Berserkers: The Vikings That Took Magic Mushrooms Before Battle | Ancient Black Ops | Chronicle

The Viking Berserkers were legendary warriors known for their drug-fueled frenzy and prowess in battle. Berserkers were elite Viking warriors believed to possess supernatural abilities, fueled by psychoactive substances. The raid on Lindisfarne in 793 marks the beginning of the Viking Age, with Vikings targeting vulnerable, wealthy targets like monasteries and villages. . Despite their fearsome reputation, Berserkers were eventually outlawed due to their extreme violence, reflecting changing societal attitudes towards such behavior.
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[@pedroducan]

Microdosing during depressive episodes has completely changed my life after years of trauma, PTSD, addiction... I hope more people have affordable access to it

[@KindHearted-pu8nj]

I started microdosing mushrooms in place of my prescriptions and the difference is night and day in my mental health and my anger i feel like i've become a better person best decision I have ever made wish it was more accessible to those that need

[@Priscilla..68]

Psychedelics in general have done what hundreds of hours of PTSD therapy couldn't. I went from being on 31 pill daily for mental states to 0 over the course of 13 weeks. Like everything in the world. It's not for everyone and experiences will certainly vary. Me and my friends approached it from a lens of healing and learning and it's exactly what we got out of it.

[@steveso93]

I'm really interested in trying shrooms, searched round my state but I can't find any source. where do you fetch from??

[@josefonte87]

dr.wheelershrooms

[@josefonte87]

𝕴𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖒

[@thehiddendoor6478]

This whole idea that Amanita Muscaria was used to induce the "Berserker Rage" was based upon speculation by a scholar who actually knew absolutely nothing about the the effects of Fly Agaric. This bit of speculation has been repeated so much that some (even scholars at times) have taken the speculation as fact. The actual effects of Amanita Muscaria are quite the opposite of those one would expect to be used to induce a battle trance, being very sedate & introspective rather than agitated & animated. Please stop promoting this old, unproven piece of speculation as fact.

[@jamesjohno1180]

Well there’s many people in the comments who beg to differ and have had experiences quite like the berserkers… I think the doc missed out that they probably mixed the drugs with other things they where drinking alcohol everyday so that and shrooms and probably other things and they thought that was some form of godly power they would rage

[@thehiddendoor6478]

@@mwol5473, the addition of the alcohol may have definitely changed the effects.

[@thehiddendoor6478]

​ @jamesjohno1180 , how many people in the comments section were frothing at the mouth and biting at the edges of their shields in the same way that such fits were described in connection with the Berserkers? How many of the sources describing the Berserkers or the rage that they went into have you studied? How would people know that they were experiencing an identical mindset to those of ecstatic warriors over 800 years ago? Do you know of some ancient firsthand account of someone who experienced the Berserker rage which the rest of us are unaware of?

[@chonqmonk]

@@thehiddendoor6478If you ingest amanitas with alcohol, snort some meth and smoke a little PCP, plus mix one teaspoon of gunpowder with a cup of pulverized lemon and stick it up your butt, you will 100% go berserk, and able to talk expertly on this subject...

[@Mr.Dipchit169]

Amanita mascaria is lethal past a certain dose. In order to survive the experience you have to take a very spacific amount and its more or less a near death experiance. I could see other psychedelic mushrooms causing a sort of battle trance if taken at the right dose with a raiding party in conjunction from alchohol, but amanita mascaria is a poison mushroom.

[@vibeworldmeta]

After 3 grams I’m not fighting anyone lol

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

Of flyagaric? 3 grams is way too high for anything.. particular fighting...or breathing right really ..way too much .too much too much .

[@rvansteensel420]

no its not you can do like 15-20grams easily @@user-zo5um2vu1z

[@marcmartel7542]

@@user-zo5um2vu1za gram to a gram and a half is enough! But eating good before always is the key.

[@davidfairfield651]

Agreed, only fighting I'm doing is to not lose my shit, keep it together till I've peaked.

[@scoon2117]

Fly agaric is a whole world different to psilocybin

[@tomtaylor6163]

I’ve tripped on Shrooms and all the ever made me wanna do is put on some Black Sabbath

[@emrysthefirst7778]

word

[@wendychavez5348]

They probably weren't this variety of mushroom, or they may have been prepared differently.

[@theviolator1703]

I needed walks and to scream out windows and climb trees and more lol

[@Itsyrm8]

Unless y r called Eugene and yr about to reach that axe

[@rutgercolinkips7453]

More like Deuter and Anugama for me. But I guess that's a personal thing......

[@SecondaryHomunculus]

"We let the berserker boat go first, give 'em about an hour, then we leave. By the time we get there, everyone's dead and the berserkers are lunching on shins. We grab whatever's shiny and roll out." -Ancient Norse Text

[@imurgodsgod]

@@CrystalLama-cw4jogo away fed

[@imurgodsgod]

⁠@@CrystalLama-cw4jonobody wants your drugs even if they are real 😅

[@7bigsmoke4]

Just... Like... That🤣

[@DmON_WINGS]

These Men and Women (Sheild Maiden Warriors) were most definitely not terrorists, they were raiders,settlers looking for better living conditions. Yes they were well practiced in Warfare but they were very brave explorers and they even were in America centuries before any other European people. Above all they were extremely skilled in Metallurgy and the production of tools and weapons which aided the craftsmen to produce ships so advanced that they could go out on open seas and navigate rivers with the same vessels. I'm very proud of my ancestry and I believe they were a great people of historical importance in more ways than just fighting.

[@BolasDaGrk]

Battle fury? 29:57 This looks like a regular Saturday night with my family.

[@gravestone4840]

Berserker was an official position in which you were given a bear skin as a badge of office (Berserker = Bear Skin) and served as the kings personal champion and guard. You would fight duels for him or be sent as a "messenger" to any vassals that were misbehaving. It was a combination of actual warrior stuff and state craft. They were highly equipped and trained warriors that acted as the kings right hand, not naked drug fueled savages. Fantasy writing and tabletop games are where we got the brutal naked drug psycho picture of what a Berserker was.

[@MIGHTY_YES]

❤☝🔥🔥🔥🔥✨

[@MyPoetik]

Berserkt in German mean crazy 🤪 which isn't far from it in reality

[@williamwhitlow2491]

Berserkers did not exist on the battlefield, there’s no evidence of it anywhere

[@chonqmonk]

@@MyPoetikWell surprise surprise, berserk, in English means going hog wild crazy. Wouldn't it be weird if that were somehow in some way related to the word berserker?!?!?! Whatta mind blower! Lol...

[@1.1797]

​@@williamwhitlow2491battle of Stamford bridge?

[@dfgdfg_]

Imagine if they had known about bath salts. We'd all be speaking Norwegian

[@jesseflores9087]

Lots of Scandinavian words in English language

[@toddaulner5393]

What about Meth? They would weigh like 100 pounds and not paying their child support.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

@@jesseflores9087words of the same origin. Norwegian and English are both Germanic languages. So we tend to share a lot of similarities. Just like with Romance languages. I speak Spanish and can understand a portion of Italian and Portuguese as a result.

[@STECHGUY]

😂😂

[@botsharing1702]

Fighting on mushroom probably resulted in alot of friendly fire.

[@user-nu8zu2kf5n]

Valhalla doesnt make any difference.

[@wilhelmschmidt7240]

It would result in a lot of ineffective warriors unable to fight. 😂😂😂

[@mriippa]

Those wore some glorious times i Scandinavian history.They wore tough working farmers who didn't bow down for no one. So it's sad to see the State of Sweden today. Swedish population kneel and give up their heritage, customs and traditions for muslims and other invaders just to please some other countries. But there is a feeling of new wind in the sails and a hope for a better stronger future.

[@evanlarson9202]

i used to train mma on mushrooms and I can say that they definitely made me think faster. my body became more flexible and agile. i saw many colors when i was doing this but i did not feel impaired in fighting ability at all.

[@SveinMorkDahl]

Norwegian historians and medical doctors believe they used a sort of Nightshade called Henbane not mushrooms.

[@Kangawallapossumbat]

This is correct. See my longer reply on this video. But again, Henbane is a relaxant, and would not enhance a warrior capability in battle. Drug taking Berserkers is a proven myth.

[@danteromo]

Did that berserker say hodor at 1:00?

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

​@@danteromo- Odin \o

[@nelsonx5326]

Nightshade is not the kind of drug a person can do anything on except babble like an idiot and walk off a cliff.

[@cconder19]

They used neither. Both are lies.

[@stuartj1234]

After eating shrooms the only battle i was barely capable of fighting was the battle to retain my sanity. These guys really were a different breed.

[@drew8570]

Different mushroom

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

I've partaken in the old flyagaric..and it was a very murky dark experience..COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT to liberty caps.or indeed thia, Hawaiian or any other psilocybin mushrooms....it scared me in fact ....I wouldn't have trusted me around an axe in a bearskin in the melle of a battle .. splattered in gore ...must have been quite a contact high I think.....I didn't enjoy the experience at all . I think it could possibly be an unenjoyable trip. The brown acid of the fungal world...also liberty caps boiled in cider are expedentialy stronger in my experience than the same boiled in water. This probably translates to a flyagaric experience.the alcohol sure wrings every last molecule from the source material..top tip .

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

The invocation ceremony and animistic fervour whipped up in the preparation to battle..was probably as large a part of the beserkers power as the chemicals. ..Manifestation of invincibility is not to be taken lightly when assessing a beserkers power in battle and the immunity to pain and all round aura of invincibility....the viking equivalent of a mad war elephant.. light the toutchpaper and retreat to a safe distance ...🎉🎉🎉😂

[@chonqmonk]

@@user-zo5um2vu1zAmanitas don't contain psilocybin, is why they're so different.

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

@@chonqmonk for sure I know that . They are completely different from shrooms .I knew that .but didn't expect the result .didn't we njoy at all sadly .I overdosed I suspect

[@spinedogfog581]

I've done lots of mushrooms, and I can confirm that fighting while on mushrooms is very possible.

[@davidwood7205]

Facts

[@davidwood7205]

My friends still do them

[@davidwood7205]

Sorry "my friends" I don't want to incriminate myself I have an active cps case

[@sportgoofy1975]

Me to, every move my opponent made was almost telegraphed to me. Like a game of chess and I was five moves ahead. I never lost a scrap on shrooms.

[@RLVart]

probably you did psilocybin mushrooms and not muscimol mushrooms - very important distinction to be made

[@SauerCherries]

Some teen did a lot of mushrooms and murdered his whole family. He claims he doesn’t remember doing it. It’s a weird case for sure.

[@leddielive]

Those were the days that made life exciting and vibrant, it would be amazing to go back in time to experience it for real.

[@TeacherTom1]

Life is pretty exciting and vibrant today brother (at least where I live). I wasn't there but I think life was pretty grim back then for most people; a life of servitude and poor health culminating in an agonising death from an infection that would be easily treatable today. It's easy to romanticise the past, but it was all mostly mud and blood I think. You're better off in 2024 than you would have been in 824.

[@user-rj8sc1ix7j]

Well said @TeacherTom1

[@metroid74]

The “expert” who claimed terrorism, is incorrect as terrorism would require political demands. The Vikings were raiders looking for wealth.

[@lindahouston5635]

I think he was referring to their tactics and style of fighting. Not their motivation.

[@metroid74]

@@lindahouston5635 well that may well be but terrorism is a more modern word, as such has modern baggage, maybe Barbaric, Brutal or Savage would be better descriptors.

[@lindahouston5635]

@@metroid74 barbaric for sure! They must have been a terrifying bunch.

[@wendychavez5348]

"Terrorism" is actually not a modern word, though it did take on certain modern connotations in the last 50 years or so. Politics was not always intertwined in the definition, sheer emotion (i.e. terror) was.

[@jamesjohno1180]

Yeah in a sense you’re right but I think it’s the closest equivalent to match to today for people to understand that they wanted to bring terror and use that to their advantage slaughtering etc so in a sense it was a form of terrorising? Maybe not the modern terrorism

[@keltyk]

Few people would be capable of fighting on a trip. Or stupid enough to try it. Soldiers were tested with LSD as an incapacitant. The squaddies ended up laughing, climbing trees, and babbling. (ps- I have witnessed LSD etc bringing on terrible mental illness in people. It should never be recommended as recreational drug)

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

The Vikings had no access to lsd.

[@serkonos2313]

FYI You're thinking of psychedelics, Amanita Muscaria is a deliriant. This means that a "bad" trip is much more akin to a psychotic episode. In higher doses the relaxing effect is more like a general numbness that reduces pain and you actually feel stronger and more energized.

[@justindesormeaux5287]

Ancient black ops was such a good show. So many great episodes

[@HalfKaztBoy]

I don't think those vikings were taking what people know as magic mushrooms, they were most likely taking Amanita Muscaria mushrooms. I have tried Amanita Muscaria about 10 years ago, I just remember having unreal stamina, and when I drank water my stomach felt like a black hole. I remember sprinting down the street as fast as I could and I could not feel my legs or lungs burn.

[@Krankyoldtime64]

Although I could never claim to be an expert on ancient Nordic traditions, I have experienced an epic melee fuelled by fly agaric mushrooms and scrumpy. The word "Berserk" was definitely on everyone's lips the next day.

[@TheMillieSmalls]

What is scrumpy?

[@Krankyoldtime64]

Scrumpy is locally produced apple cider, usually from small farms in the south of England. Some are less devastating than others, but Kenny Kramps nr Ashford was the one responsible for our combined psychedelic melee on this occasion. Hugely enjoyable but I ached from head to toe at work the next day. Luckily apple picking isn't too psychologically demanding, so we all muddled through with pagan cheer.

[@Krankyoldtime64]

that should read Kenny Cramps btw. Double Vision is a good place to start.

[@Krankyoldtime64]

Also unlike the UK liberty caps, fly agaric needs preparation before using. The effects are quite different as a tripping experience, so a 'heads up' there folks!

[@jlgordey]

LOL, last time I used mushrooms (80's), I ran 6 miles in my bare feet on a gravel road. My heart wanted to come out of my chest...Different mushrooms, different trips. Amanita (Death cap), can and have killed people, I have never heard of anyone dying from the more common magic mushrooms that people ingest today (Cuban blue, etc.). There are other common mushrooms here in the northern hemisphere that are both poisonous and halogenic. Wild.

[@johnkooy5327]

Shrooms all over my garden in the winter here in Auckland/New Zealand. Go easy on pine bark as a mulch if you don't want shrooms all over your garden😅🤣😂

[@Dloin]

What a trip this Video is

[@maplesbrandy]

Im interested to hear what the historians say and anthropologists say. The Vikings preferred to spread their stories word of mouth rather than write them down and the church tried to do away with much of their history.

[@dudepool7530]

Yeah, I don't allow myself to do hallucinogens around people. Had a couple of close calls before I realized "it's dangerous for me to trip around humans". Luckily I had a friend or two around who kinda understood me.

[@Andy_Babb]

I don’t take hallucinogens anymore just bc I’ve done enough of those in my life and im over it lol but one rule I did learn in my years of fun is this: when taking mushrooms NEVER take them with anyone who’s NOT also on mushrooms. They will immediately annoy you lol

[@danny-b75]

It's amazing that christrian, narrative portrays anyone different as savages.

[@muffaletta]

you lack understanding. The whole point is when a person lives and identifies with their passions they are no different than animals, which do the same. What makes a human, human is the fact he is made in the image of the Logos, which is reason, which is Jesus Christ, manifested into human flesh. Thats why Christians saw pagans as savages, because they did not did not lead their own life, their passions did, they are driven by the lower passions.... so who is in control? you or your desires? 'Control your passions or your passion will control you' example is a alcoholic. he is under the pattern of desire and cannot function without it. he is 'possessed' i will add todays times is worse than before, majority people at least in the west live by their desires and not by the Logos.

[@daltontrumbo1007]

This is your point of view, this is not the truth, Where is the logos in the witches hammer? Where was the logic in burning “witches”? Christianity with the crucified homo sapiens as the main logo, which reminds everyone everywhere and always where their slave place is in the world.

[@daltontrumbo1007]

No need to follow your passions, turn into a neurotic slave with regular panic attacks👌

[@daltontrumbo1007]

Forget about your nervous system, which according to your logic God gave you

[@yeehaw3792]

Would you have liked to live with them?

[@lowaqooz8314]

FYI the movie called The Northman is about Berserker Vikings...and how terrible but honorable they were.

[@henrikgustafsson6385]

No, you are wrong! It is called "Entrepreneurs". Listen for your self around 06:50

[@Ghazghkull460]

"Peace loving Christians of Europe" didn't realize this was a comedy

[@H4WL3YWOOD69]

I caught that instantly! Christians have killed more people.then anyone else in history that hitler and stealing combined and that still don't tuch there numbers of murders

[@AFeralGrin]

For Sure😵‍💫

[@urmom13st.]

I bet you think the crusades were unjustified and had nothing to do with islamic invasions of Europe. xD Lefty incel

[@charlesharper7292]

I found it, absolutely mesmerizing!

[@AxeMan808]

OH ALL RIGHT! I'll sub already.

[@Supergeologist]

Why didn't they use Psilocybin? They're pretty common in Autumn and can be dried and kept. I am wondering if this historian is actually confusing the 'magic mushrooms' i.e fly agaric with Psilocybin. A common misconception.

[@BaronVonHaggis]

gotta be takin the piss.

[@DropDieter]

You moosed be joking.

[@dfgdfg_]

Oh deer oh deer

[@DropDieter]

@@dfgdfg_ blown a cap off?

[@WinnieTheJew]

14:18 dunno why, but the clanging sound when Axe meets Helmet made me laugh my ass off! 😂

[@tomondiek2839]

like something out of tom and jerry

[@WinnieTheJew]

That's it! Looney Toons! 😂

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

AHH the Cat and mouse...the ever clear metaphor for universal conflict.... Alas ,poor old jerry ..he's not doing so well these days is he!..""the woman with the frying pan "" has gotten awfully stroppy and scary of late .brazen too .she's now white bread royalty haha. ..I do admit I love a good visual metaphor ...it's so succinct. Never fails to detonate the funny bone ..but yet so profoundly sad in today's climate. Alas and alack....woe is us . These palatable homespun documentaries are surely guilty of being morosely loose in thier descriptions of what is after all the intellectual food our children are served up to eat as corn fed facts . I sincerely believe they should be more correct in the application of the facts. If not for us but for the kids. Me being a father and everything I see how it latches onto the minds of our greatest hope. The next generation.....the cat and mouse metaphor mmm..yes I agree...

[@WinnieTheJew]

You sir, ought to be a poet laureate! 😀

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

@@WinnieTheJew not sure of that. But I'm sure of my opinions and I suppose that helps me react to the injustices I see in the world...there are too many people saying nothing. When they could be saying something relevant..no matter how small ..if it's relevant it's important...I'd prefer a low profile as you can see I don't keep a fancy profile. It's too much to waste when I have to rebuild my Chanel again when they close me down for expressing an interest in the world...I'm just a coalminers son from a turd town...but that's ok isn't it.... Relevance id say is important and spontaneous reaction to something that needs addressing is self actuating self evedendly poetic ...even when you aren't a poet .it just manifests itself relevant to the subject...I'm happy laying bricks for now. Good day to you sir .thanks for the thumbs up ..I think it's genuine...but there's a hell of a lot of tongues in cheeks so I'm sure you'll forgive me if I put you on the cynicism scales for neasure .I judge you true. All the best. .

[@lewisbrodnax7898]

One of t things that made t vikings longships so fast was that clinker-built hulls have a unique characteristic of chanelling air underneath the hull. You can see this by looking astern of such hulls while underway, there is a wake of froth left behind. So they are effectively cruising on air as much as water. And that makes a planing hull fast, very fast.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

The cool thing is that some of their boat building methods are still used today. The technology was and is still very relevant. Pretty cool that it has persisted from then until now, when we have computers in our hands.

[@diy_mushroomguy]

Makes sense mushrooms at a certain dose does enhance your vision. It's like you see clearer. Quite the experience.

[@Tubedude365]

Never tried Fly Agaric, was always told they would make you sick.

[@bo-dine7971]

Except for psilocybin basically all proper natural psychedelics make you spew; it's a part of the experience unfortunately lol but some of us can stomach it. I've never thrown up on LSA seeds yet I can't find one report on someone not puking on them, natural psychedelics are crazy but they actually do things to you unlike man-made garbage like LSD which just simulate the effects.

[@robwatson3027]

Fly Agaric does not produce psilocybin, and is more of a deliriant (ie you go mad) rather than a psychedelic (you have a nice groovy trip). Having said that, I'm not aware of any contemporary sources that suggest Vikings ever took mushrooms. Good video though, thanks.

[@jimilove7773]

Thanks!

[@GFarrsight]

ive done acid and and shrooms and have found myself reflecting on how dangerus i felt and powerful. ive gone in the backyard and done martial arts poses while on hrooms. it definetely can be used for battle if one has the right mindset.

[@stimpgimpson1206]

I felt powerful on once. That was acid, MDMA and Ketamine. Normally, I used to end up naked in my neighbour's garden.

[@visionaari]

I often feel much more powerful on shrooms than usual and fearless. It might be because I'm quite strong thanks to my gym hobby. I wouldn't fuck around with me when I'm on shrooms it just gives me that powerful "body high". Btw I'm from Finland

[@mattmatt6572]

I love fucking with weak minds on hallucinogens

[@GFarrsight]

@@visionaari same. I remember thinking if someone came through my front door with hostility right now id have my hands on them like lightning with ZERO hesitation lol

[@Mr.Dipchit169]

That is badass

[@Joshandcritters812]

Would it be possible to have ancestors who were berserkers?

[@chadwilliams4373]

it is not possible as the berserkers were all homosexual and never had children.

[@dylanhoward-om6pv]

@@chadwilliams4373 ahahaaaa omfg

[@Smallholdingonashoestring]

I've had fly agaric and liberty caps and no way could I have got angry least of all gone into battle whilst on either of them

[@toddaulner5393]

Working on a painting right now of Berserker and wulfhadan. Gotta get the energy!

[@toddaulner5393]

I am adding the other two also, the Jofurr and the Blodjegers.

[@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wc]

As someone who has extensive experience with "magic mushrooms" these bad side effects were more than likely from mistaking poison mushrooms for the good ones. When harvesting one must be very careful not to harvest a "red devil". Psylisybin ( I may have spelled that wrong) mushrooms have a slight purple or violet color on the bottom. The poison ones or, red devils have a reddish bottom and look very similar. They can make you feel sooooo sick. I tend to think that this was what gave them the worst side effects.

[@travellingjack8960]

Very little actual evidence presented here. A lot of "we think", "it must've been". Mainstreaming legends

[@user-rj8sc1ix7j]

It’s a KZbin video.. not a research paper. I’m sure you can find more factual information somewhere else lol

[@adders45]

Fly agaraet shrooms are lovely I eat/drink them regularly, they can make you sleep sometimes and other times it has the opposite effect. Seems to enhance the mood one is currently experiencing.

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

How on earth do you enjoy these things?...my one experiment left me shattered.. very murky and a dark sludgy trip that wasn't pleasant in a psilocybin way. ....what did I do wrong .if never try again

[@rvansteensel420]

yea its definitly not for everybody@@user-zo5um2vu1z

[@adders45]

@@user-zo5um2vu1z all in the prep,get it wrong yuk

[@dx5soundlabs939]

i trained martial arts for almost 30 years...i decided one day to see if i could still do my forms practice while tripping off a substantial dose of mushrooms...not only was i able to do it, i was executing techniques with a speed, intensity, and ferocity that was unlike anything i'd ever done before, to the point if i ever for some strange reason knew i was going to have to fight off like 10 armed assailants at once i'd 1,000% take some mushrooms beforehand lol...i can only imagine how insane an entire batalion of mushroom tripping vikings would be...

[@MiigsMusic]

As someone who has taken quite a few trips....mushrooms is not something you take for battle😂

[@antonvrb1510]

I play pool like a machine off my head on shrooms. Last thing I feel like is fighting.

[@jaydawg9036]

Mission commander: “ so I need you to take these, yea eat em all. Now go to the vatcin . Yea, hack, that’s right, like to pieces, yup, that’s right. Now your a good guy” 😂 ahhh u guys r hilarious

[@thisolddog2259]

Imagine going onto the battle field only to start cracking up laughing!

[@janetgies8698]

How did they eat, drink, etc. on those long ships? Were they for short distances?

[@ListenToPowerViolence]

Vikings rarely did more then day trips so they only needed some Stanley cups.

[@guttormurthorfinnsson8758]

dray fish and sour milk

[@henrikgustafsson6385]

Apparently, scurvy was not a problem, because of the shorter trips and/or because of dried fruits they brought along for sustenance. Something i heard, maybe it is wrong. Famine was a thing, so why not scurvy? Well, well.

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

Well they were portable enough to navigate far into the river network for fast sure access to inland targets.. Conversely they were the same ships that discovered North America..ie Newfound land....so it's a bit of a paradox really....They were amazingly versatile craft. Light enough to carry and run with but durable enough to navigate the high seas. The vikings were incredibly good navigators. For example they are known to have navigated by the sun in complete cloud cover in a storm by using the lodestone as a visual tool to find the position of the sun in every condition... Amazing civilization by anyone's standards. The vikings are among the most proficient and interesting of peoples..by any measure I know of ...

[@janetgies8698]

@@user-zo5um2vu1z Thank You!

[@henrikgustafsson6385]

"Entrepreneurs" - that's a new one! 🤣

[@davidpa9266]

Vikings would NOT invoke Odin before a battle, because it made you MORE likely to be killed in the upcomjng battle.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

One thing you don't mention is the strength difference. The Vikings were humans that fed mostly on fish and meat or a protein rich diet and were up against people that mostly fed on corn, grain and similar foods. The Viking diet is what body builders use today and Vikings were mostly people that did hard manual labor for most of their life as well.

[@s.v.2796]

Your selling hypothetical for actual. While we have some writing and some archeology, there is nothing solid to connect mushrooms with fierce fighting.

[@bekiil]

There was found cannabis seeds in one of the Norwegian Viking ships..

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

Thank you. They have NO IDEA. They're trying to rewrite history. This channel has lost credibility. ANY kind of credibility. Probably just reached out to some stoner.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@bekiil OH MY GOD ... seeds... really dude? Hemp is used to MAKE ROPE.

[@DenSchimmige]

@@HollyMoore-wo2mh that is what the church is indeed trying to do. Write everything to their hands.. into their favor. Brainwashing a lot of people.. Never trust them

[@chonqmonk]

*You're

[@SPWKarlsson]

Lindisfarne in 793 marks the beginning of the Viking Age, with Vikings targeting military strongholds, wealthy targets like oppressive monasteries and liberating occupied villages...

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

THEY were the occupiers for note. 'Oppressive monasteries' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 YOU are being LIED TO... and are LYING now.

[@mikeg2306]

Ironically the monesteries like Lindisfarne and Jarrow were built on islands off the coast because when converting the pagan Anglo-Saxons in the 7th century that was the safest place to be, but in the Viking Age it was the most exposed.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

WHO occupied the villages ...before the Vikings? Military strongholds? 🤣🤣 Damn... So the VIKINGS liberated ... the Anglo-Saxons? Do y'all ever READ a BOOK?

[@SPWKarlsson]

@@HollyMoore-wo2mh Christian Warrior Monk's Weren't ALL Pious Little Creepy Child Molesters. Taxes and Labor were Levied and Conversions WERE Made by the Sword...

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

A Viking would never jump out of a boat with his sword drawn.

[@bobleveille4316]

The last time I did shrooms I almost died… laughing 😂

[@civilengineer3349]

Ive taken magic mushrooms in chocolates and while I do get more happier and active, I also get tired faster

[@jdghok]

I make soup with them

[@jamesjohno1180]

Try drinking on them and taking a hand full of other psychoactive plants…you’ll be just like a berserker oh and believe it’s a god in you then you’ll know what they felt and not just sleepy😂

[@user-bi1yw1du7q]

Alot of lies in these stories.

[@Houdini-d]

Peace loving Christians got me.

[@user-bi1yw1du7q]

Yep, so much misinfo that I don't even know where to start.@@Houdini-d

[@petertuckergoettler5720]

"Good Stuff," merci.

[@Slipp_P]

If we all ate mushrooms, we wouldn't have wars anymore.

[@Mr--_--M]

And then they said "peace loving Christians". LOL good one 😂

[@Sheepdog1314]

complete bull$hit. This has long be debunked. Stick to facts instead of trying to get clicks from stoners.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

That's what I think they are doing. This channel was half way good but now has lost ANY kind of credibility. Probably just reached out to stoners.

[@HermitCamper]

I support the amanita muscaria idea, I use these often in small amounts. I could perform in combat. Add about 6 beers, let's rock.

[@JessTarn]

Terrance McKenna said Amanita muscaria is chemically very disappointing and he thinks the high regard is more for its symbolism.

[@aprioriaposteriori3676]

Amanita Muscaria is an awesome mushroom for both tripping and micro-dosing. But be very careful with higher doses. It's an extreme trip and you have to cook it right or else you end up on the toilet or the hospital.

[@chonqmonk]

@@aprioriaposteriori3676 Amanita muscaria contains no psilocybin and is not psychedelic. It will get you high but not in any way a psychedelic high, more like being drunk (so nobody that has ever tripped would call it tripping...); and it does nothing at all below the intoxicant level. Amanita Pantherina (the flatter yellow ones with white dots) contains the same chemical intoxicant as A. Muscaria, but is far more potent.

[@mymysticalside2842]

Are you talking about the peace-loving christians, who went on crusades and burned every man and woman, who understood nature, at the stake?

[@jamesjohno1180]

Yes the same Christian’s who went on a crusade to liberate the holy land from people who waged a war on innocent people… multiple times and those same people are trying to fight that war because it’s in their religion to do so Yes those same people who thought witches where real who didn’t know no better so they burnt them, look at other religions who killed people enslaved them up until recently😂 Christians where the lesser evil in comparison and they’ve always helped to stop evil, that being said they had kings they had goals they used the religion to make the peaceful people do things not so peaceful or they would have been killed

[@CoralRaeAllDay]

Yikes, comparing psilocybin to amphetamines? NOT the same.

[@foodreview6305]

There considered drugs thats all he was saying

[@kennethchristensen3582]

Yes, apples to oranges. And I speak from experience. I've done both, and they are nothing alike.

[@jeremymeadows9421]

It's not psilocybin.

[@johnathancoker8671]

this is a fascinating tale. as i had pondered weather or not the vikings were actually true warriors or merely raider rabble. sense they always attacked EZ targets. anyone with drugs determination and murderous intent can slaughter helpless peasants. but the last stand on that bridge finaly proved that they were infact capable of tactical analysis and as much skilled as they were ferocious. choosing a choke point and out fighting 40+ trained soldiers is a remarkable feat. certainly more than simple criminals. and it begs a question. what might a modern day berzerker look like? what if they hadnt been banned? i picture a man buff as a body builder, in tactical gear, but with bear-skin adornments like a cape with a hood made of a bear. and weilding a belt fed MG with grenades and an axe as a back up weapon. taking clinically perfected drugs pre packaged with a precise dosage before engaging the enemy. a raging soldier who can only be stopped via a bullet to the brain as any other injury would go unnoticed untill the battle was over. and with that, Swedish marines just became terrifying

[@timheavyable]

Pick psilocybin mushies every year in Ireland. Fields with thousands of them around late August and September before October's first frost.

[@erikkorhonen]

did you really suggest Christians, at that time ,were "peace loving"? lol

[@dollmob1206]

like third line in the show and i got the ick. peaceloving lol

[@jamesjohno1180]

They protected their lands and went and stopped the spread of heathens that where always wanting to attack the Christian’s and take their land, the priests where peaceful they didn’t fight but the people did because they wanted to stop the evil and protect their faith, the people didn’t know no better that’s what life was to them and for everyone on the face of the earth you had to do this or you’d be rolled over So maybe not peaceful but the end goal was peace and to bring peace and to stop the invaders and stop their heathen way of life, because they where kinda killing each and everyone

[@DenSchimmige]

Shows how deep rooted the victim role is within these people...

[@annaracker1444]

Yep.. at the words of “ peace loving Christian’s “ I said out loud “oh f*%k off “

[@alexperriman9298]

Mostly, yes. Evolving slowly from the violence of the Dark ages, peasant families just wished to produce enough crops or livestock to feed themselves and pay their tolls, tributes and taxes to their landowner. Of course they were peace loving. The torture chambers and prisons of the church or political conflicts and wars of the aristocracy had nothing to do with peace or Christianity. So basically.... not much has changed. 😂

[@quitcallinmebill1699]

Not true. If you have ever eaten mushroom you will know why. Whatever it was that made berzerkers do what they did. It wasnt mushrooms.

[@skidesco]

I disagree.

[@vorpalblades]

There are many different species of psychoactive mushrooms, hippie.

[@CasperHarris950]

If you are a blood thirsty vikijg and you take mushrooms, you will be a high bloody thirsty viking

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Amanita Muscaria is toxic as hell. Bad shit. But the general consensus is that it was ergot of rye..which is also really bad shit. And with both of those it is impossible to regulate your dosage. Not at all like pleasant little Psylocibe Cubensis...

[@glauvie]

The thumbnail mushroom is what Germans call the Fliegenpilz (flying-fungus) because the legend was that it’s what makes reindeer fly when they eat it. This particular mushroom will indeed kill you.

[@markwagoner3599]

I used to do a lot of LSD when I was younger, I'm 65 now and I tried shrooms and guess what? I used to box and they made me want to fight. So speak for yourself, we are all different and react differently.

[@JamesBaylockJr]

Who is this narrator? Love his voice. This sounds like the guy who narrates ‘The Final 24’ which I ABSOLUTELY love. Would watch more with this or these narrators if they are not the same guy…

[@mattmatt6572]

It is deffinately possible. Maybe probable if the item were found on genuine archeological dig sights. but I am skeptical as I know some times items found places where they don't belong were simply obtained by somone from somewhere they weren't spose to take them from so they lie as to where they found said items. Really who knows I kinda bought into the bit that the Egyptians had trade with South America but also believe this may have occurred befor the land masses split apart as I think that happened well after humans were on earth

[@MrThedoctor1972]

Guess you have never tripped on mushrooms.

[@phillipmerritt1428]

See o missed to much of video, for I believe it was about Viking berserker. I learned more from the comments.

[@mosthated863]

But do they still smash down mushrooms before doing reenactments? That would be a good watch

[@wrongfootmcgee]

imagine hallucinating intensely while conducting the horrors of battle blood spraying men screaming while animal skin clad dudes, trippn nuts and filled with battle lust, create whirlwinds of four dimensional terror around them what a wild trip that would be wouldnt take long to start playing with the pieces created thus... reminds me that consuming of ones foe is also a very old battle field tradition

[@altapeasley1804]

Right. Shrooms just made me hear different languages and be really quite calm. I never felt the urge to kill anyone 😳

[@amandaharris5055]

And? They dont effect everyone the same.

[@GAMMAGOMA]

As a modern berserker, i can say there is one rule that can bring bloodshed to a place when I've had a enough to drop my restraints. Hurt me or those i love, and you will die before i will.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

There is a slight inaccuracy in this documentary. The heads on long boats were always Ormurinn Langi or Miðgarðormur (the long worm, one of Loki's children) and that was never shaped like a bird.

[@dazbeal5438]

i used to take lsd or liberty cap mushrooms in my early teens . one day i had a very bad trip and it changed my persona permenently . as my mind was still developing im sure ive had something like a mild psychotic break . ...

[@user-lj4hi4lo4x]

All I did was laugh and get stuck in my driver seat for 11 hours then moved to the passenger seat for another 2 hours 😂😅🤣😂🤣😂

[@bigt2731]

Why you driving on shrooms?

[@caewalker9276]

I recon that if I was off my Guts on mushys, I wouldn't know how to fight. I'd be freaking out at my reflection in a lake.😂

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Lindisfarne absolutely mystical place to visit 😊

[@SuperStormNora]

One of my favorite book series is about berserkers and the author does not use the term "viking" and takes place in a small saxon town where some berserkers take the main character as a slave. Highly recommend The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer!

[@64fairlane305]

Another legend. Ever seen Spartacus(2010)? When Gannicus leaves his shield & armour and fights bare with one sword in each hand? Only the most skilled warriours can do this. This is the original meaning of "going berserk". Englishmen has never understood this and made up their own myths like here.

[@JbunnyC]

😂 just imaging sitting around waiting for that to kick in! Should we start heading that way before they start fighting?

[@anncbower5564]

The Nordic warriors known as berserker were psyched up into such a rage as well the usage of psychedelics like hallucinogenic mushrooms were the elite 1's. Even with a sword stuck into them, they kept going like a amped up Energizer Bunny. The only way to stop was severing an artery till they bled out & they wouldn't know it or chopping their heads off. 🤷‍♀️

[@UnleashedTraining101]

It’d probably be like Hafthor on bath salts 🤣

[@Sir_Typesalot]

“Striking terror into the hearts of the 'peace loving' Christians all over the European continent.” As a peace loving atheist I took this as sarcasm, and must conclude that they didn’t do their job properly. My instant thought was “You had one job, lads! One!”

[@shawndunlap714]

My name is Shawn from Miami Florida and I can tell you from first hand experience,,, you don't run around killing ANYTHING tripping on shrooms 😂

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting

[@manfromanotherplace2918]

Also known to have used Henbane . ( part of the concoction known to be used by witches to “fly”)

[@Tomoose736]

"A viking sword could dole out death in a 'number' of vicious ways." Next guy: it's definitely a slashing weapon, you can also use it to stab!

[@magsman448]

Rumour has it Egyptian Artisans performed hallucinogenic mushroom ceremonies before every shift of the construction of the mighty pyramids.

[@danielmazurvideos]

The Double-Edged Sword, when they cut you once then you bleed twice.

[@ffehb]

Im swedish, once i ate mushrooms and that night a group of guys tried to rob me in my home about an hour into the trip. Long story short they did not succeed. When I realized there was danger there was a complete shift mentally. I became super focused and extremely calm. The only thought i had was “i guess I’ll just kill them”. Grabbed my axe and opened the door. Luckily i didnt kill anyone they ran fast af. Once it was over i realized i was naked. Just before they showed up i was getting ready for a shower. Mushrooms in my opinion would be better than most drugs in combat.

[@capcrunch7935]

Major cap 😭😭😭😭

[@ffehb]

@@capcrunch7935 just try eating some and go train some boxing or something. Youll understand then.

[@ffehb]

@@capcrunch7935 for sure id consume mushrooms instead of alcohol if ever expect a fight. That story rly isnt cap. They tried to rob me in my home because i was selling mushrooms and weed at the time.

[@ffehb]

@@capcrunch7935 ive been in situations before. Never experienced anything like it mentally.

[@ffehb]

@@capcrunch7935 minimum 4 years for a simple handgun here rn. Thats why i only had an axe available.