Egill Skallagrímsson: The Warrior Poet (Viking History Explained)

[@chesterstevens8870]

The Saga if Egil is one of my favorites. As a former Asatruar, and an infantryman who once looked up to Berserkers as role models, The Saga of Egil is a milestone for me.

[@ZanderNH]

Former Asatruar? Why former may I ask?

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

Was wondering the same He problebly found god🤪🤣🤣

[@colinp2238]

@@ZanderNH He must have had a long life as it's now the 21st century.

[@chesterstevens8870]

@Primitivefuturisticman Because while I appreciate Nordic sagas as parable and allegory, and see the value in them as I would from stories of any other faith, that's not really enough reason for me call myself a pagan or whatever. Plus all the times I would actually go out to a troth it turned out to just be a pretentious barbecue with overweight LARPers; my time is more valuable than that

[@coconuciferanuts339]

His poetry has preserved his name.

[@yannikoloff7659]

From the top of my head I remember more details then this guy telling us. During his early life Egill became to be pariah in his neighbourhood. He would get in games with everyone and then argue about smallest things and fighting with everyone. So eventually no one wanted to play with him. So his only hope was on annual meeting "Thing", to find companion from other places. His parents forbade him to go, but he go anyway. Egill join in a game drunk, started argueing and eventually been told off. After that he return home for the axe, split the head of much older boy and started a big fight between clans. Several people were killed. Obviously his father being strong viking warrior protected son's life. But things were closed to Egill. And future in Iceland was bleak. Were ever he would go, he was risking to meet angry opponents, wishing his death. And he also got bad reputation nationwide. His mother told him that she would get him a ship so he could be a viking. Basically viking life was considered criminal, but if they going to Europe, then it's okey to bring some gold back. So Egill run away with his brother and became to be rich. To much typing, just read saga yourself

[@takashinijino2257]

I always loved Viking history and I love your videos. Thank you!

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

I’m learning it everyday and the truth scares me.

[@Dear1Stupit1Dog]

He did exist, since his grave has been found along with other findings. But there is no doubt that his Saga was heavily romanticized by Snorri Sturluson.

[@MrKristo2002]

He did exist since he is my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather.

[@ElMexicanDonald]

@@MrKristo2002 same 30th grandpa lol. Funny enough my family gets angry and it comes and goes. Myself does sometimes.

[@coconuciferanuts339]

@@MrKristo2002 That many Grandfathers eh!. Mmm,Egil seems like a wild,strong,,powerful person of er 8 or 9th century.He seems to have been head strong but also helped many people.But still a vikinger killer & poss.berserker.His poetry has made his infamy recorded to now very much like Japan's Musashi who also wrote & painted.I see both of these great warriors who killed many people as somehow memorable.The sorceress of Odin was similar to the Druids who were anniliated by the Romans.They worshipped the trees just like the Runic people.

[@strider4life696]

I thought Skallagrimsson specialized in using pommels to end his foes rightly lol

[@kittykilljoy1832]

As I’ve actually read this story for school and taken exams and know too much about it, there are things that are missing in this video, but it’s rather accurate.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Kindof reminds me of the warrior poets of japan. Fun fact Warrior Poet is a TVtrope, and even my favorite series of all time (hxh 2011) has one whose power comes directly from how well his poetry is. Fun stuff!

[@ericstorm6582]

Egill Skallagrímsson, a poet, farmer, viking...and a fucking sorcerer A man every Icelander is proud to be related to

[@sarahgirlisit]

Another great one.

[@MrZtones]

Like Óðinns response to RalpAlpha's comment states there has been allot of archilogical evidence excavated that proofs, as much as any historical evidence can proof, his existence. There is probably not a single Icelander that doubts Egils existence. We are tought that he is a historical figure not a semimythological one like Ragnar Loðbrók.

[@PeacewithGod22]

Egils saga is the most real and exciting book ever written even though some things are exaggerated one of my favorite parts is when he defends friedgier and gydas honour against ljot the pale (chapter 65) the true nature of egil (the warrior poet) is on full display!

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

I need to read the book.

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Good book with magical saga s.But an historical account of those pre-Christian days.

[@hernehaugen6878]

My mum likes to gush about how I was reading and running upright by age two, but like Egill here, I would take that with a hefty grain of salt

[@svenkrules9855]

Mans got points allocated in Warrior class and Bard class. As all Bards should!

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

EGILL (eagle ) is a cunning mysterious dangerous vigilante . Don’t mess with eagles or owls ( or any birds, or people with a bird as a sport animal )

[@HeidiLandRover]

Egil complained of cold feet as well - another possible symptom of Paget's. After his death they exhumed his remains and attacked his skull with an axe - the skull survived unmarked. Some people said it had a ridged appearance like a scallop shell. What a brute! :-D

[@TheSuperPsychaholic]

I hope he existed since I'm a direct decendant of him and wouldn't be here myself if he didnt

[@robeh2505]

Thats cool, i read the saga's and wondered who i was related to, as i'm from the first settlers of Iceland too. Turns out, according to Icelandic roots. I'm related to the Olafsons in the Laxdaela Saga, From Harald Wartooth's kin, Ketil Flat-Nose, Unn The DeepMinded, Melkorka/Kjartan, Snorri Sturluson, Thorstein The Red and King Olaf of Scotland, all related. In the Laxdaela Saga, Egil Skallagrimon's grand daughter married into that Laxdaela family.. I figured all this stuff out from reading the Saga's and simply using wikipedia to follow the predecessors of King Harald Wartooth. In Egil's Saga, they say that King Olaf of Scotland was Scottish on his dads side and Norwegian on her mom's side, from Ketil Flat-Nose's kin. He as well as Ragnar Lothbrok, are related to Harald Wartooth. Ketil died in Scotland (No he never stepped foot in Iceland, his children did. Don't watch that Viking show on fake history channel.) During this time his grandson, Thorstein the Red, took to raiding Scotland and made a truce, became King for about 2 weeks before treacherously being killed. That is how i know i'm related to King Olaf of Scotland, who was the King at war with Aethlestan in the latter part of Egil's saga. After Thorstein's death, they went to Iceland, Unn married off Thorstein's daughter's in the Orkney's, Hebrides, Shetland and Faroe islands, from them, the descendants of Dukes and Earls

[@bboyg1]

How do you know you are a direct descended?

[@TheSuperPsychaholic]

@@bboyg1 we have a very detailed ancestry website in Iceland, i can trace all my ancestors and how I'm related to them. It's pretty cool browsing that site, I've also found out I'm a direct descendant of duke Rollo of Normandy

[@Youbeentagged]

Saw Egil the bastard on vikings, reminded me of Egil Skallagrimsson

[@jacobharris3208]

The year 904 would be in the 10th century 🤦‍♂️

[@alexandrahulett5742]

Shocking that Egill getting drunk when he was three years old

[@Nimvar]

In europe we give kids bits of beer since they are small just because they want to taste when adults drink...not a big think....nobody gives enough to a kid that he'd get drunk

[@alexandrahulett5742]

ZuKO LF true

[@yannikoloff7659]

Come on, Obelix drunk a whole pot of potion as a toddler...

[@Ian-yf7uf]

@@Nimvar in Berlin they have a beer called kinder Bier. It's very low percentage alcohol and like a soda. Alcohol is not as sang as people think.

[@TheMrEgils]

thanks

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

Follow the words, the riddle and the poem.

[@egilljegilsson9313]

My Ancestor, 27 people born between us 910-1991. He was most definately real, icelandic people have records dated back to 750 AD. All found on Islendingabok.is

[@heidibevan1916]

Ok so I have just binge watched all of the channels that I subscribe to 😂 I hadn't realised how much I'd actually missed 😕 O.M.G there was a lot to catch up on but I enjoyed every bit of it 😄 by the way I'm guessing that you'v never ridden a horse 🐎

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Never 🐴

[@heidibevan1916]

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[@scottfuller1711]

If he was born in the year 904 and lived to the year 995, he didn't live in the 9th century, he lived in the 10th. Year 0-99 was the first century, year 100- 199 was the 2nd, etc...etc...

[@adamnordskog1231]

״Sab’a-0th״

[@ancientsurvival]

Perhaps it's time for you to ride a horse and get drunk, if you've done neither. Not trying to be a bad influence, but...life experiences....

[@htoodoh5770]

He probably didn't got drunk. But I know rare children who are very gifted in literature.

[@blackeyegraal2370]

15 more days!!!

[@benediktisland]

Egill Skallagrímsson was "real" but the stories....nobody knows. .......................................................................................................................................................Egill Skallagrímsson (910) Ásgerður Bjarnardóttir (915)Þorgerður Egilsdóttir um 939Þorbjörg „digra“ Ólafsdóttir (960)Ingveldur Vermundardóttir (1000)Þorgerður Yngvildardóttir (1020)Yngveldur Hauksdóttir (1060)Snorri Húnbogason (1100) - 1170Narfi Snorrason um 1135 - 1202Snorri Narfason um 1175 - 13. sept. 1260Narfi Snorrason um 1210 - 1284Snorri Narfason um 1260 - 9. mars1332 Ormur Snorrason (1320) - eftir1401 Guttormur Ormsson 1345 - 26. maí 1381Loftur „ríki“ Guttormsson um 1375 - 1432Ólöf Loftsdóttir um 1410 - 1479Sólveig Björnsdóttir um 1450 - 1495Þorleifur Pálsson (1485) - 1558Ásmundur Þorleifsson (1540) - eftir 1588Sesselja Ásmundsdóttir (1580) - (1670)Jón Daðason 1606 - 13. jan. 1676Solveig Jónsdóttir (1645) - fyrir 1703Sigmundur Sæmundsson 1675Magnús Sigmundsson 1722 - 1. nóv. 1797Steinunn Magnúsdóttir 1756 - 19. júlí 1816Guðrún Finnbjarnardóttir 1787 - 16. apríl 1850Finnur Gestsson 31. júlí 1823 - 8. sept. 1884Sigríður Finnsdóttir 5. mars 1868 - 14. júlí 1935Þórunn Pálína Borgey Guðjónsdóttir 5. okt. 1900 - 10. feb. 1992Halldór Guðmundur Benediktsson 30. apríl 1930 - 21. jan. 1967Benedikt Halldórsson 12. jan. 1956

[@benediktisland]

Egils father was Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, mother Bera Yngvarsdóttir.Egils grandfathers, Kveldúlfur Brunda Bjálfason and Yngvar and so on :)

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Wow,that's incredible that you cam trace back so many centuries & generations.That's the beauty of living in a small country like Iceland I suppose.I want to thank Icelandic commenter's here for us "outsiders"for being so nosy.

[@Son-of-Tyr]

You do understand the 900's would be the 10th century...

[@egilolavanseth1252]

I love it. Hilsen Egil Olav.

[@CainTheMain]

Christ, the dude was ending fools since he was 7. Who needs a rite of passage?

[@e.v.i.]

didnt he also right my mother told me?

[@rmcshan870]

It’s hard to think he was real seeing there’s no concrete evidence of he and bloodaxe existed like you said. But it would be epic if they did.

[@ThatIcelandicDude]

The ruins of his farm have been found, including some English silver from around the time, His corpse was dug up, as well as his father's and son's and plenty more, the man who documented his history Snorri Sturluson was his decentant and he grew up on his farm as well, so I don't know what you call real evidence, but whatever the criteria is it appears to be pretty hard to qualify as a real person to you...

[@garychynne1377]

real enough

[@jeffthuot5631]

Who wrote the saga? is it himself ?

[@bluemoonhub]

It was Snorri Sturluson

[@kevindanner2090]

You should do Rurik

[@johnnyjoe1718]

Of course Egill existed. He is my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather :)

[@horapimpdottir7053]

Egill skallagrímsson is my grad grad grad grad grad grad grad grad father #icelandic and yes he is real or my famly history is lying and my DNA is lying to me

[@dammi0641]

Já hann var til

[@egilskauls2702]

Ey my name is Egils, im Latvian!

[@fossegrims]

Parts are real. I’m a descendant. The family name changed to Grimson when they immigrated to the states. Skallagrimsson is cooler though.

[@benstiller5054]

Skallagrímsson is not a family name, Egill was Skallagrímur’s son, hence the name

[@colinp2238]

This is a good telling of the story but hearth is pronounced harth not herth.

[@khalifa5756]

I think he was real

[@Catnime365]

Coming from mythology and fiction. Your great btw keep doing what you are doing

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Thanks for watching :D

[@dawudyelton1392]

at 3 yrs old, i had yet to do one of those things...hahahahha; i got drunk at 2, mom had a party, i snuck out of the bedroom and proceeded to grab everyone beers on shorttables, everyone thought it was hilarious; i teetering around the rooms, walking into walls, my mom said, the next day? my pampers? whewwww!

[@htoodoh5770]

3 year?

[@markbaldwin9859]

I think he is part real or a mix of diffent people and I don't think he live up to that old.

[@froston482]

It was a great summarized explanation of Egill but how he got the name Skallagrimsson was left out. I believe that Egills' father Ulf and his brother Thorolf play a big role in the life of Egill.

[@motordude67]

Egil in norse means something like "respect/honour/swords edge". Back then, boys were named after their father, so Egils father was Grim, hence Grimsson. The norse used lots of nicknames, and "skalla" means "bald", even today, in Norwegian. So Egils father was called Grim the Bald or Skalla Grim. So putting it all together Egil "the son of Grim the bald" or Egil Skallagrimsson.

[@theprinceofdarkness4679]

Ulfr was Egill's grandfather Ulfr was called Kveldúlfr because of his evening habits Kveldúlfr's coffin was what showed Skallagrímr where to build his house and claim his land

[@caroline7648]

I think he's real people just exaggerated his life