My Heathen Viking Hero - Jarl Haakon

[@beardedwolf628]

I'm surprised that a jarl was seen favourably for bringing war. Imagine how triggered the modern world would be when a man rises up and starts killing foreigners. We need Hákon back though. Can we get a leader like him for Europe?

[@CJM-rg5rt]

I want a misanthropic leader. Someone who can see everyone's BS including his own which has to be present along with shitty programming in order to continue living. Someone who's willing to suffer with sanity/reality and responsibility, not some stereotypical human like a viking ruler. We deserve to evolve by this point. C'mon now we need utter brutality but not your kind of brutality. We need to all die in some form, not just a select few scapegoats. There are three groups of people, insane (most common) sociopathic and depressed. My point of view is that you can't make it better at this point but I like to dream and maybe I'm wrong.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

I bet you're thinking that he'll do bad things but he's unbiased so you'd literally be incapable of understanding anyway but try to imagine a loving alien that fell in love and deeply respected all life and was unlucky enough to find us, a terrifying virus. What'd he do? He'd just leave because killing all 8 billion of us must be really hard. Our great humor and art might be the only thing to protect us against alot of the cool little dudes.

[@henriksonson5308]

Look into the Asatru Folk Assembly Assembly it's a good start.

[@gigasquid2040]

@@henriksonson5308 yes

[@mhmmm9615]

"No wild beasts are so dangerous to men as christians are one to another" ~The *Last* Emperor of Rome and my hero, Julian II

[@littledikkins2]

Known to history as Julian the Apostate.

[@andreascovano7742]

atually that was his historian, the ex soldier ammianus marcellinus

[@afgone]

Well said! I worship the Greek Gods. I firmly believe one major reason Rome fell because it abandoned its Pagan ways.

[@AdmiralStickney]

@@littledikkins2 Julian the based.

[@nicolasdemarchenoyr3700]

Julian the Loser

[@thakonloe1044]

Proud to share his name and to be norwegian ♡

[@wilsons2882]

do they mock you (pagan names are mocked im not saying they should be)

[@thakonloe1044]

@@wilsons2882 no pagan names are very popular and even starting to become popular outside scandinavia

[@mnemonix1315]

@@wilsons2882 isn't your name pagan just anglicized? I know my name is.

[@rollovaughan]

@@wilsons2882. I have an old Viking name and have been mocked for it throughout my life.

[@AdmiralStickney]

@@rollovaughan Rollo was based, although I don't know that I can speak such on behalf of his descendants...

[@VixxKong2]

Peak Netflix adaptation meme

[@Skinhead_Stan]

When it comes to Pagan heroes you can never go wrong with good old King Penda of Mercia

[@Vikingskog]

Would be interesting with a video about Penda, had not heard about him before.

[@karlosthejackel69]

Last pagan king of Britain wasn’t he?

[@stonedape2406]

@@karlosthejackel69 no, he wasn't, well not anglo saxon england. That was king arwald of the isle of wight, a Jutish King who fought to the death against wessex to keep their religion alive.

[@gammamaster1894]

I’d imagine it was written to show “you can be the best, most glorious, most loved ruler but if you’re not christian then you are doomed”

[@terrybunch7313]

Nah, he was really a black woman. Netflix told me.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

[@VarangianGuard13]

You sir are wise indeed, comparing Jarl Ulfric to Jarl Haakon, both are heroes, but one is real and an example for us all. May you eternally find glory and success in your brave stand against the Monotheistic menace.

[@thatmanbran1811]

I actually just recently found out that Haakon Sigurdsson (Hakon Jarl) is my 22nd Great Grandfather and his ancestor Saemingr King of Halogaland "Son of Odin" is my 57th Great Grandfather on my paternal Grandmother's side. Pretty cool stuff

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

@@5thtimeaccountdeleted.206 it's not hard to trace male line ancestry, and depending on where you and your ancestors lived theres well kept very old records. I can track only back to 1600 though.

[@michaelkoch6021]

Hi cuz! 👋

[@karlosthejackel69]

That is just insane lol Your great grandfather features on the new Vikings show hahaha

[@ewigesgermanien4174]

You got a very soothing voice. You should do a audiobook of some pagan story or something like that.

[@faustianluminary4456]

I've always respected the Frisian King Radboud, although Haakon is an admirable man as well.

[@josephpeck8723]

There is actually a song about him by the Dutch band Heidevolk, "Konig Radboud."

[@thefnaffan2]

@@josephpeck8723 great song

[@gweiloxiu9862]

Another great video, thank you so much for your scholarship, hard work, and inspiration! Off to research Hakon for myself now.

[@Vingul]

Read Heimskringla ;-) if you want the bigger picture, anyway. (aka The Norwegian King Sagas, by Snorri Sturluson)

[@mandalorbeskar]

My favorite hero in germanic pagan history is Arminius

[@jaklm4221]

We call him Hermann

[@mandalorbeskar]

@@jaklm4221 Yes !

[@2WorldWar2]

He got spanked around by Germanicus

[@josephpeck8723]

@@2WorldWar2 Ever heard of the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest?

[@Raubabbau]

@@2WorldWar2 Which ? There were several men who wore this title, which, incidentally, was soon given away like trophies in elementary school. Everyone who burned down Germanic huts bore the title. Mostly after a hit and run on the right bank of the Rhine. The Limes shows that the title is worthless.

[@williamcooke5627]

Splendid work! More like this, please!

[@dopaminedrip]

Banging thumbnail once again lad, keep the fire burning.

[@Vikingskog]

He's one of my favorites as well. Next to King Rørek, who was the last non-christian king in Norway, King of Hedmark, who, even after being blinded and kept as a prisoner by King Olav Haraldsson(who finished the christianization of Norway) he kept trying to kill king Olav. He's also the only king burried on Iceland which is where he was eventually banished to. One part i find especially fascinating in the story about Håkon is his connection with his fylgja Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr.

[@Survivethejive]

Why do you say Thorgerdr is a fylgja?

[@Vikingskog]

​@@Survivethejive Did'nt see your reply before now but; at least two well known Norwegian historians mention her as a Flygja, Gustav Storm and Gro Steinland. And in two diffrent Norwegian translations i have of Heimskringla she is also noted as a fylgja. Not just Håkons fylgja but the Lade-ætt's (Lade-bloodline/dynasty) fylgja. If you have or can get a english copy, there are some other details mentioned about her in Fagerskinna, Færeyinga saga and Olav Trygvassons saga in Flateyjarbók that are not in Heimskringla, Saxo mentions her as well. Sadly all the long articles that goes into depth about her that i know of is written by professionals in Norwegian. There is also some theories that she was a jotun because of the second part of her name, Holgabrúðr(and in the original text of jomsviking saga, Þorgerðe Hörðatröll) and the similarity to certain other myths. And its said that she and Hölge is the ancestor of the Lade-earl dynasty as well as the Háleyg-dynasty (a dynasty of rulers in Hálogaland, a region nort of Lade). Håkon had a designated temple for her in Lade, and worshipped both her and her sister. I assume she's considered a fylgja because she is described as a guardian spirit of the Lade-dynasty. While some others consider her to be some sort of lower tier godess. Where to draw the line between those two i dont know. What a fylgja is, is not very thouroughly described in norse sources other than that its either the spirit of a humanoid, or a animal spirit, that follows and protects one person or dynasty/bloodline. Similar cases of other fylgjar protecting a certain bloodline/dynasty, aka frendefylgja, is also mentioned in certain other sagas, at least 1 in Morkinskinna and 1 in Flateyjarbok, though i cant remember which sagas.

[@liquidoxygen819]

I love the atmosphere in this video. Great work, Tom, thank you!

[@Ossium_0]

It's so said that we have no written stories about pre-christian heroes in Poland. Only some verbal legends survived, but they probably have little to do with historical truth

[@matias5817]

Ah yes, this black woman is my favorite viking hero!

[@averongodoffire7344]

HAIL HAKON JARL!!! MAY HE DRINK, SING, EAT AND DANCE IN VALHALLA FOR ALL REMAINING TIME!

[@lycurgusagoge9763]

He was the Julian the Apostate of the North. Glad to see there was such an energetic reaction against Christianism. Great video as always.

[@yaruqadishi8326]

He's not an apostate he's a true Pro Christ Godly true God worshipper who's covered the real creators the show does righteousness is Christly holiness he sought the light before anyone else could he came back to the light he came to the lights serving the real creators.

[@josephpeck8723]

@@yaruqadishi8326 Who are you talking about?

[@WitchHunterSiegfried]

@@josephpeck8723He’s talking about Julian, Only know him by name but that’s what I can infer

[@michaelkoch6021]

Thank you for speaking of my ancestor.

[@mbm8404]

Outstanding video! Thank you! Hail Odin! Hail Hakon Jarl!

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

Jarl*

[@mbm8404]

@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 thanks. Too phonetic sometimes. I edited to correct the spelling.

[@bjrnrichter7445]

Hail Haakon Jarl Honoured be thy memory from a Heathen Dane

[@hopenothate658]

My Grandma had a fireplace like that.

[@JackDonovan]

Great work!

[@archeofutura_4606]

At the same time, fooling around with your farmers’ daughters and women is quite dishonorable from both a pagan and christian view

[@drewweaves7573]

Penda Iceling - Redbad Folcwalding - Widukind - Håkon Sigurdsson

[@AdmiralStickney]

Penda, descendant of Woden. Hail.

[@moldveien1515]

he is considered a hero here. His name translated in english is Håkon the good (Håkon den gode in norwegian.)

[@Survivethejive]

No that is a different Håkon. Håkon den gode was rasied in England by Anglo-Saxons

[@moldveien1515]

And this name is often credit to his devotion to stopping christian influence in Norway. Such acceptence of norwegian tradition was not seen before our national romance period in the 1800s and that was just a way to differenciate ourselves from denmark not a real return to our roots.

[@moldveien1515]

@@Survivethejive Then i have been missinformed by my history teacher.

[@moldveien1515]

Either way great video. Heil ok sæll my friend.

[@moldveien1515]

Ok so after some googeling i see my confusion, it's multiple people show up if i google Håkon Jarl, but you are reffering to Håkon Sigurdsson specifically. Cool, I just got a copy of Heimskringla so will read about him there.

[@robmc3713]

Keep it coming brother!! 🍻

[@luciobrazil007]

Great video as always, the new house looks nice as well

[@childrenoftheash874]

Maybe a great fork festival to do on your channel would be Up Helly Aa in Shetland 29 January

[@Dark123hound]

Heill Hákon Jarl! fucking excellent video my man.

[@theredbeard6333]

Did You see netflix Jarl Haakon!? This needs to stop

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

It's an organized front against European history and identity.

[@henriksonson5308]

Join the Asatru Folk Assembly brother.

[@theredbeard6333]

@@henriksonson5308 I'm a rodnover

[@henriksonson5308]

@@theredbeard6333 ah hail slavic brother.

[@Creativethinker12]

The one in netflix show isn’t meant to be Haakon Sigurdsson, but Haakon Ericsson. A different Haakon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Ericsson

[@Raubabbau]

Here after the Vikings Valhalla Trailer

[@Survivethejive]

Autoplay?

[@Raubabbau]

@@Survivethejive Let me say, Hakon is not a man and not european at the new series.

[@Creativethinker12]

The one in the netflix show isn’t meant to be Haakon Sigurdsson, but Haakon Ericsson. A different Haakon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Ericsson

[@dsala2614]

EXCELLENT WORK...

[@tonywallick1337]

Painting over a brick of stone fireplace should be illegal

[@leornendeealdenglisc]

Hāl wes þū, Hacun eorl!

[@WarDogMadness]

they came to him he didn't call them .

[@captaingreenjazz5651]

You have created one of the best channels on this platform, friend. Thank you.

[@JacobE.Simmons]

Haha did not expect to hear my song at the end! Very cool story! I have always wondered how/why Christianity was embraced by Europeans. Seems unthinkable that any people would accept a foreigner with no relation to them as god. Maybe an idea for a video?

[@Survivethejive]

the answers are very interesting!

[@aaronthedragonslayer1279]

Haakon Jarl lived like a Rock Star

[@rodderz5615]

Kalergi Netflix casting impeccable once again 🙄

[@drengr7210]

King Hrårek of Hedmark was another solid pagan king

[@deemon1997]

Praise be to noble Hákon! May Tryggvason know the eternal scorn of his forebears and his folk for his treachery! May he wade in niðingskapr for all time!

[@MLdjKAZZ]

Did some research about my own genealogy and found that i was related to many jarls in norway, sweden and denmark. One of them was Hakon. Sadly not in direct paternal line :/

[@dangerouswitch1066]

Hail Bruder

[@combatantezoteric2965]

That's amazing.

[@christianmeyers7149]

One of the farmers daughters then eh?

[@MLdjKAZZ]

colonel indeed, im just lucky to have noble ancestors which makes it possible for me to find my ancestors way back

[@intotheoldforest380]

@@MLdjKAZZ There is not a single nordic person that isn't related to the norse kings. Most Europeans are descendants of the traitor Charlemagne too.

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

Funny how universalist are now trying to tarnish his image by having a black woman play him on tv, as a tolerant leader. I'm not kidding.

[@josephpeck8723]

Wait what? What tv show is this in and who thought that was a good idea? Seriously, this kind of BS is getting out of hand.

[@marlajacques6947]

Thomas is your last a version of Raus (originally) I'm researching Raus myself and noticed it 😉

[@Texasmade74]

One huge correction Haakon Jarl didn't live from 975 to 995 he ruled Norway from those dates but he was born around 937 and died in 995

[@il-yi2lo]

It's nice to wake up to a STJ video :)

[@ErikTheHeathen]

Thank you for informing me on this heroic figure. Danes may have been the most famous vikings, but Norway and Sweden were the defenders of Paganism to the very end. I'm glad with the Pagan revival we can honor these legends as they should have been so long ago.

[@legofanguyvid]

I wish we as kemetics had hero's like hakon against such evils, even if by the time christianity came, egypt was pretty much hellenised.

[@gladiatrex1975]

Håkon's sexuality sounds like a bit of a reference to Zeus

[@willhall1874]

Mr Rowsell, I have a thing I wish to discuss with you about your historical endeavours. How may I contact you?

[@steelstarfitness6290]

Jarl Ballin'

[@Survivethejive]

Steel Star Fitness Jarl come back now ya here?

[@joakim8988]

Swag

[@anthonynovak5399]

I enjoy your videos and your voice is is easily followed but I often have a hard time hearing you in my vehicle radio or at work. I’d really appreciate it if you boosted the sound! Keep up the great work!

[@Survivethejive]

this video is available as a podcast with boosted sound.

[@thefnaffan2]

My favorite pagan hero is the Frisian king , King Redbad. .. He wasn't Scandinavian, however, he wasn't putting up with Charlemagnes and the Christians bs....

[@andrewmcneil6668]

I have always liked Hakon Sigurdsson but he is not often mentioned. The Mercian King Penda is a similar situation IMO. Though he may have been more difficult to lionize due to what it was claimed that he did to Oswald of Northumbria. In any case, this is a great video about a great man.

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Norman Rowsell we remember you

[@EarlSergejTheRakish]

That's all fine and good. But where does the placenta come into play?

[@martinan22]

There is a speculation that Håkan Röde commemorated by the beautiful Runestone at Hovgården, Adelsö, is the same as Blotsven, the last heathen king of Sweden. I just noticed that two of the last great heroes of our religion might have had the same name.

[@garytucker5748]

Thank you Thomas,you my man,are brilliant,I raise my horn to you Sir.

[@slothbrok3302]

Great video

[@Homeomemus]

7:15 *Chuckles in CK2* It's good to be Chief

[@iyaramonk]

You said he lived from 975 to 995. He was actually born around 935, about 15 mins from where I live :)

[@Survivethejive]

I meant he ruled from 975

[@dharmawarrior111]

Hi Tom. I would like to suggest please a video of you instructing how to make a traditional Yule log and its origins. I can imagine you and your wife making it, burning it and doing your creative/educational thing.

[@Survivethejive]

Won't have time this year i am afraid. However i will do a video on wassailing in January

[@lichenthevagabond2006]

My son is called Ivar Håkon

[@guldukat6749]

Håkon Sigurdsson is 9000% based. But Tore Hund is 9001% based. Both were radical anti-globalists and anti-christians and fought for the glory and sovereignty of Norway. Very nice video!

[@dirtygiraffe]

Fram, fram, bondemenn! Slik spidder vi bjørnene!

[@RogerTheil]

Egil Skallagrimson must be like 90000% based, then. So based he was considered too violent for certain viking raids, got his first kill at 8 years old over a football match, and puked all over a king (and up his nostrils, in his eyes, and down his throat. The story is pretty graphic with the detail), and then became offended when the king puked on him back involuntarily. Ah, Egil. What a madlad.

[@Vikingskog]

The story of Tore Hund is very epic, especially how he killed King Olav with the spear, 'Selshevner'(Sels-avenger), which was 6 years earlier used by one of king Olavs soldiers to kill Asbjørn Selsbane, who was the son of Tore Hund's brother. Its sad these stories are not used for movies. Norse litterature has tons of stories that would fit very well in movie format. But then again, we live in the era of state and media enforced ethno-masochism so its hardly suprising.

[@meanders9221]

Not ideal for movies if they have no happy ending. But they sound just right for opera.

[@micksimmons8827]

Epic!

[@entrepreneursfinest]

Someone may have already asked this, but what was the "corn" referenced in the translation? Was it a generic for any grain or a misrepresentation of any kernel grain?

[@Survivethejive]

corn means any grain. usually barley

[@entrepreneursfinest]

@@Survivethejive There's actually a "Russian corn" that's a type of ancient wheat or similar grain I believe. It produces without much attention if sown sporadically and makes a very nice harvest if you were a hunter/gatherer. Sepp Holzer grows it in the Austrian mountains.

[@lars526]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that corn was a unique crop to the American continents at the time...at 3:25 the abundance of corn is mentioned.

[@Survivethejive]

A. B. Larson corn is an english term for many grains but americans applied it to maize

[@dirkamondant3445]

Thank you

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

And Netflix cast a foreign woman to play him in a show.

[@jmddetecting5503]

Chad the lad

[@lmonk9517]

Hi Thomas, loving your content. Just wondering if you have any thoughts on the 'witch cult hypothesis '?

[@JohnSmith-ks7oj]

Did he wish to free the Nordic people from the imperials foreign gods? I also heard he didn’t like the elven folk...😉

[@Survivethejive]

Thrandheim belongs to da Norse!

[@RandomComedy1000]

well now it belongs to the Muslims....

[@moldveien1515]

@@RandomComedy1000 Only 3% of my country is muslim don't lie.

[@RandomComedy1000]

im not trying to i love you guys and i dont want to see you and you're country lost and destroyed im worried

[@gordonladdo1866]

Imperials and Nords worshipped the same gods more or less because imperials and nords are descendant from the same ancestors. It was the banning of talos worship which caused strife.

[@vulpesinculta3238]

Yet for all his divine favor, he died, his life's work unfulfilled.

[@Survivethejive]

Vulpes Inculta but i know one thing that never dies; the name of one who wins glory

[@wilsons2882]

@@Survivethejive the christians right lol muh christian european legacy

[@Casstax]

I'm Norwegian and Håkon Jarl is my true king.

[@oaktreeholler]

I'd love to hear tale of thorir hund. I know very little but maybe enough. I'd like to know if you've got more information on his life

[@yaruqadishi8326]

I want to ask you to do videos on Saturnalia the Holy days of December.

[@Survivethejive]

check my interviews playlist

[@user-mishapagan]

Is there a possibility of you meeting Varg Vikernes?

[@WitchHunterSiegfried]

IIRC Varg sperged out and doesn’t like Jive or Golden One as they disagree with his weird interpretations of Paganism.

[@Survivethejive]

No he is a cantankerous old narcissist

[@SunGraal]

Most excellent

[@testicool013]

But he was a black woman wasn’t he

[@jbscornerstore]

Indeed.

[@dangerouswitch1066]

Poltical inclinations are everywhere, it is differentiated by the nature of the people, as defined by their religion.

[@northmantru6236]

Hail Hakon Jarl!

[@fizeekpoaster]

Hail Haakon Jarl!

[@1492dv]

Call it like you see it, but I think Hermann was also like that in the sense that he fought the Romans. I note that in this case it's pagans fighting pagans, but that's minor considering that Rome was very powerful at the time, and by then multicultural.

[@keithmccaslyn2527]

Hakon Jarl !!

[@orlandomartinez5282]

Could you make a video on the pagan view on economy ?

[@ryufight7987]

My favorite pagan hero is ..Kublai Khan of mongol empire . He managed and rulled one of the biggest empires ever and one of the most brutal army's

[@Survivethejive]

Wasn't a real empire

[@ryufight7987]

@@Survivethejive of course it was it was the largest contiguous land empire in world history. So I don't know what you are talking about . He had more then 240.000 warriors not many empires can top that . Lol largest viking force ever was maybe 10.000 man .. the heaten army . That's like peanuts for mongol empire 😂😂😂😂😂

[@niclasneziru1854]

The Virgin Saxon VS The Chæd Víkingr

[@cindaschuster6725]

Great the history lesson! 💚

[@c4call]

I approve of this message. Commence

[@JCElzinga]

Nah, pretty sure its an older black lady...

[@Adrian-qi5ii]

As far as I know: Are Indo-europeans / Indo-germans / Aryans the same ancient people?

[@hardwankinman558]

youre like from an article 100 years from now titled 'How our grandparents KZbind' just missing a pipe!

[@yolobro2071]

You said his name exactly right.

[@louhxmnd2485]

according to the new vikings show he was a black woman

[@Creativethinker12]

The one in netflix show isn’t meant to be Haakon Sigurdsson, but Haakon Ericsson. A different Haakon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Ericsson

[@fifa4lifeunknow795]

@@Creativethinker12 oh Well same thing Diffrent character😂😂😂😭

[@trevorholland1500]

I am way late so I don’t expect a response, but I’m just wondering why Hakon fought the Jomsvikings, from the little I know they both would have been devout pagans.

[@WitcherGerd]

The jomavikings were mercenaries, they fought for anyone who had the money to pay them, even Christans