How the Vikings Were the Strongest Military Force in the World

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The Viking Age in Scandinavian history is taken to have been the period from the earliest recorded raids by Norsemen in 793 until the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Vikings used the Norwegian Sea and Baltic Sea for sea routes to the south.
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00:00- Intro
01:40- English
03:30- Franks
06:00- Germans
08:00- Japan
09:20- Mongols
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10:35- Byzantines
Knowledge about the arms and armour of the Viking age is based on archaeological finds, pictorial representation, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and Norse laws recorded in the 13th century. According to custom, all free Norse men were required to own weapons and were permitted to carry them at all times. These arms indicated a Viking's social status: a wealthy Viking had a complete ensemble of a helmet, shield, mail shirt, and sword. However, swords were rarely used in battle; they were probably not sturdy enough for combat and most likely only used as symbolic or decorative items. A typical bóndi (freeman) was more likely to fight with a spear and shield, and most also carried a seax as a utility knife and side-arm. Bows were used in the opening stages of land battles and at sea, but they tended to be considered less "honourable" than melee weapons. Vikings were relatively unusual for the time in their use of axes as a main battle weapon. The Húscarls, the elite guard of King Cnut (and later of King Harold II) were armed with two-handed axes that could split shields or metal helmets with ease.

[@jasontheflyingfarrierhays]

What a great channel. If everyone on the planet would simply honor their ancestors, we would all be much better off.

[@taylorfusher2997]

Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@rockinunderscore52]

yeah everyone would love it if i honored my ancestors by stealing horses, evading taxes and drinking my ass off... glory to the clan!

[@Ronin969]

Scandinavia has a LOT of honoring their ancestors to catch up on. Also, do falsehoods really honor anyone? see my other comment for the explanation of my pushback

[@Ronin969]

is lying about them considered honoring?

[@kenolson6572]

I blew a shrill sound from my ram's horn. My cats almost went through walls.

[@stansdad1]

I’ve been following your channel since you had about 5,000 subscribers. It’s great to see how much your channel has grown. Keep up the badass videos.

[@taylorfusher2997]

Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

Look, I'm a German of strong Saxon origin with Norwegian and Norman ancestry. But our brothers in England fought well against the Danes after a point. Personally I wish England had been completely conquered by the Danes and had become a true viking kingdom. I believe it would've if it weren't for Ælfred and his descendants. But Ælfred defeated large Danish armies, reaching up to 5000 men. For viking armies, that isn't small. That was the entire strength of the Danish kingdom of East Anglia. And he defeated these armies multiple times. It should be said that the Danes had him on the backfoot though, which I was grateful for. They pushed him into the swamp and conquered the heartland of his kingdom. If they had captured him, they could have won. But instead he regathered his armies and pushed them to the other side of the Thames and even conquered London for his kingdom. Then his son, Edward, conquered the rest of the Danelaw and their brother kingdom, Mercia. He even married the daughter of my people's king at the time to show the union and similarities that the Saxons and Anglo Saxons shared at the time. Then Æþelstan became king and conquered the rest of England. He did something else too that is purely unforgivable to me but that's a story for another day.

[@frodegroven]

The Danes? There were almost more Norwegians my friend... ;-)

[@nolacioaquino7518]

A Gloria dos Viking se deve aos dinamarqueses e alemães

[@RemoW74]

Somehow the Mongols stopped in Finland.... Ok, it was mostly forest and witches....but...

[@81dedhed]

Love it brother!! Very much looking forward to the rest of the series

[@HanniekHarker]

Thanks for the history perspective. Your ideas help steer my life in the right direction and it's always appreciated.

[@mmiYTB]

I would not call Harald Hardradi's army "a smaller army", although it's true that this army helped the Anglosaxons quite a bit to arrange their own defeat, seen from hindsight...

[@taylorfusher2997]

Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@ericcartman7253]

i agree, Hardrada might have been one of the most experienced and formidable vikings to ever live, his army was massive, elite and would have contained many varangian guard veterans, it's no 'small army' lmao

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

@@ericcartman7253they got caught off guard and the remaining third of the army was some distance away. In an optimal situation I think history would be ver different

[@ejjohnson8742]

I haven't see your videos lately. I'm glad you're back!

[@deepquake9]

Very informative video as always! Great wirk!

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A spot on vlog, as always you have my thanks.

[@Epsillion70]

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[@kev1734]

awesome looking forward to the other parts!

[@-RONNIE]

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[@EllenDahl-sp1sw]

Awesome video, thank you. I love your channel, you make our ancestors proud!

[@slange1829]

So interesting. Great video

[@urbanlumberjack]

Enjoyed this!

[@markwarling6135]

Cool. Hello from Minnesota...I'm swedish and danish. Call myself SweDenmark. Hello ...my homeland is Varmland Sweden. This is a cool channel. Just found you. Godbless. Going to watch. SKOL!!!!! 👍

[@stansdad1]

Just wait. This channel is the best. His knowledge is top notch

[@gavinbruce2284]

I'm from Texas and my homeland is Varmland Sweden as well. I was just there last week. You should go it's beautiful!

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

Great Video !!!

[@lordredfettkiller5276]

Awesome, awesome video! Favorite one you’ve done in a while! I was thinking maybe the Inca or Aztecs could rival but i didn’t realize how much later their empires were created after the Viking age.

[@anthonyridgewood2509]

Impressive video sir.

[@valhalla9688]

Have you done a video on the Viking crusade? It’s a pretty epic story…!

[@Fires755]

Thank you!

[@Hail2MasterChief]

Hej! Enjoy your videos so much!

[@robertshockley755]

I enjoy seeing the information that you share. It is of personal interest. My Sister has traced records back to William the Conqueror on one side and Jan Janszoon van Haarlem on the other.

[@SteveThePagan81]

I'm an American Pagan and wanted to thank you for continuing to educate and share real historical knowledge with us as well as your folk magic knowledge. I first began watching your videos a couple years ago on another account before creating this one for making videos. Truly a wealth of knowledge you have shared in every video. Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@Anglo-Saxon-96]

American pagan 😂😂😂😂

[@philhoughton3677]

My mother is first generation here in Canada. My grandparents came from. Trondhiem area. Settled in the north of Lake superior region. Very similar topography. Weather. Felt just like at home.

[@josephpeck8723]

You make great points, but I would also add on that the Viking longships allowed them to sail both on the sea and upriver, thus allowing Viking warbands to strike inland as well as at the coast, making them somewhat unpredictable opponents at times.

[@kevinsaul3757]

Thank you so much! I love your channel. You've inspired me to write a book (which I have, looking to publish this year 🤞) called 'Daughter of the Valkyrie', about a Norse village that is attacked by raiders while the men are gone viking. It's not historical (I don't want to be an authority), more fantasy fiction with magic. You've been a great source of information for me, and I thank you for that. I'll send you a copy when it's published. 😅 Cheers!

[@trevorromney3589]

Had the viling age continued into the 13th century, no force would have withstood English Longbowmen. Check out what a Bodkin arrow does to mail, shields... Bodies... But I agree! During the Viking Age, they were the top of the food chain!

[@Anglo-Saxon-96]

Totally agree with you on that but I'm not a shame to say that the Vikings was the real deal

[@ScrapironRyann]

I've never thought Scandinavia was anything but important, shook Eurasia up a treat, great channel I'm a hardy supporter

[@dpw6546]

Kudos for keeping considerable perspective regarding the "competition" and the interesting details on the Varangian Guard but in my opinion the Viking prowess remains overrated. I command their determination, boldness and seafaring but I just can’t fall for their military superiority. I don't believe there is a rational measure for us to determine who the strongest military force was so I don't claim that title for anybody. Aside from their successful hit-and-run raids, I’d venture to say that in their bigger endeavours they mainly benefited from weakened, fragmented and antagonized, unorganized and/or not determined enough opponents (I mean, some didn’t put up meaningful fights but accepted and used them on their political scene, think Western Frankish kingdom, others were focused on and preoccupied with different theatres of action, think Eastern Frankish kingdom / Holy Roman Empire). Whenever the host people or the rulers managed to get their act together, organize and unite the Vikings were crashed. Examples come from the smaller adversaries: think Alfred the Great (and a couple of his successors) and England, Ireland under Brian Boru, heck, even Curonian and Oselian pirates whooped Swedish Vikings’ asses on pretty much regular basis. And I’ve not even mentioned us Lechitic Slavs (thanks for the shout out @7:45, duly noted) who basically were having their way with the Scandinavians if need was (as the mutual relations seemed generally fine and the sides respected one another), even taking and inhabiting some southern and south-eastern smaller Danish islands or parts of coast of Scania where they would wait for Scandinavians to come back from their raids, attack them and take their Viking loot (the latter fact taken from a 10th century saga which title I can’t recall). It goes without saying some heads would burst if they learned that some 15 years ago Danish archeologists found out that majority of warriors buried at a Harald Bluetooth and Sweyn Forkebeard-era stronghold in Trelleborg (Zealand) turned out to be our people (and most of them genetically matching people from inland Poland), surpassing those believed to have been from Norway. And come on, which outsider has been seriously interested in invading and taking Scandinavia throughout history? None. Which peoples stormed its lands in thousand upon thousands in order to inhabit it? None. The Heruli might’ve been the last (and what could they have numbered?), I believe, and still there’s more to their story. These things haven’t changed since at least the Viking age and those daredevils were seeking their way to enrich abroad or simply out for good. Not even these days could you bother any mainland European country to get up and do these things, not even for all that Norwegian oil money 🙃. We might envy your standard of living but we’re not moving our behinds up there in droves.

[@robertmckinney9156]

Great video, I did have a question, what was it that made then so powerful? Was it tactics, or just strength in numbers?

[@sonnymery4193]

their size, their harsh living conditions and their pagan faith

[@c.antoniojohnson7114]

And high quality Steel weapons, can't leave that out.

[@nodruj8681]

It was literally just shock tactics, and due to many different gangs attacking in different areas simultaneously @@sonnymery4193

[@atticusp6592]

Sleeping on Aethelstan, he was able to beat a massive coalition of Norse, Irish, Welsh and Scottish during his reign. He was completely dominant over the British Isles.

[@nodruj8681]

For a very short time.

[@dragonrider9051]

I'm curious what was the relationship like between the Obotrites and the Vikings? The Obotrites had a pretty niche spot between the Germans, and Vikings. They where active in the Mecklenburg area by the Baltic sea during the age of the Vikings.

[@taylorfusher2997]

Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@jamesv.7041]

I like your channel and have recommended it to many. However, I find it dubious at best; the claim that 10k Vikings could have conquered the whole Byzantine Empire, especially with the ease relayed here is a fantasy.

[@kev1734]

He was obviously just speculating for the fun of it. The vikings at the time we unmatched on the seas for hundreds of years. They would've caused catastrophic damage to the empire at the least. They would come in quickly with ships and would steam roll with considerable momentum.

[@jamesv.7041]

@@kev1734 No, just no. Steam roll? Aboslutely not. Could have caused catastrophic damage? Sure! Things are not so just because we have our biases and predilections. Vikings were surpassed in ways of the sea but perhaps no civilization had ships nearly as versatile as the longship.

[@jamesv.7041]

@@abowlofhardwater Sorry sir, I do not understand.

[@jamesv.7041]

@@abowlofhardwater I apologize miss, shouldn't have assumed

[@Djteacher101]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(860)

[@southpaw1032]

Could you do a video of the relations between the celts/picts and the vikings (norse) battles if/why they got along

[@hyperguyver2]

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[@letsdothis9063]

Glad to be this early.

[@Sviareik]

The Swedish Rus were chosen by the slavs to unite and rule their tribes into one kingdom. However they fought the Bulgars, Khazars and the Eastern Roman Empire. Prince Sveinald (Sviatoslav) ended both the Khazar Khaganate and the first Bulgar empire wiping their name off the map. I’m surprised you didn’t mention this. Part 2?

[@jailedtwice735]

@Sviareik Because "Invitation" of Varyags it a legend. Rus' is Rus'. There weren't any tribe in Scandinavia by name Rus'. Sveinald? Ahaha. Linguafreakness. It Slavic name, Świętosława - daughter of Mieszko I of Poland; Svatopluk (in German version Zuentibald) - ruler of Great Moravia.

[@chimantra]

One question. Do u know if the viking traded with japan at any time under viking area?

[@michaelmuller9385]

PS also in the books of Hans Delbrück you can read why the Franks made treatys. Mostly had to do with their system of recruitment and they could not get enough supply for their troops. Bur read the books. If you are objective you cant really they, this or those were the best, also we dont have enough written sources. And also there were a lot of different types of Vikings and all had different motivations. Dont forget the Hungarians, they were also a very powerful force in this time. I like the Vikings, even when I am not pagan, but I think it is not that easy

[@Hades-im1ml]

Thanks, im agree lot with you

[@0KT0BER]

I've always felt it a great shame that Anglo-Saxons did not sit and feast with the Great Heathen Army.

[@taylorfusher2997]

Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@mmiYTB]

The AS were basically Christians by then. One huge additional reason to not like the invaders.

[@0KT0BER]

@@mmiYTB I don't believe the populace were christian at that stage, what scribes for leadership wrote is probably not quite the truth. Still to this day over 50% believe in the Spirit of Nature over 'God' in England...

[@Hades-im1ml]

Yeah th'ats a great shame that they didnt offer the invaders mead and meat to share with. And why not give them there virgin daughters ? Just because three hundred years ago they shared a relatively same group of beliefs and gods ?

[@0KT0BER]

@@Hades-im1ml Will you be going home for Hannakuh this year?

[@rhmendelson]

Wondering if they were so powerful because they rowed ships? It’s quite a workout; it would’ve made them overall fit and strong! 💪🏼

[@trevorromney3589]

Most experts say exactly this. Two years rowing and ravaging, and you'll be fit to crush stone.

[@Lol_Pig]

Norway gave the world Dimmu Borgir. Everything else is just an added bonus 🤘

[@rickardt1222]

Very interesting! Skål to my Scandinavian brothers! 🍻✋🏻

[@Ronin969]

I have nothing against fanboy channels but when they venture into history to spread something false, i gotta speak up. There's no such thing as the strongest fighting force in the world. There are certain fighting forces that work very well at what they do, like a niche. lifecycles of super-effective moving into obsolete and disappearing. Vikings were great as smash and grab shock raids on unsuspecting populations that never expected raiders to come from the seas and rivers the vikings rode in on. They were NOT a fighting force that waged pitched battles against a professional and coordinated foe. it was the rise of feudalism that really started to slow them down, as suddenly the people they wanted to raid were protected by armored soldiers. Whats the vikings most iconic weapon? axes, most specifically the dane axe. Guess what axes loose a ton of their effectiveness against? Armor! Axes had a spotlight with the vikings because they were being used against un-armored targets. wearing normal clothes. No major armored military power from history based their forces around axes because they usually faught armored foes.

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Well said. He totally forgets King Alfred the Great, who destroyed the Vikings

[@dolmenkollen2786]

An axe can be used against armour, and axes where used throughout the medieval age by different people, but I agree that this guy is spreading misinformation.

[@Ronin969]

@@dolmenkollen2786 Taking a point and spreading out it's delivered force into a line changes everything. Sticking a thrown axe into a wood target is infinitely easier than sticking it into a firmly layered cardboard target, no matter how sharp it is it will only have a chance of penetrating if it lands on a point. Would i want to be hit with a heavy axe wearing chainmail? NO. that doesn't mean it would penetrate Also, lets keep on subject we're talking about the dane axe. Not halberds with spear tips and hammers on them

[@dolmenkollen2786]

@@Ronin969 I view the pole axe as an evolved dane axe. But i get your point.

[@Ronin969]

@dolmenkollen2786 as the dane axe was an evolved wood axe. From one step to another is not small of importance. But like you said i think we're on the same page

[@toddjohnson9782]

Is this when Harald Hadrada had a extended vacation in Sicily?!...lol.

[@chrysfoster9837]

And the norman leader rollo was raiding france when charles the bald offered him the duchy of neustria which became Normandy study up

[@davidelohim8047]

you needed to talk about the Vandal's and kingdom of Visigoht's.

[@michaelmuller9385]

It is a pagan viking channel. Vandals? Because of vandalism?

[@davidelohim8047]

@@michaelmuller9385 Vandal's is a famous germanic tribe in the time of 400d.c

[@davidelohim8047]

@@michaelmuller9385 and i dont think i need be a pagan to go in viking culture. In the nordic flag's they have cross of Christ

[@corymoon2439]

In a pitched battle, I agree. A roughly equal force of Vikings versus anyone, I see Vikings winning. However they were not good at sieges since they did not have particularly rich kings with lots of engineers. The Anglo Saxons main method to defeat Viking invasions was to build fortifications, which largely worked.

[@corymoon2439]

@JackSonEFla2 After the King Alfred started fortifying the county in the 890s with the Burhs. They dotted the nation with walled towns and set up a semi professional army. That and the supply which was set up is how Stamford bridge was even capable, because it's not normal for an infantry army to be able to move 75 miles a day. But hey, it worked, so good for them. Walls aren't a sign of cowardice, they're a strategic asset.

[@mikeblei6870]

Nice video man. How about the Frisians conquering Rome during this time?

[@vanringentransport3376]

Frisians actually joined both sides...Frankish side conquering Rome (Magnus Forteman), and it seems also in Varangian guard, maybe because Rorik ruled for a while?

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

For EVERYONE Interested In Viking Age And Early Medieval Swords They MUST SEE Peter Johnsson's ''THE VIKING SWORD WHAT IT WAS AND WAS NOT '' This Video Should Go VIRAL !!! But Read The Newest Comments First To Really Understand.

[@kurtbogle2973]

Did the Vikings ever meet the Samoans? Have you ever seen Samoans fight? Whoa. Huge powerful and very fast.

[@kimashitawa8113]

But from a military technological standpoint FAR behind.

[@beautifuldreamer0811]

Could you imagine northmen of the time finding their way that far south 😂 they'd wither under the heat! Hel might have become less of a realm of death and more of an iteration of the christo-pagan(catholic) hell.

[@harrywalsh2104]

So the battle of edington never happened then? You say the Saxons never defeated a large Viking force well they did there?

[@stormysmurf]

Not butthurt. Wondering how Scandinavia is so subdued to this day that they canf defend what the rest of us adore about them!

[@Zoe-gt4tt]

I wouldnt call battle of tettenhall and battle of edington small where the vikings did lose

[@AntonLt]

Vi ses nästa gång!

[@Sparda5806]

Do you got a Facebook page

[@DucoSminia]

What do you know about the history of the bagpipe? It is very old, and every region in Europe has it's own version. Did the Vikings play it and spread it through Europe?

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

The bagpipe is of Celtic origin and the Germanic people didn't use it. They had a lot of violin and harp like instruments for music. That's something Saxons, Anglo Saxons, Franks, and Norse all had in common

[@DucoSminia]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620It's originally from the middle east, not celtic at all. At some point it migrated from the middle east to Europe.

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@DucoSminia Egyptians had their own variant, yes

[@DucoSminia]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 that's what I want to find out. I always thought that it was the Romans that spread the instrument all over Europe, but there are European texts dated from before the Romans that reported the instrument being played there.

[@nodruj8681]

Whenever academia says something is from the middle east, they really mean: We don't know but the middle east had older cultures so we'll just say it was from their without real evidence.@@DucoSminia

[@jordyromanko-sc6ig]

Bada$$ Video. Bada$$ Channel ❤

[@ramiroriat9528]

It's easy to take over towns and defeat warriors when they're preoccupied with worse problems, like invasions from the East, the vikings were just a small blot on a gigantic history...so when you REALLY read history you don't pick sides and magnify certain peoples in difference with others branding them as incapable, take everything more seriously and leave the cliche aside.

[@kurtbogle2973]

So you say the Vikings were never defeated at sea. I believe you. What I hope to find out is how they defended their ships. The overall strategy in fighting at sea. What they know that everyone else missed?

[@nedimyra]

There are a few rare written stories when the Vikings were defeated at sea, or river. Search for "Greek fire"..

[@VulcanM61]

I think I read somewhere when the battle was about to begin they tied their boats together and made a long frontline moving together forward surrounding the enemy on the sea

[@VulcanM61]

Also they had heavy ships with metal plates in the middle for ramming

[@ragnarlothbrok2782]

The Göktürks (Gökmen) were really strong and after that period the Selcuk Army under the rule of Melik Sah

[@galenbjorn443]

Scandinavians at there peak are also peak humanity. That is why the ”elits” hits us the hardest with all these woke shit

[@sebe2255]

What the fuck are you talking about

[@pullibo]

Fint, lad os nu se hvad der sker.

[@kane2239]

Even though a long time has passed, loyalty to our employers is still high in Scandinavia, I would say (even when employers are shit :) ).

[@letsdothis9063]

I'm not Scandinavian, but I was raised to "respect" and be loyal to my employers. It can sometimes be to my own detriment. It has a lot to do with what part of the US I am from. I can absolutely see how this phenomenon could remain strong in Scandinavia.

[@crazyhercules9442]

When I hear Scandinavia, the first five things that come to mind are Nordic women, ale, longships, shieldwalls and Sabaton. I think of the scene from Vikings where Bjorn wants to go to the Mediterranean, nah man. I want to go there! Scandinavia!

[@jeffreyfassnacht4991]

@Norsemagicandbeliefs I’m not sure I completely agree with the assessment here, if you look at the Tang Dynasty in China which accomplished several military conquests in equivalent to the Han dynasty, the Abbasid caliphate which conquered most of Northern Africa and the middle east at the time and were the largest rival to the Byzantines at the time and the fact that a viking raid failed to capture or breach the walls of Constantinople or Miklagard as the norse called it, in 860 AD I can’t agree with an assessment as the strongest military force of the day because of their limited range of ability for mostly surprise amphibious raids, they for sure had the most advanced ships of the day, and probably the best quality individual warriors but not the best overall military in the world at the time.

[@MacNab23]

The Rus directly attacked Constaninople at least twice, if memory serves. They just didn´t have the numbers, and Greek fire is a bitch. But they were bold enough to try.

[@lotus5781]

According to Heathenism & their holy scriptures--- 1.after death ,does soul can feel any non - physical thing for eternal time after libration from birth & death cycle or when it didn't get libration from that cycle or even any how? 2. Does the soul have any memory of this world ( like memory of family, friends etc) for eternal time after libration from birth & death cycle or when it didn't get libration from that cycle or even any how? 3.does the soul stays individual for eternal time after libration from birth & death cycle or when it didn't get libration from that cycle or even any how? Please reply🙏

[@ttt3258]

The After Life , Hamza Yusuf 🌼 very informative 👍 on yt

[@wastelandr8]

00:27 looks like Oregon

[@71kimg]

Nah - the narrative is a bit off - Otto the German emperor could easily force baptise the danish king with an army in Denmark. Vikings armies were dedicated when it were useful - if it’s not useful - you don’t show up or retreat - which vikings armies often did. Anyway the Scandinavians were great warriors - they came from violent societies - Scandinavia were a sea of tiny villages and each villager would have to occasionally stand up against a greater number of other vikings travelling by. Secondly vikings had the same lordship as Saxons and other people - but had a lot more - because they were a lot more decentralised. The franks/Saxons etc couldn’t bring up the same numbers.

[@scottmiller1297]

Amazing channel by separating fact from Hollywood. Keep the fires of the old ways burning brother .

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Dang Skippy about 10 to one ratio

[@LeifSonOfRogaland]

The more disillusioned I feel with the present the more I escape into the past!

[@ole7146]

What the F… happend, we could be rulers of the world by now!

[@chrysfoster9837]

Norman are french and norsemen

[@stephendgreen1502]

From preying on the defenceless, by most accounts. So brave 😊

[@raphlvlogs271]

Norse military force is also relatively free spirited consisting of mostly militias and mercenaries instead of professional citizen soldiers

[@LegionTacticoolCutlery]

Did Romans have interaction with Norsemen of Roman times?

[@michaelmuller9385]

Not really, but not necessary, all the germanic tribes were very similar

[@taylorfusher2997]

To Norse magic and belief: Viking age Universal beliefs: 793-1066 CE) The ancient Viking mythical names meaning. I am not a expert, so I do not know for sure. So help me out if any of these are wrong. Wargs: wolves Draugr: Dead rotting corpse that is not on a burial mound. Is a dead body in the open in a field, especially after a battle. Ljósálfar: on top of burial mounds. Dökkálfar: Inside burial mounds Trolls: A human or a animal that walks clumsily. A human that walks clumsily. A animal that walks clumsily. Jotunn: illness Thor: Life force Odin: frenzy mindset Frigg: sky Freyja: fertility Vanir: plants growing Fenrir: not able to be broken. Skoll: solar eclipse Hati: lunar eclipses Sol: Sun Máni: Moon Jormungandr: Circle of life. Nidhogg: snakes dvergr: Damaged Places in Norse mythology: Midgard: Our universe dimension Álfheimr: on top of burial mounds. Nidavellir: Inside burial mounds Jotunheimen: plague. Vanaheim: water, plants growing, and giving birth. Asgard: We are part of the gods spiritually. Meaning of each name of mythical Gods and creatures of Greek myth. I am not a expert, so help me out if any of these are wrong. Satyrs: rustic Silen; Treading Wine Trough Cyclopes: Eyes Heracles: Having the glory of protecting Cetus: large sharks, and large whales Cerberus: flesh devouring. (human dead body that is rotting). Háidēs; riches Gorgons: dreadfulness Atlas: the quality of endurance Nemean lion: chivalry and social constructs surrounding gender roles. HYDRA LERNAIA: a Water-Snake in Lerna Hydra: a water snake Zeus: To shine and deity Poseidon: the seas Oceanus: the oceans Cronus: time Ladonos: strong flow Orthros: twilight Chímaira: Women power Gēryoneús: earth and singing Hera: protection Demeter: fertility and the source of life Apollo: Sun Artemis: moon Perseus: destroyer Minotaur: a bull of a king Theseus: farmer Athena: wisdom Pegasus: of the spring Bellerophon: wielder of missiles Jason: To heal Hermes: messages Achilles: A person that brings a lot of distress to people in warfare. Odysseus: cunning intelligence but with dangers. Odyssey: a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone Orpheus: beautiful voice Oedipus: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe. Sphinx: women knowledge and power Centaur: bull-slayer Harpies: light storm winds and light snatchers Anemoi: strong storm winds and strong snatchers Sirens: the danger of temptation and the power of sensual allure that leads to death. Scylla: rocks or reefs near the shores Charybdis: whirlpools Charon: Fierce Brightness Psyche: breath and mind Thanatos: died Hephaestus: metal work Hestia: hearth Rhea: the eternal flow of generations Uranus: sky

[@auzawandilaz6971]

a lot but not all of your perceptions regarding the norse belief system is incorrect, i am not a hellenic polytheist so i cannot speak about those. No shame in it, but try looking at it from a less 3rd dimensional perspective.

[@kovacsadam526]

And what about the Hungarians at the time :P We are many times win battles against Italy,the Holy roman empire, francais and Byzantine Empire or against kievan rus also.

[@kurtbogle2973]

The Mongols and Timogen

[@patrickparsons2378]

Your argument is flawed on so many levels. Bands of 'Vikings' were no better than their enemies either tactically or technologically. Their successes were due to such bands exploiting the internal weaknesses of the Franks, Anglo-Saxons and Scots. When those kingdoms were not distracted by civil wars they pushed Viking bands out or forced them to make treaties. It was not the large royal armies of the later C9th and C11th AD that were a problem, it was the disparate bands in the C9th AD: you either defeated them in battle or you bought them off. But they had no overall leaders and even when they joined up for a particular expedition, such as the micel here ('great raid') in the late 860s they fragmented fairly quickly. No, bands of wicenga were not the strongest or the best military forces in early medieval Europe.

[@Hades-im1ml]

Exactly ! It was the nature of the viking raids and the boat technology combine with spy that made them strong. Not an inherently force of the North !

[@AB-nr5je]

You're contradicting yourself.

[@Hades-im1ml]

@@AB-nr5je when i spoke about force i refered to the physic strength that we tend to give to norses. But yes my last message was contradict himslef x)

[@Hades-im1ml]

@@JackSonEFla2 i'm fond of viking age, but you can see me as fan-boy.

[@AB-nr5je]

Problem with having a real dialoge in topics like these is that there are alot of "adults" who let their pride get the better of them, infecting presentations of what information is available.

[@feldgeist2637]

granted, the Byzantines recovered a bit in the late Viking Age under the reign of Basileios II, but hadn't they've been that far away from the North and the Rus not that scattered all along the rivers, Byzantium too would've faced propblems......the Rus managed to ransack the outskirts of Constantinople once.... Bulgars, Khazars and other pecheneg Turks were difficult to deal with ! damn horse archers and lancers ambushing you every given opportunity and then riding away before you can mount a proper counter attack ( if you even can as a pedestrian) = not cool !

[@dryciderz]

Wikings traded, raided, settled, conquered, and explored in basically all of Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, North Africa, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland Canada. Wikings were epic. Who are these fools who think Scandinavia was on the fringe? Surely, they are ignorant.

[@edgarburlyman738]

12:45 Iceland used to be much warmer country

[@1.1797]

Could you imagine what the modern day world would be like had Scandinavia not existed or achieved what they had?

[@samuraijosh1595]

What have they achieved? Vikings are not civilization builders. Civilization is Romans, Greeks and later Early Jewish Christianity. What have Vikings contributed? They're excellent warriors, not civilised.

[@1.1797]

@@samuraijosh1595 clearly nothing....

[@Azrael1st]

Hold my compact bow and mongol horse

[@youknowkbbaby]

The vikings were too busy hiding from the Mongols😅.

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@youknowkbbaby what?? mongols got whooped by ladislaus 4th of hungary twice in 1280-90 lol they never steppe in west europe what u mean???

[@kurtbogle2973]

I'm only 15% Norse, I can tell. I don't actually like the idea of freezing my butt off for weeks on end in a boat. Something no one talks about. To do what the Vikings did takes lots of INTEGRITY AND DETERMINATION! Not to mention tough! They had to know how to navigate to keep from being lost at sea. While it's romantic to imagine ones self a Viking, their lives were full of hardships. They had to be! There's nothing forgiving about the North Atlantic. Is there a record of how many were lost at sea? Yes they were tough, and all of that, but truthfully I don't think I would enjoy that life.

[@wudenulyke2no]

You’ve got the bluest eyes ever🎉🎉.

[@michaelbehrens1660]

Scandinavia is the womb of nations…

[@ejjohnson8742]

I know I'm a Norse sea Viking but I have a question... is the tribe of Dan part of the Vikings? I know the Dannite Tribe from the Bible split in two and one half even had ships that look just like the Viking ships. My family line only goes back to 2000 years so I'm trying to go back even further. Are the Vikings part if the Lost tribe of Israel?

[@Mma-basement-215]

What year with the Franks because from Charles Martel Charlemagne's grandfather up to Charlemagne up to the 1100s no one in Europe could beat them the Lombards no before that Saxony no and before that the Muslims who conquered spain nope the franxx defeated all them I mean you can even look at what the Normans did who are half Viking half fank they conquered the lower half of Italy Sicily and gave the Byzantine defeat after defeat also during the first crusade the most important personare was a Norman which technically there Franks thats where I stand So I do agree no one could mess with the Vikings and their offspring and Kin Even in Byzantine their elite Force was from Scandinavia in the Scottish isles England Ireland the Rus when the Vikings next with the population they were the toughest force in the world

[@Hades-im1ml]

What make norse raiders the better of there times were spy and fastness of there boat. It's pity that the video do not mention the inherent benefit of vikingar on these points. The corporatism nature of vikingar armies lead to multiple disaster when it come to battles. The fact that they were invaders made the invaded linked better against them. That's why in most of pitched battles, norses loose it. But in term of guerilla and terrors tactic, there were the best (at foot). Sources : R. Boyer "Les vikings N. Price" The children of ask and elm" "vikings at war" Website hrustwick

[@tarasdubenskyy508]

Absolutely Rus was a separate nation, word "Rus" is plural. It means like "them" or a "group". Later on new countries took shape in Ukraine, Belorussia and parts of Russia (i.e. Moscow Principality or Novgorod Republic bwt burned to the ground by Moscovites) but those Scandianvian warlords and jarls would identify themselves as Rus or probably they would name their dynasties or kins to point out who they were. Too many people associate Russia with Ancient Rus but they couldn't be more mistaken. Rus was a thing of its own. Like Normans or Scythians or Burgundians. Thanks for pinpointing that. There's no more similarity between words "Rus" and "Russia" than between words "police" and "polution".

[@Djteacher101]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people

[@tarasdubenskyy508]

Yes and no. Some statements in Wikipedia are accurate i.e. like the one about Scandinavian decisive influence on free Slavic tribal communities but I think as to Russia it’s all about wordplay and here’s why: it says “Rus gave its name to Russia” and I’m asking how much Venetian is Venezuela? Because Venice gave its name to Venezuela, how much English is New York? because York is in Northern England, how much Spanish is San-Francisco? and so on and so forth.. it’s like a dangerous rabbit hole one shouldn’t fall for… case in point - name is not a defining argument. Rus couldn’t have given literally anything to anyone because Mongols obliterated most of it, especially North Eastern Rus. Rus didn't care about giving anyone anything and let alone its own name. If Russians want to call themselves Rus it doesn’t prevent Colombians from chosing to call themselves Japanese or Incas. Hope I made myself clear.

[@jp16k92]

I think this is great but you tend to oversimplify things here. Every army has its ups and downs. Let’s take England first. Yes, initially the Vikings were winners. But after Edington and the buhrs strategy by Alfred, things started to change. Frankie: true, they had it bad after Charlemagne but why? Because the Empire was parted into three realms and they were infighting. If the main concern of the population was the Vikings, the leaders were more interested in fighting for power between themselves than anything else. Japan: I’m a huge samurai fan. They were awesome warriors. And yet, they would have had their butts kicked twice by the mongols if it weren’t for propitious hurricanes that drowned the mongol invaders on both occasions. So, to conclude, an invincible army doesn’t exist. Generals and circumstances make or break a victory.