evidence for any of it, it just remains speculation... Even if all the speculating and things you could come up with are the most fun part about our history, I'd still love to know the truth about everything that happened in our past. Cheers

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

Who wouldn't? Cheers

[@viking4132]

Didn't the Byzantine Empire write about their viking guards being beserkers? Or atleast some of them being beserkers?

[@pchampion55]

the Úlfhéðnar have been said to be more brutal and deadly than bersekers. I like to learn the history of Vikings and the time and that was something I found quite interesting.

[@thomasoglesby5490]

Karolinsk soldat not only is what you say history but the only armed personel allowed in Rome was an elite gaurd made up of Nordic warriors.

[@arcanedelane50]

Vikings where all tribes man that survived the only way they knew how just like all other tribes.

[@dubyajayyo]

"The sodium nitrate mixed with touchwood found in urine" You say urine contains touchwood? Anyway, that sounds more like a scientific fact than a crazy belief. I mean, does it work or not?

[@DerPafferfish]

Plausible enough without looking it up. There are preppers making something like makeshift gunpowder with urine by fermenting it with other stuff.

[@TheLodjur]

dubyajayyo Well there is a quite straight forward way to find out ;)

[@MississippiMason61]

The confederates during the civil war let their pee set out for days and the crust that came from the dried up pee made gunpowder with some other resources. They couldn't afford gunpowder so they had to make it

[@veritywolfe960]

It was a technique used for centuries before the vikings. Old, primitive, but it works

[@martinondrus6344]

why crazy?

[@scrimbo2252]

I love the show Vikings, anyone else

[@arcanedelane50]

Urine for fire is more genius, and we have people today that put gold a shit in their teeth. So when you say craziest? Wore eyeliner...their fuckin crazy! They dyed their hair. May half our nation are vikings. You sir are an idiot.

[@KaiokenLuffy]

Vikings were fucking Alpha as shit. We probably cant even imagine the warrior spirit those guys had

[@BIgBass255]

they lost three super bowls too!

[@comical9587]

So much misinformation in this video... "violence was part of a vikings everyday life" No, it wasn't. Most people in Northern Europe either lived in solitary farms, tending their fields and cattle and go fishing, or in small villages, where everyone knew each other. Vikings, seafaring folk, were the only "violent" group of Norse people, and even then it was only during raids on Christian settlements. And even THAT was only in the early times of the vikings, we all know by now that for the most part of their culture, vikings became respected tradesmen and merchants. "they left their sick children out in the woods" I very highly doubt that. Even in the harshest regions in the world, people usually don't abandon their precious offspring because they're sick and small. Surprise: Toddlers and young children are GENERALLY small, weak and often sick. That's no reason to get rid of them. And the link in your description really doesn't go into detail about this either. In fact, it's treated like a throw-away note. "Berserkers were elite warriors who didn't wear traditional armour in battle" Again, very unlikely. I'm not saying that this didn't happen in some cases, but the more reasonable explanation is that they were, like the video mentioned, indeed veteran warriors - who were awarded a bear-coat for their prowess in battle (or what have you) - and that they wore it on TOP of their usual clothing and armour. Many people think that they weren't the blood-crazed battlefrenzied lunatics that the entertainment media likes to portray them as, but rather like "champions" that were awarded with special gear to show it... and that's really it.

[@poohbear4821]

Comical maybe he meant disabled not sick

[@Golemoid]

would make sense if they got the coat for actually killing a bear themself

[@brianmurdock4604]

Comical yes his information is mostly hear say and not factual, but you are wrong that nations back then did not abandon their sick children it was very much real. It is actually proven in Sparta. however Sparta did not throw them off cliffs like many believe, they just left them to die, so very possible Vikings did the same

[@JorgeRivera-hi4li]

Comical how do you know?where you there?only those who lived it know it.

[@comical9587]

Just because you weren't there to observe it, doesn't mean you can't deduce what happened based on sufficient, trustworthy data. Archaeological evidence and contemporary reports are decent sources, the rest is common sense. By your logic, we might as well replace all history books with fantasy novels, since none of us were alive to experience it first hand.

[@oscarholtner3550]

Was know to be tattoded? What a load of BS

[@thornetacey5014]

Oscar Holtner just so u know tattoos have been found o n the oldest mumafied person to with organs and skin in tact found in main the ice man had more then 20 tattoos and he was part of the hunter gatherer era befor farming.

[@oscarholtner3550]

Soo??? Vikings rarely had tattoos and they didn´t have horns on their helmets. The ice man and mummies, one tattoed person in history doesn´t correllate to everyone

[@matearosie]

I see you don't even know what the Viking means... A fairly well made video with NO educational value (because being made of a bunch of historically inacurate 'facts', lies, hoaxes).

[@RPGTKingpin]

Misattributions too. Kohl is Egyptian/Arabic in origin.

[@Peteru69]

I think it's just kol/kohle, which is coal or charcoal in Old Norse and German respectively. But we don't know as much as we'd like about the vikings. Mostly what others wrote.

[@Yeahboii1]

oh please do inform us of the truth oh grate one enlighten us with your intellect and recount the live of the viking instead of just baseless clams i mean you couldn't even be fucked to go to wiki and find some bs like the usual pseudo intellectual stooges that comment this kinda shit on videos

[@Dr.mandril]

no berserkers are real dumbass

[@matearosie]

hay0fuck0you nobody needs to be an expert to say something is wrong. There are plenty of people (Lindybeige, Shadiversity, Metatron and so on) that wouldbe more than happy to answer your questions. No need for such amounts of salt. Just saying that this video is a bunch of historical BS in a pretty neat package. It's quite close to the level of people saying that Vikings haven't used armour and such. Plus people tend to call all norse tribes/people Vikings which is wrong - Viking is a "job" so to say like armourer, blacksmith, carpenter and so on. A "sailor-raider" if you will.

[@Meg_Lovegood]

sorry this is KZbin not a book nice try mom

[@lukashuettner]

...dude how sick that blood eagle thing is...o_O

[@Lord_Jerome]

So what is your Channel called? IndexSeSevenen?

[@ianalexander92]

Two words: Fucking epic!!

[@xrstopherpopp120]

good music to accompany vid.

[@spartan9956]

nice music!☺

[@Niborino9409]

I like the video editing and style and all but I rarely trust these types of videos.

[@hannahlilly7368]

The Berserkers were on mushrooms.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

Heurgh! Dammit! Wrong mushroom!

[@Giesela0815]

Amanita Muscaria to be exact!

[@copalpagan2407]

Doctor Maxi also known as the fly agaric... I did muscimol once, can't imagine trying to fight on that stuff (or do anything really) I think it would be a real disadvantage in a battle, I think its a legend that they used it during war

[@Giesela0815]

Maybe they used it in a ritual before battle to get in "the right mood". As soon as the effects wore off or were controllable enough they would be blessed by the gods and ready to fight.

[@jesperbonde571]

Thet didnt do the mushrooms themselves. They had slaves eat them and then pee. They would then drink the urine before battle to receive a reduced effect of the mushroom.

[@WilliamCrump-Celestia]

Dark 5 channel clone...

[@MrCaveman77]

I want to be a viking

[@never4916]

Yeah, Hell sounds fun, doesn't it?

[@MrCaveman77]

Godhand no such thing as hell! That's middle eastern Christian and pisslamic bullshit

[@never4916]

i was using "Hell" as a metaphorical standpoint

[@Kleo3392]

Sounds like a bunch of bloody monsters and psychopaths if you ask me, but hey, that's human nature.

[@jeengyim3072]

4/5 children seems like great odds..you meant 1/5 kids ?

[@user-go7bz1xp4z]

Please, do not use word " Brunettes " for describe men with black hair. Brunette means "girl with black hair", not male.

[@mememan3397]

Aнтартика it means brown hair dumbass

[@darktempest53]

giveagoodsong well blonde is female, blond is male I'm sure. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

[@mikidomeny1677]

I call it bullshxt.. that eagle thing? your brain would shut down way before the salt

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

soooo beserkers were like triggered mob of furries? huh more you know

[@iemgote7249]

Berserkers were literally just lone wolves that wandered around challenging other men into 1v1s for their property. Nothing like the retarded hollywood version.

[@Gumpmachine1]

I Em Gote there are heaps of different theories about them. Your lone wolf is one, then there is they are a tribe, high on mushrooms and several others. I'm not sure which one is true, but a can make an educated guess according to the sagas, and nit the snorri ones. Lol

[@laurensullivan1522]

Antti The Internet Guy berserkers were left in the wild. They were given drugs and became inhuman(feral). They had no regard for human life because they had no loving touch. They could handle vast amounts of pain because they were essentially nuts.

[@wickedcanadiangaming761]

Beserkers were practitioners of bloodlust or blood fury. It was actually something passed down in generations and not all Vikings could do it. It was a trance they entered normally mid combat that took away fear or pain and made them kill with brutal efficiency

[@Xerdoz]

In the past Vikings let their weak children die. Now they are importing bearded children from the Middle East to live for free.

[@jaromor8808]

now look what their children turned into /spit

[@ensurlilledansker7900]

Jaroslav Záruba how Bout you try me bitch im 5'8 and only 13

[@ensurlilledansker7900]

Jaroslav Záruba nigga i a boy

[@ensurlilledansker7900]

Jaroslav Záruba and yes i have dick hair and almost a beard

[@whitewolfww2094]

Literally not understanding this conversation at all....

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

Jaroslav Záruba thats true, swedish and norweigian people has become pussies. but slavs have never been anything ;)

[@mariaeleniNikolaidi]

"keep the harsh sun away from their eyes"... it was winter for like 11 out of 12 months...

[@richardwatson6146]

Blood eagle is a myth, it is actually not possible to do.

[@topblair3381]

Richard Watson have you tried it? Can I try it to u

[@fallenangel9951]

JustaRobloxplayer that doesnt know about this You can try it on me.If you dare you can handle with a Turk!

[@etaunknown4024]

According to Saxon writings it's been done. Js, why would they document such a thing if it had never been done?

[@AlohaRaceTeam]

No no it's definitely possible. Salt into the wound when their still alive is the only impractical part

[@michaelt.5672]

It's perfectly possible, the only question is when the person subjected to it will die. Myths do not differentiate between what was torture/execution and what was corpse mutulation.

[@AllistaireBM]

This was very poorly researched.

[@Dyrlingur]

You do know "Vikings" wore mail armor and plate helm. So doing whatever with their teeth to strike fear in to the enemy... Useless. Bleaching their hair... Useless. Using eyeliners... Useless. Their helmets covered their faces so much their teeth, hair, eyes were not seen. Berserkers used to eat magic mushshrooms before battle. Berserkers were not a fighting force. They were mainly used as hired killers and they were mostly criminals who had to be ready whenever to fight if someone would attack them for a bounty or revenge. Ivar the boneless. The most notorious viking ever to live. They say he was so tall he stood above everyone else. In the tv series Vikings he is the youngest son of Ragnar Lothbrok, and a cripple. The reality is he was the oldest son of Ragnar Lothbrok and not a cripple. Called "Boneless" because of his enormous size and strength. Breaking his enemies bones with single punching blows. About "Leaving children outside". Who cares? It was over 1000 years ago. They were pagans. Their religion did not value useless lives. So I don´t think it´s a weird thing to do at the time. The blood eagle on King Ale by Ivar the boneless. What a genius way his sick mind found ways to kill people. One thing few people know... The British Royal Family are Viking descents. Rollo a famous Viking who settled in "Normandy" had a grand-grand child. William the Conqueror. A French, North man(Viking) child. Conquered England and is responsible for the ruling monarchical dynasty which exists still today. So... First Ivar the boneless took over England. Then William the Conqueror finished the job. You could say the brits are as much a part of Scandinavia as Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands and Denmark. There is a reason why "Scottish" people have their red hairs and pagan-ish traditions. Big strong men. The English were bred out or bred in, either or both. So British people... Please stop talking so fkn weird and start acting like fkn Vikings. Like your forefathers! One more thing, in the television series Vikings. They show Vikings as these extremely ready to die people because a death in battle granted them their greatest wish. Getting in to Valhalla. It is untrue. The Vikings were brutal pagans who were fierce warriors. But they always used the "advantage". If they did not have greater numbers or battlefield advantage. They did not fight. So the myth that they did not fear death because of Valhalla is untrue. What makes "you" think "you" know it any better than us? Well, I was raised on this history. Taught from fifth to fourteenth(Fifth to tenth grade then four more years in secondary school. Pre College). These stories are part of my history, part of my education, part of me. Nice video though. Too bad about the helmets they used... Which both blocked sun, hid their teeth and hair. Making three of your claims completely useless. You should "Google", Authentic Viking Helmets.

[@emptyforrest]

the teeth, hair and eyeliner parts most likely did actually occur to a decent extent. but not for the reasons stated in the video. vikings are known for being suprisingly hygenic and cared a fair bit about thier looks. so what mentioned in the video is very likely to be just cosmetic/fashion trends.

[@Dyrlingur]

emptyforrest Hi. Could be. I have no memories of being taught about their hygene and so on. But that does not mean they did not do it. Our teachers might have skipped either learning it themselves or teaching it. Because we were mostly taught about their culture and famous Vikings. Like "Gunni á Hlíðarenda" Icelandic viking warrior who brutally faught and killed many vikings. More vikings propably died fighting each other than on foreign raids. Vikings were quick to adapt to the "new world". Even taking up Christianity for kingdoms. Making their followers take up Christianity to. Many Vikings settled in England and took up Christianity. Also the "Normandy" vikings of course. If they would have stayed "loyal" to their Valhalla believes. Norse Mythology would still exist today as a major religion. But because they converted so easily. Shows how little they were exited for Valhalla battlefield deaths. Tv show Vikings is a great show though. But to many characters and stories thrown in to a single lifetime.

[@yugandali]

Maybe the eyeliner was for use when they were on snow or sailing; at least that's what I thought. They probably wouldn't wear their helmets all the time, so that would work out.

[@1NFERN0HD]

Wrong, most Vikings couldn't afford helmets

[@Dyrlingur]

Minion king Aleks seriously "most viking". They lived in kingdoms. They had armies. You think they were some "single bandits" who bandet together and TOOK OVER ENGLAND!!! You fucking honestly believe the "Great heathen army" were farmers joining together? Wtf is wrong with you. There is a difference between a fucking farmer and warriors. Every culture since the dawn of man has had this difference. And you fucking say this shit. What did viking culture ever do to you?

[@beans2440]

Urine has lots of nitrates. Composting the urine + torchwood turns it into something called GUNPOWDER. In fact, lots of cowboys used gunpowder made with urine.

[@frantisekzverina473]

You forgot the fucking horned helmets

[@j.ongman5512]

František Zet classic lol

[@hypergogic3269]

František Zet they didn't wear them, it's highly impractical

[@frantisekzverina473]

Anus Mangler you must be fun at parties

[@Gumpmachine1]

Anus Mangler yep,Hollywood strikes again after the first horned helm was seen in a opera. lol

[@frantisekzverina473]

There were no berserkers either. Therefore they could have mentionedbthe horned helmets too. Would not make it more bullshit

[@chongtak]

If the blood eagle really existed somewhere else than in literature, the victim would actually faint from the pain long before the ribs would be cut, then the heart would have stop beating because of intense pain. It's a basic that anyone who torture people knows very well.

[@AyeGee721]

norsemen raided villages with women and children. Easy, right? They were shit against actual soldiers and easily spooked by North Russian and Finnic shamans.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

yes -> reads further -> yes -> reads further -> ...NO! HELL NO! -> calms down -> advises you to google "Danelaw" -> reads further -> dunno. Maybe.

[@poohbear4821]

Wuthraad G they took most of England so weren't that bad

[@tyskbulle]

So that's why the Baltic-finnic tribes retreated from the coasts to live in the forests. They didn't want to scare the poor raiders. Very considerate.

[@AyeGee721]

tyskbulle but no idea about the Sami. vikings travelled South to get away from the cold D:

[@russianspy5307]

Yeah i mean raiding paris is a piece of piss right? Anyone could do it

[@MekahMenke]

blood eagle was real?? *faints* gosh!!

[@DuneDemon8]

So they looked like 80's rock stars...

[@philhead1951]

Technically the victim wouldn't be alive in the blood eagle executive by the time the ribs are separated from the spine, so they wouldn't be able to feel the rest

[@mikevohitch]

I dont go to youtube to read mate, you should try kindle.

[@Riphagen1902]

ivar was not the first to make the blood eagle its a older tradition idiot

[@paladindionysus6395]

This is 50% mythology 50% truth. The vikings were probably one of the most peaceful people in Europe - certainly not perpetual killers.

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

Stop saying "Vikings" Say "Norsemen"

[@FunlandRobot]

I think you meant "the sodium nitrate found in urging with touchwood" NOT "the sodium nitrate mixed with touchwood found in urine." Please delete the video and revise.

[@kevingrabkowski5505]

Beserkers also took magic mushrooms. they would shout scream and howl when approching the enemy. The term going berserk. is derived from beserkers.

[@KetchupPankaka]

you forgot rista blodörn

[@SiberHavoc]

Blood eagle is still debated, there are only two or four records of it. And everysingle one is written by christians. This might just be terror mongering, villanization. There are no solid proof that they actually did it.

[@wumboqwark]

get a mic and actually commentate your videos.

[@priv2pub]

dark5 rip off

[@Ratcaller]

1:19 Mount and blade: Warband

[@jennifermckinney5053]

Holy crap most of this shit is outdated information by years, please correct your mistakes.

[@westkoastdogg6680]

just get a mic and speak lol

[@eelkewestra9487]

Want me to fucking read you stupid shit. I ain't got time for that

[@xxxx-sw3zv]

Well Im swedish and it feels so weird that we were the vikings back in the good old days ;)

[@Bigonewsnetwork808]

lol not all of this is true , whites didnt know about soap until the black only moors showed them it just like the eye liners. Whites are the lepers the bible "tales" about . The sun is what would fuck them up and they moved to no sun filled places but thats all imma say . They was not super awsome cool white men that all these white mne fantasies about they was weak fucks who barely fucking made it most of them died trying to find shade and food .

[@TheSexybeastish]

So they basically wore makeup and painted their hair?

[@shivasirons6159]

Im an American with Scandinavian ancestry, vikings were some bad boys and it all seems so cool, but i dont take credit for my ancestors heroic deeds and i don't take blame for their sins.!

[@finnstockley2544]

You forgot to mention that the blood eagle was a practice only done to nobility. Also, Berserkers were known for consuming magic mushrooms, entering the state of 'Berserker'. Otherwise, good video :)

[@pitpatify]

The stuff with the blood eagle is obviously at least blown up. You can sever the rips from the spine, but the pain would be tremendous and the victim would not hold still, so there would be a very good chance you kill him by opening one of the bigger blood vessels before the complicated operation is over. Assumed you would manage to avoid opening a blood vessel, as soon as you try to sever the ribs, you practically couldn't avoid to cut into the pleura, the very thin and sensitive skin that covers the lung's cavity, the lung will collapse and the victim will suffocate within a minute or so. Realistically, the victim would die when you remove the first rib, as the pleura is directly below the ribs. No point in rubbing salt into the wounds. All in all, you can cut a human open and pull his lungs out, it is a very cruel method to kill somebody, but he would be dead long before you actually have the lungs out.