Daily Life of Viking Women- Documentary

Mini-documentary featuring the daily life of a Viking woman.
Copyrighted UWGB
Haley, Emily, Wynne
All images taken off Google, not our own.

[@wendeln92]

So many people here are being so critical, as a long time reenactor/living historian (whatever) I'm usually pretty critical of how things are presented as far as accuracy, etc. But from what I can tell this is obviously a student film and was made for many other purposes than exacting historical detail.

[@stevejohnson6858]

When addressing the women freedom one ought to address the other side of these issues in the area of responsibility. In Germanic culture, adultery was frowned upon even during pre-Christian times and it would not go any better for a woman committing it than a man. She might even find herself being whipped and her family paying the man and/or his family to assuage her guilt and soothe his wounded honor. Freedoms yes, some ancient form of feminism, most assuredly not. One must be careful not to project our wishes or desires of how our ancestors lived upon how they actually did live, what they actually did believe etc etc.

[@FrenchViking466]

rs 4h5 Exactly what i want to know?

[@moonlily1]

Well, adultery for WOMEN in the Viking age was severely punished, but NOT men, who could have several mistresses and even bring them into their home to live alongside their wives. Women could, however, live with a man to whom they were not married without becoming outcasts, and there was no social distinction between children born within or outside of wedlock, no concept of "bastards" or laws preventing inheritance in such a case.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

😐 Adultery wasn't at all frowned upon. Norse mythology is full of extramarital activity, sometimes with the husband present. Canut, King of England, Denmark and a few other bits, was well known to have kept his mistress even after marriage, and is said to have called her "the Queen of the North". Sex with, and offspring of, slaves was extremely common. Your statement is utterly ridiculous, besides unnecessary. I expect your next idea is going to be that they only did opposite sex missionary, while you know about the existence of Loki. Our ancestors were not Christians and held none of those values

[@jchow5966]

Thank you - this is so interesting.

[@semperludens9241]

3:12 Is that a Viking-age bride with a late 18th century light cavalry sabre? I wish my wife came with gifts from a thousand years into the future :O

[@moonlily1]

Her shawl obviously wouldn't have been plaid though. That's Scottish. The shawls/cloaks would have been a herringbone chain weave, secured with a pin or pennular circle clasp.

[@zakariazaki7513]

I appreciate your feelings all women Scandinavian keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco

[@leehitt4704]

Can you list your sources? I would like to look through them if possible. It was difficult to read them in the credits.

[@jaysgotjokesofficial]

Sited sources are literally shown at the end of the video.

[@bjornaltgangster1370]

You can barely hear what their saying

[@abnerrivera3530]

well done

[@sussyfallen2914]

if anyone points out that viking women had head scarves as a reason to let muslims have the same on exams and work, may I remind that these were for a practical purpose and had no restriction of when to wear, only a purpose.

[@stevejohnson6858]

Young unmarried women let their hair down while married females would most often keep theirs tied up in head cover. This was neither Muslim nor even Christian influence but pagan/heathen Norse culture.

[@rudyishoggin]

Lord Odin taught jebus to spread the other cheek

[@akimazzim1822]

Usuzi you are pig

[@jezuzmaximum7510]

Islam makes women wear that scarf all the time, Vikings don't always have to wear that. Besides Islam would have destroyed the beautiful culture and religion of the Vikings because they are "infidels."

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

Islam doesn't "make" women wear a hijab -- there are plenty of Muslim women who don't wear one. If you want to get technical, Christian and Jewish women are also supposed to cover their hair, but only the Orthodox/fundamentalist actually do. It's a choice a woman makes, and there's literally no reason a woman who chooses to wear one shouldn't be allowed to cover her hair at school or work.

[@vernwilson6910]

Some women are very inspiring, That's what makes them special,, Besafe everyone,

[@yeetmachine1737]

Argh de gode gamle dage! Vi skal da tilbage brødre!

[@Godisfirst21]

The background music is too distracting and hard to hear.

[@BriarCrawford]

I wonder...could those rounded glass seem-smoothers be heated a bit? Or would it cause the glass to break? If they could be, they would actually work really well at getting out wrinkles and what not.

[@CaptainFrankBlack]

Cheyanne Murray yes

[@angelalycos2.076]

You made the music a little too overpowering. It's lovely and I actually adore that song, but not when I'm trying to hear you.

[@richstone2627]

Wrong type of sword but I enjoyed the video. Most people wouldn't notice but I'm really into weapons of the Viking Age. Thank you.

[@Halfdanr_H]

Yes that stuck out like a sore thumb to me too

[@AdrianaMVPrayerPodcastShow]

This sounds so Irish 😂😂😂😂

[@jchow5966]

The Vikings sere in Ireland for hundreds of years…. Some of them stayed in Ireland abd were absorbed into society. Any last name of city/town name that ends in “by” is Norse (nordic) amd is from Viking settlements/heritage. Irish people have a significant amount of Nordic ancestry.

[@Tyrfingr]

love was insignificant ? this was not the feudal system. Women had more to say on the marriage than you make out, they could also terminate a marriage if the man were dishonorable. The pre-christian era were not a male dominated culture. The real weight came from the family name, it was important that the social structure were loyal. Accounts have also been written down of women who were fiercer in confrontations than men. When the vikings landed in America and encountered Indians, a woman of the viking tribe were beating her chest with a sword when combat ensued which scared off the indians for a fortnite, before they decided to return. They tried to capture the woman during a night assault, but they were killed by her and she apparently left her husband afterwards because he "hid behind with the ships". This guy was apparently not a warrior, but the woman came from such a family. He were of lower class so she apparently choose him, which wasn't unusual then. Women had the ability to give birth, and the gods they adhered to were also honored in that the choice of a woman were a decree by the gods. The female were not chattel back then amongst the "heathens" but honored and seen as the future of a family. Women were raised not to be commanded but to choose and act wisely as the offspring were the future of the family. Some women swore themselves to different gods, as not all women were content to be housewives. It was a very complex society and hardly everything is understood, but we do know that the medieval feudalistic system were foreign to a people who valued freedom and individual independence. Hence the choices of Gods that people choosed to follow.

[@Jauhl1]

Throughout history marriage was always a business venture before a love affair. It was incredible easy to starve to death with a bad harvest even with a good homestead. A new family's existence rested a lot on the parents ability to support them through bad times. Which is why these people's had so much say in setting up the marriage. In Scandinavia there were something called the "poor man's price", a minimum amount of silver a man had to raise and give to the father for the bride in order for the marriage to be legal. Viking women could divorce yes and the financial ramification of this could keep the husband honest, yet such consequences rippled through the entire extended family on which the woman depended.

[@the_aztecc]

does anyone know what the song in the background is called and who sang it?

[@Pontapistol]

Duivelspack - Völuspá

[@Gjetiz]

yggdrasil

[@jakemarsh8967]

Yggdrassil, it's a very good song check it out, also check out Herr Mannelig it's also a good song

[@ShadyLadyBeauty]

You mean norse. Viking is something you do not a race.

[@quezcatol]

thats right but most what was written about scandinavia was what europe saw from the north, which was the vikings and trhus their civilization became known as the vikings.

[@volkhardsmithsr.3687]

quezcatol Wouldn't that be Northmen and not Vikingr

[@Gjetiz]

A viking is a sea man, Vikings=Sea Peoples from Scandinavia

[@bokvarv1926]

Actually is is to go a viking, meaning among other things to go raiding. It could also originate from VIK =Bay, the people in the bays/fjords, again they were traders, craftsmen, explorers and victims of christian genocide.

[@himbam79]

All of theese "I-Know-It-All" in here :) funny . Anyone actually lives in Scandinavia?

[@woodsjos]

Very beautiful :)

[@katiewhatley8438]

How about freydis on Vikings show??

[@waynefredrickson6780]

Hello from England wish I had viking ancestors

[@ImagNEerie]

there is a possibility you may have had an ancestor that may of been a viking. Scandinavians have had a presence throughout England and the UK in the past.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

"a presence" Canut: am I a joke to you?

[@jchow5966]

You probably do! They were in the Uk and some of them stayed…..

[@jchow5966]

You probably do!

[@ernaaslan102]

Okok...but Viking is a job description not an ethnic group.

[@brianhardrada1297]

Viking women wearing Scottish tartan,😄

[@jchow5966]

The Vikings spent a lot of time in Scottland - some stayed in Scottland and some sent back home.

[@mattpavey3062]

💜💙

[@augustynowicz1]

What did that man READ? Im Norwegian and didnt understand a world almost. Hus was correct..

[@robertk9753]

augustynowicz1 your beautiful

[@jakemarsh8967]

augustynowicz1 yes it was a bit weird, I couldn't understand much either

[@garychynne1377]

HI SWEETIE. LIKE T' GO FOR A BOAT RIDE. IT ALWAYS WORKED IN THE OL' DAYS. HAVE FUN GARE

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

Norse woman did not wear bras and panties. FAIL!

[@elska3759]

Well i think someone had a problem researching because a viking is a raid so VIKING womans will be healers, warriors, or farmers searching for new land. If you ment NORSE woman you should look for something at least related to it, because, for example do you really think that cloak will help you in the harsh -20°C of Sweden's winter? And the norse women were free people independent of parents, brothers and husbands, they could own propperty and marry WHOEVER they wanted because they were free, and the thing of the hair was something of the Christian's middle age, not the pagan one

[@stevenhall171]

angel García you should read the Sagas, your truth is off a bit.

[@hilmarheathkliff9511]

this is so badly made... costume props audio and everything