The Berserker of Stamford Bridge

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

"Englishmen, I am waiting here In my heart I know not an ounce of fear We are waiting here, my trusted axe and me Just come at me, I will not flee Death, I know that it awaits Soon I will enter Valhalla's gates" - The Berserker at Stamford Bridge by Amon Amarth

[@Zeno.J]

One of my favorite songs man

[@beerussama7093]

🤘

[@cyberangel82]

There's nothing like this in the lyrics of the actual song, which is a further proof that barely anyone can understand what the singer actually grumbles. 🙂

[@omishimuzu]

​@@cyberangel82you clearly dont listen to metal, like at all, johan heggs vocals are clear to ANY real metalhead, that line comes up in the last minute of the song, "ironically" named berserker at stamford bridge

[@Benmcg1992]

@@cyberangel82lmao what

[@richardjamesgallardojr.7584]

On the orders of King Harold I shall turn into a werewolf

[@NamNguyen-zc5cj]

I like Norse mythology because it's cool and interesting. Please do more of it

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

This is no myth. It really happened.

[@nia.d33]

the beserker at stamford bridge was a real man. He held the bridge alone.

[@xestinius]

"I used to be a berserker. Then I took a spear in the groin."

[@brokenbridge6316]

This berserker was brave to the end

[@spencersonnefeld]

Tactically, a narrow bridge is a great pinch point. There's another famous account from the early Roman Republic of P. Horatius Cocles holding a bridge until it was destroyed so the enemy couldn't cross.

[@axelrenesuzuki9334]

Wow that's very beautiful video history my brother father absolutely I love so much and very interesting history 😊.

[@s.owl9]

The art style is cool. It’s unfortunate they messed up on one important factor of the story and that’s the weapon of choice. It was a Dane Axe, a wide but thin axe head with a long shaft (about the height of the user’s shoulders from the ground). What allowed them to hold off so many soldiers on that bridge was the use of sweeping & circling swings that would frighten even experienced soldiers and the weapon length that could rival a spear. They were also probably wearing a viking helm (no horns) & chainmail, which would prevent most arrow-fire & spear thrusts from causing significant damage for a while.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video ⚔️

[@CrimsonRaven51]

Berserkers were known to get so caught up in battle frezie they would turn on thrown.

[@stevengreen9536]

@CrimsonRaven Berserkers would go into such a frenzy. They would sometimes turn on their own.

[@omishimuzu]

​@@stevengreen9536thus why they were kept seperate from the majority, and why, outside of battle, they were pretty much pariahs, but by the gods should you go to war without them in your army lol

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

You shall not pass... for real

[@SeeUinHistory]

😂

[@LotusFlyer]

and they say chelsea got no history smh

[@phantomeye5199]

0:00😯Woo! Now that was great battle field! 0:26 He completely surrounding on bridge by forces. 1:08 Really no wonder he was Berserker with rage but stab by spear from below through the planks fatally wounding him. 1:28 😣Oh he die on battle field at bridge. He was great warriors. 2:08 Two people holding hands together to walk through the door. 👏 Wow. Totally amazing story of The Berserker of Stamford Bridge.

[@DarthRaider520]

It took a sneak attack from below the bridge to bring him down. The lone beserker took down at least 40-80 men before succumbing to his wounds. A mighty beserker. His legend holds to this day.

[@ThegoldenFang20]

Heart carzy warriors so awosme

[@rahuls7271]

Do more videos on viking lengends

[@stoner1211]

easily one of the top 10 badasses of history.

[@craigbonin]

I am surprised Hollywood hasn't tried to recreate this scene.

[@dimitrijejovanovic5939]

Ah, the legendary Slaughter Man

[@christianchauhan23]

❤🤍💙 all your videos mate👍

[@zslatty130]

Do a tale of Ragnar lothbrok

[@John14-6...]

I don't know if it's true or not but I heard somewhere that the Angelo Saxon warrior who killed the Berserker from under the bridge used a spear to stab him in the groin.

[@MichaelStark-j8e]

Yep he did

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Yes, as the tale goes. Either in a boat or swimming in shallow waters. The whole thing seems unlikely as the English were armed with Bows and Arrows and the Norse were caught off guard without their armour. Also, there is no mention of it in the Norse sagas, only by later English historians writing decades later. But I like to think it's true. 🪓

[@ant-cs6rf]

Got here in 16 minutes

[@grailchaser]

"Slaughtering several soldiers who..." The story is that he killed around 40 of the Anglo Saxons. If you consider that we're looking at maybe 20-30 combats where they came at him one or two at a time, its easy to imagine that he might have held the bridge long enough for Hardrada's army to form ranks before he was slain by the spear from beneath the bridge.

[@ceronulo6858]

Deeeeam... thats a true badass

[@Etzio123]

They don't fear death.

[@fernandoalvarez5844]

What song is that

[@CrimsonRaven51]

Descendant of the Norsemen made up for the loss at Stamford Bridge withe the battle of Hastings in 1066!

[@eddthehead123]

Interesting point; by 1066, the Vikings were mostly Christian. Harald Hardrada made strides to improve Christanity's presence while he was king.

[@abeltadesse6062]

but he had personal berserker guard

[@eddthehead123]

@@abeltadesse6062 We call him the Berserker, but we don't know he if was actually part of the Bear Cult

[@Dra_gonee]

Do you made this comic art or you source them ?

[@SeeUinHistory]

We used original art for this video, the artists from our team are credited in the video description 👍

[@markcahill9255]

Was he a Chelsea fan? 🤔

[@ErikrNorthman]

Skål! 🍻

[@JonathanSilva-hy6fq]

Went out like tony Montana

[@pxtrerwah8746]

THORKELLL!!!!

[@worldwidesound1822]

I was just thinking like has anyone thought maybe he was an ex varangian explaining his skills

[@lamarbelina9436]

Hafthor bjornson probably has his genes

[@hanni3728]

Harold vs Harold

[@chakraborty1989]

How men want to go out

[@cyberangel82]

I guess they didn't have any archers with them? A single warrior? Come on!

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

They did have archers, and also, the Norse were caught off guard without their armour. But still. Have some imagination and a little fun.

[@deedubbs4412]

I look forward to mead with him in the afterlife. I have held my bridge by all means available to me too, and although I now have God's help through faith, I still hope it ends. Calling for the 15,000 to pour in is the worst thing we can do - it will bring absolute destruction of darkness and an avalanche of light. Hold your bridge, fight to the end. Help will come, just don't be the one who blows the rams horn. Humility.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

Vikings rule!

[@matrixorzo696]

First

[@RealConstantinusMagnus]

It certainly makes for a great story but by 1066 odds are the berserker in question would have been a Christian hoping to go to heaven, not a pagan bound for Valhalla

[@ss_2939]

False, he was Berserker not a normal Viking. Berserkers (bear cult) & Ulfjednars (wolf cult) were very deeply related to Norse religion and not Xtianity

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

​@ss_2939 There is no mention at all historically that he was a Bezerker. In fact, the Sagas don't mention him at all. As far as I'm aware the only time a Bezerker or Ulfhednar is mentioned in history is through Norse sagas and the historical evidence of their existence is not clear, especially since Vikings fought in lines of shield walls and always in formation. While, they are probably true to some degree, there is no historical accounts of them and the lone warrior on Stamford Bridge is never named as a Bezerker or Ulfhednar. Snorr Sturluson does mention Bezerkers but at that point, he is speaking of things 200 years before his time. Sad to say, there is no contemporary accounts of Bezerkers of Ulfhednar. Though, great artistic representations from their time, but it only serves to prove their existence in myth rather than history.

[@Powersnufkin]

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