The Gods That Died: A History of the Vikings

[@killerbeefi]

omg Neil Price happy to see him here

[@annieg3489]

Always a pleasure listening to Neil Price and reading his books, Thank you!

[@morganjones2091]

Enjoyed this interview. Thanks!

[@cahh.4481]

Neil Price, my preferred professor on Vikings, read all his books. Great stuff

[@citizenVader]

Most families here in Denmark have the mythology of the norse as comic books, and it's quite accurate even though it's written for kids, so the gods are definitely not dead.

[@larseriksson1741]

This was very rewarding to listen to. Few have realistically and logically given a picture of the "Viking Age". Thanks for that. Throughout the ages, mythology and facts have been mixed to appease the present. I completely understand that he doesn't want to enter the homecoming of the Vikings. But genetics already has an answer to that question. Which says that Vikings are not a pure-bred group and differ somewhat from different parts of Scandinavia. Another interesting thing that you don't dare bring up is the role of women during the Viking Age. There is no doubt that few women had great power. But as many media portray today that women were Viking warriors just because they were buried with weapons is ridiculous. As well as the image given of the "goddess" Frejö as a goddess of war. Is as wrong as giving the fisherman Peter from the Bible the title God of War. Yes, history is distorted even today in order for it to fit in with the values ​​of the present, even through silence.

[@karinlarsen4251]

Children of Ash and Elm I kept finding myself in the middle of an indigenous peoples book. Finally I found your book about my history. So proud to be of Viking heritage. My people were converted to Mormonism by 1860. We crossed the Atlantic from Denmark, found ourselves on the Atlantic coast, made our way to the Mississippi River where we were given a handcart, and told to join the group we are seeking by crossing the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. Then we were sent to Central Utah To-Face hostile Indians. Here I still am to tell the story. You can't kill a Viking

[@wowsers9923]

Wonder why the "indians" were hostile... you believe you can't kill a viking but you sure as heck can steal land and annihilate other cultures. You're not a Viking you're an American.

[@timhennessey7778]

What an awesome explanation and interview

[@nathankilbourn3582]

Great video. How can I get a digital copy of that colorful Medieval Map?

[@bjornragnarsson7564]

hi. in the year 535 Krakatoa erupted or rather exploded and the Roman Empire finally died. The sun was not seen for many years because of the ash haze that floated around the world. Poisoned by sulfuric acid and fluorine, crop failure and subsequent death of farm animals with pestilence and disease. In Europe and Great Britain nearly half of the people died and the same happened in Scandinavia. The weather later improved and the temperature rose, the number of people increased again and in the northern countries there was overpopulation. The same thing happened in America which was full of Indians when Icelanders/Greenlanders came there. I think I heard somewhere that in all of America (N-S) there were about 100 million people in the years around 1000. rgd,B

[@MarsteinThomsen]

There is also a ting in Faroe Islands is called the “lawting” i that has been active since Viking times

[@pappelg2639]

I resent the misuse of our old cultural heritage. No neo nazi or any person can stop me from using all the old words and symbols that have nothing to do with nazi germany etc. to do. It is ours. Not theirs. So please use all the terms and just dont care if anyone does not know their history. That is their loss.

[@outfromtheshadows]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@patrickvernon2749]

I would like to add that there is no concept of linesr history. So yes I acknowledge the fatalism but there is always a rebirth.

[@howarddrake2544]

Like! Understand Viking culture & beliefs much more.

[@vanniestherdefreitas5640]

I did live life

[@michaelpotts4001]

Viking is an activity. Like saying pirate, like Satin, is a job not a guy.

[@TheWinterValkyrie]

So, Vikings is a periodic term. Not a term that encompassed the entirety of Scandinavians time. I really wish people would stop throwing around “Vikings” term so carelessly. I laugh whenever I hear someone say “I’m descended from Vikings”… lol Ok, that’s a lifestyle. I know a few individuals like myself who actually can prove Vikings lineage. Mine settled northern Scottish highlands around 820. Eventually my ancestors migrated to Sterling where they remained for nearly 600 years

[@veronicajensen7690]

yes we use the term Viking (Vikinger in Scandinavian)about Scandinavians during what is known as the Viking age, we don't however only use it about those who went on raids but for all the people firstly we don't really know what it means , as the word is used in many different ways "going Viking" or "he was a great Viking" and other ways, Vik in old Norse and modern Scandinavian means Bay , the Vikings settled in Bays and raided in Bays so the word may have to do with that, the translation of the word as "pirate" is due to a much older word "Wiking" in another part of the world where it meant pirate, and in yet another place and time it meant warrior, anyway it may have nothing to do with the old Norse "Vikingr" or "Vikingar" (plural) I mean Glass means Icecream in Swedish so we can never be sure a word in one language have anything with a similar word in another language, that said anybody with Scandinavian ancestors are ancestors of Vikings, because there wont be a family line in hundreds of years where no one in the family was a Viking that is not realistic, what I have to say as a Dane I find a bit disrespectful are people (usually if not only from the US) who call themselves Scandinavians because 3-5 generations ago 1 great great grandparent came from Scandinavia but they have never even been to Scandinavia , I have never heard a Brit call themselves Scandinavian because Vikings settled in the British isles