History Summarized: Vikings

Grab your swords and hop in your longboats, because it's time to learn a thing or two about the Vikings!
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[@finnChitwood]

in the words of a brilliant icelandic magazine: “viking was a seasonal, temporary occupation, not an ethnicity.”

[@ningenJMK]

It was a seasonal temp work. Walmart was hiring

[@13ciaran13000]

Ah yes, the great Walmart Associate civilization. A rich history indeed....

[@benlewis5312]

@@ningenJMK You mean IKEA was hiring

[@davidnotonstinnett]

I mean, culture can be defined by insider and outside, and for a lot of people this was their exposure to Scandinavian culture. If Walmart associates started invading Australia and that was their only exposure to the United States, then they would call the US the Walmart civilization and they wouldn’t be wrong given that a part of the culture involved that invasion. Is their complexity and nuance? For sure. But the story we have in history and popular culture exists for a reason too.

[@nordicfalcon]

@@davidnotonstinnett Very well put, good sir. Cold one on me 🍺

[@kangaskhan7164]

5:43 King of France: Paris is a beautiful place and I hope it stays that way forever Vikings: *hello would you like to talk about our lord and savior Odin*

[@whoknows7968]

*And our other four war gods!*

[@sflaningam7680]

Not so much a savior as he is our stern All-Father. Also the original Santa Claus.

[@GojiraGhoul]

Steven Flaningam Saint Nikolaos of Myra has Odin beat. “Santa" means Saint and “Claus" is a later form of the name Nikolaos.

[@sflaningam7680]

@@GojiraGhoul While Saint Nick is the reason name is Santa Claus, Odin remains the O.G. Christmas is actually an amalgamation of the Roman Saturnalia and the Norse Yuletide. At the end of Yuletide, which lasted from December first to the Winter Solstice, Odin would ride down on his eight legged steed and distribute fortunes for the new year depending on offerings and good deeds done. The deeds had to be done simply because it was right thing. So we've got an elderly deity, with an all seeing eye and every bird on earth to cover his blind spots, who lives very far north, has the Dwarfs ofNidavellir as workers, and during December is taking stock of your charitable acts. "He sees when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake." Saint Nick was used as Odin's stand in or replacement when Christmas became a gift giving holiday, because of the Christian "No Gods except Jesus' Dad" thing. Nick filled the role nicely, being the patron saint of children, sailors, thieves, and prostitutes, and giving his first gifts by being as sneaky as the All-Father. Yuletide is also where we get the use of the pine tree and the mistletoe. As for why Santa's fat, blame the Coke Cola company!

[@andrewrivard9312]

haha lol

[@nickschlack7246]

Fun Fact: The Vikings were a surprisingly hygienic people, bathing every Saturday and even bleaching there hair blonde to prevent the spread of lice while the rest of Medieval Europe bathed much less often.

[@joshuakusuma5953]

Time God A lot of peoples back then were surprisingly hygienic. The Ancient Egyptians were obssessed (spelling?) with hygiene. So much that they saw body hair as unhygienic. Oddly enough, so do the Ancient Greeks. The Ancient Egyptians even invented the toothbrush.

[@pathogenoxide6917]

I recall there were ALOT of sermons about them damn clean and well groomed vikings stealing their women.

[@HIPEOPLE1887]

Nick Schlack that's a myth also. Maybe the Vikings were a lot more hygienic given people at the time made special note of how much they cared, but medieval people bathed fairly often as well.

[@eruyommo]

Nick Schlack Actually, Renaissance people were dirtier than Medioeval people. They started to not clean because of the plague and the medical ideas of their time. Yeah, medicine sucked then.

[@KungKras]

Ancient Egypt is not "back then"

[@narri214]

no mention of the Varangian Guard or my favorite ancient graffiti, the runes in the Hagia Sophia, that basically translate to "Halvdan Carved These Runes" or "Halvdan was here"

[@a.cunningham4974]

Humans are walking shit posters, but even better is a buncha nordic runes in a cave in the Isle of Skye in Skotland, that when finally translated basicly said: This Is Very High

[@tehbonehead]

"Halvdan? Never heard of him." -Kilroy

[@sockmonkey6666]

The nordic people also created what is basically the rap battle.

[@emeraldemperor2601]

@@sockmonkey6666 yas flytin' is my favorite pasttime

[@The-Silliest-Little-Guy]

@@emeraldemperor2601 yet you are still no good at rhyme

[@disartster]

So, Blue has awesome hair, is incredibly smart, does fencing for hobby AND can sing? #BlueForNextDisneyPrince

[@DragonHunter24]

Margarita Romančenko he only needs a strong man that rescues him

[@rpaplham14]

Can sing in the dragon language is a definite plus

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

@@DragonHunter24 prince as in the ones nobody knows the names of

[@Khe11endross]

@@DragonHunter24 I think Red can fill that role pretty well.

[@emeraldemperor2601]

@@Khe11endross sounds good

[@ajaxmaye2520]

Blue: "Let's you and I pretend that none of this ever happened. K? Cool!" Me: "I don't think so, Bluevakin."

[@cosmokeith]

That is the best play-on name I've seen in a while.

[@anarnarqelion4403]

Chibiborn

[@Rozdlc]

Blue can sing too?? Would it be much to ask for a duet with Red someday?

[@sophieliebman1105]

I hope not

[@sacredeight]

I'm not surprised. One of the main ingredients to becoming a KZbinr is to have a kick-ass singing voice. That or dyed hair.

[@dropdead234]

Brings new meaning to "Blue VS Red." Albums released soon to a music store near you!

[@arianewinter4266]

@@sophieliebman1105 why not?

[@ayesha36]

5:00 I love the Viking ships! I only realized how intense they really were when in the show Vikings, Aelle says something to the effect of 'They have ships that can both go across the ocean and up a river?' How cool is that! I bet other peoples didn't even think such a small kind of ship could cross an ocean. 7:31 ...Damn. He missed home by a mile, and then some.

[@GenkiGanbare]

"Stamford Bridge was the last huzzah of the Viking Age" Varangian Guard: *sad raiding noises*

[@banshees_box1331]

The sun rose ove the wasteland As far as the eye can see Sand fills the vast plains of Serkland It's vultures jeering at me

[@robdeskrd]

Sad raiding noises strikes me as particularly depressing

[@JaelinBezel]

What about that episode of Spider-Woman with time-traveling Vikings?

[@izzy1221]

Damn. The Vikings were badass. Smart AND savage! That's one hell of a combo. Also, I would KILL to have Blue sing some Skyrim songs.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Them Vinkings!

[@apudharald2435]

Belal DarkneSS let me rephrase that. Vi är bäst.

[@stellacrown4241]

apud harald / Visst är vi det

[@hail_void8844]

@@alex-sv8ru "Nowadays"? Honey, Scandanavians have been drinking respect women juice since forever!

[@ragnhildmd5063]

@@hail_void8844 actually, women's rights worsened after scandinavia became Christian. Women still had to do a lot of protesting andsrching to undo a lot of the "damage" Christianity had done in regards of equality. Before Christianity however, Norse women had far more rights than their female counterparts in other parts of Europe.

[@samlocke4031]

Even when Christianity tried to convert vikings, I would say the vikings got the last laugh out of it. In that sort of "Sure buddy, we'll totally be Christians" sort of way.

[@arawn1061]

There were Vikings complaining that their current baptism was nt as good as the last one

[@brynjames3779]

When I went to Iceland out tour guide said that after the country officially converted, Christians and pagans still lived in relative harmony and got on pretty well

[@darko-man8549]

wasn't the point of the conversion like "if you convert to christianity we'll make you a ruler and that gives you divine rights and we won't rebel" so basically the Scandinavians were like "sure..we'll take that deal"

[@darko-man8549]

@@brynjames3779 yeah I don't think it was until the times of the Crusades when the Catholic Church started calling for war against everything not christian so it could get more popular and get more gold etc. that Christians really started going ham against everything they didn't consider god's will

[@darko-man8549]

Mr. Al fairly said and educational, I only crusade against religion in politics and forced education/indoctrination. After that, don’t really care what the individual does :’D

[@Tetsulot]

Please upload a video where you you sing Dovahkiin

[@garystack9537]

Phan Minh Khôi next year's April fools video possibly

[@Zalgardis]

Phan Minh Khôi Seconded. Loved hearing that.

[@asalways1504]

Phan Minh Khôi I Third that notion!

[@lohto3]

"Let's pretend this didn't happen". Commenters proceed to do exactly the opposite of that.

[@FonVegen]

Well, you can't exactly expect people to not want that after teasing it like this.

[@TidusplZUO]

Blue's singing voice is pretty nice :3

[@sephyrias883]

Actually he missed a lot of notes.

[@TidusplZUO]

Shh, don't let everyone know I'm tone deaf as hell!

[@lolloblue9646]

Sephyrias Might have missed, but he's got a good voice

[@oliverpetschull5427]

I think he wasn't aiming for the notes, he on purpose went an octave lower.

[@ladylucario7958]

Who else wants blue to sing the full song? I love his singing voice. Both he and red are really good.

[@digitalbrentable]

Calling them 'vikings' is a bit like how muslims referred to Europeans as 'Crusaders'. ISIS still does this in their propaganda, decrying the western establishment as 'crusader culture.' If you imagine a world where European christianity declined whilst Islam rose as the dominant ideology of academia, then we might have referred to medieval Europe as 'Crusader civilisation' or the 'crusader age,' implicitly overlooking *everything else* going on in Europe apart from the crusades.

[@Elenrai]

B.K. Laughton as a nord i embrace the reputation. Good way to brand your image as a "classic" though man, without needing investment

[@slook7094]

That's kind of dumb because native Christians existed in the Middle East long before the Crusades. They were a different creed than the Crusaders. The Crusaders were all western christians while the native Christians were all eastern christians. And the Pope basically considered them heathens because they were the wrong kind of christian.

[@arawn1061]

@@slook7094 well he said European. Just being Christian doesn't make you European

[@goeza2940]

The muslims probably just called them crusaders during war as the crusaders called them saracens

[@goeza2940]

Also im Dansk take it from me

[@thetorivor3440]

Swedish Pagans, Marching ashore! Forged in Vallhalla, by the hammer of Thor!

[@sergeyrodionov9417]

The Torivor Out from Asgaard, a viking ship sails Never to turn back again

[@thetorivor3440]

^this guy gets it^

[@FonVegen]

*Through the gates of Hell* *As we make our way to Heaven!*

[@nikki607]

... I'm ashamed to ask. This sounds familiar, but I can't quite place it. Some help?

[@sergeyrodionov9417]

Vroni Fangirl, Sabaton , the best band ever

[@konradkruk9468]

Um.. actually about Rus - it was not a colony , but an east Slavic kingdom , well proto-kingdom . Scandinavians were a key part of noble society primarily because of trade roots . Also there's half-legendary story of "Summon of Varyags" (I don't know official English translation but in Russian it's called "Призвание варягов") summary of this story - In the time of turmoil the Slav people summoned a Scandinavian nobility to rule over them . We don't know very much about it , because we have only one historical manuscript that describes this period in the history of Rus ("The Tale of Past Years") . But it definitely wasn't a colony

[@LouisKing995]

Konrad Kruk Well the word Rus likely comes from the old Norse term for “the men who row” and is likely linked to Roslagen, the Swedish coastal region that the Rus came from. I don’t know if you would call it a “Colony” but it was definitely founded by Norse settlers, and no such kingdom existed there prior to their arrival.

[@dropdead234]

Google Translate gave the meaning as "Vocation of Vikings," for what it's worth.

[@sketchstevens5859]

@@LouisKing995 Isn't it also rumored that the Rus was basically proto-Russia

[@bluesbest1]

Technically, everything was a colony at one point. What's sticking in my mind is (naturally) America, starting as the 13 colonies, eventually stealing Dad's car, getting a loan from and running off with the hot neighbor, and pissing on the carpet on the way out.

[@yandespar3490]

@trajan, there is a theory that 'rus' means the light hair colour of locals or is derived from the river Ros'. Literally no one over here has heard of the Scandinavian origins of this word

[@JoseRamirez-ks7nv]

I love how both of you and Shad shouted each other out in a video lol the whole reason I discovered this channel was from a Shad video

[@ILoveAnime1121]

Omg, the Skyrim soundtack in the background! Blue I love you so much rn >.

[@knoxkimball8182]

Morgan P yah I was like " is that skyrim music" the whole time

[@Swedduck]

i love when i see people digging for facts and all that good stuff about scandinavia! as a swede and culture loving freak myself, i try to learn as much as i can about my own old culture and others so when i found this channel i was overwhelmed with joy! plus i would love if you could try to cover some of the meaning and history about our national holiday "Midsommar" (midsummer)

[@alexandrapedersen829]

Excuse me, did you just make Scania, Halland, and Blekinge part of Viking-age Sweden? My Danish pride is hurting. Well, more than usually.

[@poilboiler]

Just listen to Öresundsvisan and relax. Have a halv special and play with Lego.

[@mizutoryu242]

Why is usually hurting? Your country invented LEGO!

[@mizutoryu242]

This was a culture map, and It's a scandinavian country.

[@siljebecher7358]

Jacob Pedersen Denmark Ftw!

[@siljebecher7358]

Jacob Pedersen WOOP WOOP

[@thomasgaita6872]

But how could the Vikings sail around England when it's so small? After all, it's only a city.

[@knoxkimball8182]

Thomas Gaita good one

[@lushbear04_old]

OMG THE JOKE 😂😂

[@pathfind_]

Wow... just wow.

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

@@pathfind_ I have a feeling you missed the joke P.S: it's related to a guy called Nick Crumpton

[@pathfind_]

Total War Timelapses didn't miss it. Just disappointed he actually referenced that.

[@beholdnonsense5100]

Blue: *interrupts his own rant to appreciate Christianity* Me: hm, nice 👍

[@MoiraMcGill]

A viking (or vikingr) simply refereed to a sea traveller. It didn't mean "raider". The fact that they did raid places was beside the matter and due to their views of innangarðr and utangarðr. Innangarðr (literally meaning "inner enclosure/land/home/group/world"..it's a complicated word) consisting of everything they knew, respected, and thought to be civil. It's the "inner circle" while utangarðr was the "outer circle". It was the opposite, the "outside" of everything, and this made it right for the taking (to them) because they didn't view them as "civil", or in the favour of their deities(?)* The nordic people were very clean compared to hydrophobic European and had much more equal right when it came to the sexes, and even slaves, so I honestly can't blame them for finding Eurpoeans to be "uncivil" despite their polished appearances. Not to mention they made themselves needlessly uncomfortable x.x *though, as a pagan myself, believe "mythology" were merely abstract stories/explanations about life and the universe that evolved over time (through the warping of the original) until it was completely misunderstood later on - like with most mythologies. If interested, I do have some proof for this. And, yes, I know you make brief mention of this. As a lover of ancient languages and beliefs (and their connections to the modern) I felt I should give that distinction.

[@meginna8354]

wrong, vikingr meant raider, wrong and wrong

[@juke9674]

nerd

[@andreykuzmin4355]

"Vikingr" specifically means a person from a "vik" (bay), one, whies into a "viking" (raiding/trade venure, mixed about 80/20%). In territories, where vikings preferred to trade first, vage war/pillage later, they were known by different names, like ropsmenn (rowers) or væringjar (Varangians).

[@ragnhildmd5063]

Thank you. I would've written it myself if I hadn't seen your comment.

[@j0an-07-arc6]

RenegadeMastah fuck off

[@marcopohl4875]

a. why would we want to forget the intro ever happened? you sung it pretty well in my opinion! b. nice shout-out to shad. he did the same for you, so i guess this has just come full circle :)

[@okaminodin4321]

Yay!! Vikings!! *sings "We are here, to drink your beer..."*

[@jonorjansen9670]

That's pirates, however fun fact about Scandinavian raiders and beer. Way back when some Vikings decided Germany would be fun to take a wack at. The Vikings got to Munich were offered something like five thousand barrels of beer to leave, so they took the beer and went home.

[@100aegir]

+Jon Orjansen Uhm, are you sure it was Munich? Cause Munich is in southern germany, they either had to travel through almost all of Germany from the north or go through Italy, cross the alps, go through Austria and still go some more distance if coming from the south (not to mention the voyage just to get into the southern position).

[@jonorjansen9670]

It was Munich. They made the trek from the north, got to Munich, and threatened to burn the city to the ground. The local monks offered them a metric shit ton of beer to leave, and the Vikings promptly staggered home with the beer.

[@sofienybye1361]

I was just smiling through this entire video because I'm from Denmark (which is the smallest Scandinavian country, and yet we OWNED all the other countries a few centuries after the Vikings), and we learn about this in school because of course, we do. But we mostly learn about the everyday life Vikings and the first kings of Denmark and such. It's fun to see something we grew up learning about, but from different sources and perspectives.

[@Graham_Day]

Can we just appreciate the fact that Blue has a pretty freaking great baritone in that voice? Like the little moments where you could hear the singer's formant come in made me so giddy, and now I'm seriously sad that I can't hear him do any Schubert or Fauré.

[@elgus871]

I have waited so long for this video. My family is of Viking decent and I absolutely love learning about them.

[@WOLF36554]

0:47 MOUNT AND BLADE YESSSS!!!!

[@andresa2711]

Anyone here might like to know there is a Manga for this time period and area (to a certain degree). Its not entirely accurate, as fair warning. The name is Vinland Saga

[@mimull1378]

where does it take place

[@madmalkavian3857]

Mi mull I think it mostly takes place in England and Wales while the raids occur.

[@100aegir]

+Mi mull Several places, mainly England and Denmark but the main character is from Iceland (and he hears the story about Vinland from Leif Eriksson telling stories about it when he was a kid), and the period is around the time of Knut (or Canute as he's called in english) The Great.

[@nikki607]

Andrés A is it good?

[@madmalkavian3857]

Vroni Fangirl from what I've read I thought it was really goof.

[@malimili]

Whoa. First time I am watching a new video so fast. I was on an overly sarcastic productions marathon

[@sizanogreen9900]

Already watched all of shad's videos :P Gotta love it when your collection of favorite channels get more and more interconnected. One day all of my favorite yt channels might converge into some super channel to rule the world in an informed way and support a more creative world as well as the conquest of space while good music is playing in the background. #nice

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Yeah they are amazing agreed

[@therainbowwillow4453]

So are we all gonna ignore how *dang good* Blue’s voice is?

[@silasgrimbirse9651]

The Denver museum had a Viking exhibit recently (could still be going). There was a Jade Buddha there and a plaque basically stating it was acquired through trade. They also had an actor taking questions about average life back then. It was cool.

[@lorenzoabrick5188]

Okay, blue's operatic voice is too amazing. I now *need* Red and Blue to sing a duet in some form

[@lockretvids]

There's no need to forget that singign part. Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin naal ok zin los vahriin wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!

[@makoslawyer2342]

my favourite thing about Blue is that he always tries to correct all the mistaken thoughts about specific empires, countries or just groups of people.

[@Spartan2444]

I love how you and Shad plug each other. I actually only found your channel because i saw a Shad video with you in it. Gotta say SUPER glad you guys have a fun and interactive relationship. Love the videos as well!

[@bumblebee1884]

I went to the Viking exhibit at the museum over by my grandma's house! I'm so happy that this came today. I was very curious to learn more about it.

[@spicymayonnaise_4866]

*I CAME AS FAST AS I COULD*

[@itsvairen334]

ME TOO!!

[@Dasmaster1]

I will take what you said any way I want just FYI.

[@-mae-5524]

SpicyMayonnaise_ I didn't

[@paradigmings]

is this the new "i came as soon as i heard" or what

[@petermendez7654]

ANGELICA? ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON? DAMM!

[@NymSandi]

Am I the only one who thinks that Blue should release an album? His voice is soothing and his pronunciation is pretty good

[@Devadas44]

I LOVE that opening! it's right up there with the old venice videoes. It's so fantastic it never fails tohumor me. And well sung blue.

[@Devadas44]

Still never fails

[@MrKsf1997]

That Skyrim music at 0:47 hit me so hard in the feels 😭

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

But did they end their enemies rightly?!?

[@stianberg5645]

can't unscrew the pummel on a viking sword :/

[@AnkfordPlays]

I would love a video about the Sami as for some reason even though they were also Scandinavians they never joined the "main crowd" and to this day they're a nomadic group

[@nickh.1110]

Hey Blue, I know I'm late to the party but I just wanted to say that I appreciate whenever you take time out in your video to notate possible research holes and bias in your videos. It's a habit a LOT of people don't do and everytime you do it you help others in recognizing the limits of their own opinions and research as well. :)

[@pyrosianheir]

Favorite intro to stuff that you guys have done!

[@travisoliver6741]

Blue: A culture based around raiding is unsustainable George RR Martin: *I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that*

[@OmegaSyx]

Comically, I was recommended one of your (Blue) videos while watching Shad. I then binge watched everything you and Red did starting about two weeks ago. I have no life but now I have a lot of historical knowledge. Two other channels that work well: Skallgrim and Metatron.

[@terezacasana4397]

Listening to OSP while playing Skyrim. Pulled down the volume of the ingame music so that it doesn't mix with the video background music. Blue: plays Skyrim soundtrack on the background. You're a genius :D

[@scootersachs9999]

It so cool to me how much both you and Shad respect one another! Keep up the good work!

[@ellag1417]

Can Red do a video about Otrera and the Amazons or Cyrene

[@gaslar3328]

Very very good video, and quite needed too. Could I take the occasion to kindly ask you considering doing a video of the Egla (the saga of Egill Skallagrimsson)? The guy is not only one of the biggest badass that ever was soguligr, but also one of Iceland's first settler, and travelled through the whole scandinavian world. He is also, incidentally, the most skilled poet of the Norse civilisation, and the saga is actually build as a setting to his best work. It can be a hard read, especially for one that is not especially proficient on the very special kind of storytelling used in sagas, but it is certainly worth reading. And I know you could do very good things out of, if you wanted to.

[@Lundalf]

Shad is actually the reason I found your channel so it's super dope seeing you mention him back! Also, awesome video, as always. :D

[@user-zg1ge1yq6d]

This is my fav channel you guys made me love history!

[@patriciahensley8436]

If you want to be part of a group of people that care a lot about and reenact the medieval/renaissance times you should check out the Society for Creative Anachronism (or the SCA). There are many kingdoms all over the world. It is also a great way to research the garb and lifestyles of period people.

[@GallowglassAxe]

Shadiversity is actually the guy who showed me OSP. Now I'm subscribed to both.

[@ColonelRPG]

Same here :3

[@moonstonepearl21]

Really enjoyable and informative! Vikings don't get that much attention now a days. I was glad to see this.

[@erg344]

Just dropped off to say, I love your baritone there! Lovely voice, you should display it more often.

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

I, a completely mentally stable person, can confirm i like to spend my time singing dovah-kin.

[@itschristine7258]

hey this is for Red um do a myth about fillipinos please

[@b3nk4i]

its christine yo represent bro my filipino brother/sister please do that red

[@Ultracrepidarian]

fellow Peenoise reporting in.

[@crazykayzee845]

yes i agree maybe some about the creatures like mananangal and tikbalang

[@un-ironicproductions6096]

its christine they should also do one about Micronesians

[@hedgehatchet3578]

Yeah! Filipinos represent! I've actually been requesting them to do Biag ni Lam-ang, an Ilokano epic poem, for a long ass time!

[@hayleybartek8643]

Yes! A shoutout to Shad! Love your videos just as much. Between the two channels, I could spend hours being happy.

[@mrTophat3]

who ever animates these is amazing. i can almost see life in the still frames

[@raptorus7773]

Anyone coming back here after the Assassin's Creed Valhalla trailer?

[@j0an-07-arc6]

Raptorus77 nope just like history and mythology

[@MonikwithDaButter]

ye

[@titanwaves9718]

"If you can't beat them, make them you." Well, that's one way to do it

[@slipperyghoul8749]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOREVER! THANK YOU BLUE!

[@joseyphipps]

Being part Viking and wanting to study basically a bunch of its mythos and its history this was so informational! Thanks!

[@dracorathewitch7890]

fun fact: norway is ruled by a king who is danish in origin.

[@gulapa8920]

Pretty random but did you know that Sweden has a king who is French in origin?

[@arianewinter4266]

Sounds like Hamlet backwords

[@willowreborn5277]

0:49 Mount and Blade Warband 😍😍😍

[@GeargusArchfiend]

We will acknowledge that first part because it was AMAZING!

[@Sephiroth144]

And having been to the archaeological site in Newfoundland (L'anse aux Meadows) where the Norse settlement was, coinciding with the 1000th Anniversary (give or take) voyage when one of Leif Erikson's descendants captained a replica voyage (in Longboats from Iceland by way of Greenland- they might've started in Norway...? I think Iceland, but its been a few decades). Its quite remarkable to see the relics of the first European settlement in the Americas (and to hear about their issues with the Skraelings)

[@thedoruk6324]

Yes ! Just Yes ! F-I-N-A-L-L-Y !! The Age of Vikings; suprisingly gender equal; has Come again ! :) Uploads from this Channel are the Best momments of the Day !

[@absolutemadlad3559]

Dat singing doe

[@CotaViking]

Actually, Shad recommended you to us last week! Both channels do an amazing work!

[@ivetta8498]

"if you can't beat them, just make them you" I will live by this quote from now on

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

"Christianity always gets the last laugh" Oh you have no idea

[@jozefkeresturi2139]

Shad introduced me to your chanel

[@BriarCrawford]

Ahhh now I want to play Skyrim again.... Great video! It was super informative. :)

[@BallerinaValkyrie]

I love viking and Scandinavian histories (having a load of Norwegian ancestors and loving ancestry and history is good fuel for that), but I can never find anything that grabs my attention (Yay! ADHD sucks). I love the way you and Red explain things, and its incredibly clear and engaging!!!

[@karamoran3329]

Notification squaaaaaaa........

[@keegster7167]

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[@xplinux22]

*sung to the last bit of Dovakhiin* Noti-fi-ca-tion squaaaaaaa!

[@asfm2]

"diet trireme" lmao

[@sarahblack9333]

No, I will NOT just forget that epic singing, thank you very much!

[@Gabdube]

Amazing work! Hey, did you ever plan on making one about the continental celts, such as the gaulish confederations? It would be interesting to compare and contrast with the iroquois confederation, which you covered very well.

[@gabycook9943]

Oh my sweet Einstein, Blue has such a nice singing voice

[@FreyaDArt9]

more Vikings please😸

[@ThisRandomGuy3]

I first learned of this channel from Shadiversity, and now things have come full circle. It's so beautiful

[@leadcloud]

I absolutely love what little we actually know for sure about the Norse religion and mythology. Its connection to the land and to nature is powerful, and very cool to study

[@alexishunnewell2163]

Yay Skyrim!!!!

[@vulperis]

So, who else is watching this again after seeing the Assassins Creed Valhalla trailer?

[@Ghost95975]

My high school mascot was a viking so it was mandatory for all history teachers to teach at least one unit on them. At games the students would straddle the bleachers and sit while pretending to row oars in a line like they did. Our war cry was a long drawn out version of "OH--WAY--OH!" chants. If you can get a ton of people to do it it was the coolest thing ever.

[@shanezygmontowicz4144]

holy crap i've been waiting soo long for this

[@Hanna-rv9ut]

My ancestors we're vikings apparently. (I might mispell stuff here k, im swedish) alot of useless stuff has been passed down in my family for a long loong loooong time, like there's this weird sword my grandpa has and a few weird stones with weird text on it, yeah you get it. Also, my last name is nord, wich literally means 'north' or 'norse' or whatever it it :') my family always says its like a really old name or yeah someting like that. Anyways, the reason i typed all of this is bcz i like apple pies from mcdonalds. Yeah

[@friday8644]

coincidentally har du min släkting, Edward Blom, som profilbild

[@TommyTheCat83]

shad sent me here and you send me back to him... sweet

[@brennadelowery3]

Blue you and Red always make my day. but also Skyrim yeeesssss. I am happy that you're a fan too~

[@Tekrothebountyhunter]

I have a hypothesis: the "Sea Peoples" that supposedly caused the Bronze Age Collapse of the 1170s BC could have been the Bronze Age equivilent of Vikings; they could have been a sea faring people with the tendency to reuse what they pillaged more than they built their own things, hence why we have so few artifacts and thus know so little about them.

[@samuelmillerick4550]

What was that song at the beginning.

[@elgus871]

Samuel Millerick skyrim theme dudd

[@DJSwankyCheese]

no shame in singing to the theme of skyrim, I'm guessing that most people who've played sing along when they start up the game :^)

[@captainrev4959]

DJSwankyCheese I do

[@everthecurious2704]

Thank you Blue for another great video. :)

[@jardarjakobsen5378]

Enjoyed your video. Thought I would just mention a small thing about the map around 4.02. The green should stretch much further north, to about the area where the city of Tromsø is today. This is the northernmost settlement of norse people at the time, The region and kingdom/earldom of Hálogaland. Norse settlement this far north goes all the way back to the Bronze age if not longer. Basically being settled much sooner than year 900.