The True Story of Amleth | The Northman

[@Freesavh1776]

Amleth was a very patient genius. I love hearing stories of the patient to exact vengeance. Like the story of the 47 Ronin.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching Jamie! I also have a video on the 47 ronin

[@Freesavh1776]

@@historyprofiles oh trust me man you don't have a video out that I haven't watched. The video of the 47 Ronin is 1 of my all time favorite video. This is kinda funny. My wife loves Mortis Media. There's been a few times I was watching your videos, & she had Mortis going @ the same time 😆. Thank you for your great quality videos. I like to watch or read anything that will impart at least some knowledge I didn't have before. And your videos meet that criteria. So keep what you're doing up. Because we will never truly know everything, but I like trying 😁😆😅.

[@9391862]

I was taken aback by Hermutrudes lies. Amleth had treachery, betrayal and lies all around him, even from the people he held most dear. That's the real tragedy!

[@serpaolo7413]

Women often had no choice but to feign love or faithfulness (just as Amleth feigned ignorance and sanity) in order to survive.

[@andrew-rn9ui]

​@@serpaolo7413 I think he feigned insanity , he was a berserker for many years doing raids and an absolute nut job until the seer reminded him of his revenge and then he kinda started being human again 😅

[@arpforrealkashman]

This was honestly quite entertaining from the start till the end.The plot was well fabricated,well told above all.Thank you.

[@sundevil2295]

Today is my birthday. My family are taking me out for dinner and to watch "The Northmen" tomorrow to celebrate. Can't wait!! ❤️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

I do not think that I had ever heard of Amleth before, I am learning so much from this channel, brilliant, keep it up :)

[@kamion53]

I too only after seeing Northmen and Googled Amleth made the connection with Hamlet in spite of the names are so simular. but the image of Hamlet I had what that of Richard Chamberlain playing the role of which Skargard's character could be no further removed.

[@michelleg7]

Supposed to be the ancestors of the kings of Murcia

[@kamion53]

@@michelleg7 do you mean Mercia, one of the Anglosaxon kingdoms or the kingdom of Murcia in the south of Spain? That was one a taifa's or small muslim states which became one of the ten kingdoms belongng to the Crown of Castile

[@emmitstewart1921]

I have long been aware that Hamlet was the retelling of an older saga but had never been able to find the original or a translation of it. Thanks for this chance to hear it. Clearly Shakespeare was a brilliant writer for turning this litany of treachery and murder into a version palatable to an Elizabethan Christian audience

[@olelarsen7688]

I think Amleth was a real person, of the Jute tribe. But the events took place 8-900 years before they were written down by Saxo. Therefore the story is mostly myth. For instance the name Feng, Fenge just means prince, and can be found in the placename Fingleton. The reason I can date Amleth is because of Wiglek. His name can be found in a line of angelish kings handed down in Mercia: Withlæg, Wermund,Offa, (Angengeot), Eomer. Eomer led the Angel tribe's migration to Britain. So England in the story means the Angel tribe in South Jutland. The Jute tribe had an inner conflict, which maybe can be seen in the battle at Finsburg, where Garulf is chieftain of a jutish colony by Flevo Lake, which dissapeard by the time of the invasion of Britain.

[@olelarsen7688]

@Chief Wildhorse Caucasians is just a word. Europeans were white people and spoke european language before Britain was an island. Even before the ice in the ice age had melted.

[@antestanic2964]

why do you know so much and why I don`t question it?! Ok gonna clap my hands as a bird for a while...

[@peachday4347]

brilliant

[@olelarsen7688]

@Nathan Reade I was just answering someone who called himself Chief Wildhorse, and he quickly retracted his comment. I didn't care to delete mine. In the viking age Spain was allready conquered by muslims. Otherwise I don't think vikings got in contact with other races, exept greenlanders and indians, ofcause. Maybe they met some black people in Konstantinople.

[@NordicWarrior01]

@@olelarsen7688 they did and mentioned them as "blue people" fact. Plus we conquered those Muslim aggressors. Fact.

[@valmarsiglia]

Saxo Grammaticus is one of the coolest names ever.

[@veronicajensen7690]

his real Danish name was Sakse a common name in Denmark when he lived from 1160-1208 , in latin it's Saxo , Grammaticus means "the learned one"

[@stevenwilgus5422]

There is wisdom in the sagas. The Bard knew it. The lessons are still relevant. They resonate like well orchestrated music.

[@ashroskell]

Quite a poetic turn of phrase yourself, there. There is also deep history in them, regardless of how true, or partially fact based they are. Everything you need to know about what a culture values, how it sees itself, what motivated its peoples and what they wanted others to think about them, is contained in their stories. Especially once you know who they were written, or told, for.

[@Agapy8888]

Hi HP. Another great story. Learning about the rich legacy of the Vikings and Saxons. Great deduction of the tainted food and drink. His olfactory sense was extremely sharp.

[@historyprofiles]

It was indeed! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@paulrollins1978]

Or...he rewrote the assassin letter, planted the swords and dead body, and tricked the king into handing over his daughter. If you eventually kill that King, you can write the "story for your own glory" and tell how you were so awesome you could sniff rust and dead bodies. I suggest these are all allegory. Rollo the Walker married a kings daughter as well, interesting similarities. And the 2 wives thing is noteworthy, Jesus had 2 wives.

[@BigCthe1]

Vikings were like pirates a culture yes but not exactly a rich legacy they robbed killed raped and plundered neighboring villages and told whoever survived to join or die they would have made many gang members look like saints

[@ulrichkristensen4087]

No not Scandinavian steelage where viking was a concept, but rather early roman iron age, the migration period

[@pdzombie1906]

Amazing legend!!! Pretty sure there were many interepretations, but no wonder Shakespeare has remained the one to be studied and loved: he made the prince's madness ambiguous and turn everything into a tragedy (as vengance always is), mixing several genres (ghost story, vengeance, political thriller, meta theater, etc.).... Thanx!!!

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Great video. I'm a huge fan of viking age stories and pretty much anything to do with ancient Germanic tribes and cultures in general. I enjoy your style of video production and story telling so keep up the good work my friend. Can't wait to see The Northman! 🖤💀🏰⚔️🖤

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment ! I hope you enjoying the content and have a great day!

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[@mariasaucedolouzado7622]

Hi! I watched it yesterday. If you liked the story of this video I'm sorry but don't watch the movie, looks nothing like this

[@nicolesmith5240]

Amleth, is Hamlet with the letters rearranged. Shakespeare was clever

[@SUPERRRSAIYANNNNN]

but if anyone does it these days their called a plagiarist

[@jakegraham3758]

@@SUPERRRSAIYANNNNN reimagining would be more accurate no one accuses the lion king, black panther, or this movie of plagiarism

[@Eldagusto]

No Hamlet is the English pronunciation of Amleth. The Norse Th would be pronounced like a T or a D in English.

[@goranslava843]

Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare … His real name was sir Francis Bacone

[@albenmurcia4716]

He literally just moved the last letter to the start. Its like if i made a story based on the life of Andrew but call the main character Wandre

[@gregdiiamond3899]

This was fascinating! I believe it to be the stuff of legends but a superbly told story.

[@wonkothesane8691]

Who cares if it be real or only legend? It's a great tale, and I loved hearing it! Thanks!

[@seretith3513]

The Political Wariors do They Ruin alot

[@grey8940]

Northman was soooo good! go see it in the theater as it should be with great movies

[@ibiza1290]

Outstanding work. I may not always comment but I'm always watching. Thanks HP.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much !!!

[@LadislavMaljar]

Thank you for using Devin Castle in this video (at 12:20), a very important historical fortification in Slovakia, overlooking the river Danube, flatlands of Austria/Vienna and Moravia.

[@gem9089]

Love all The History Profiles!! If they used these in schools, i think children would want to listen & learn!! Thanks Ollie!! ⚔️

[@MrVvulf]

Enjoyed your video. I hope one day you'll cover my favorite warrior king - Pyrrhus of Epirus. Remember that line from the movie Troy - "Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be something?"? Pyrrhus was that type of king. He fought multiple duels against champions from the enemy side, the most famous one being the Mamertine champion. Plutarch wrote in his "Life of Pyrrhus" that Pyrrhus cut the Mamertine in half, longways, from head to groin.

[@mainebearhunter3444]

I love the documentaries you do so much , I get so much information from them . I'm infatuated with the 8th-10th century the viking age really . Accent Rome and I've watched all the movies many times. But love watching ones like this with facts or closest known facts anyway. Keep them coming ! Great job !

[@donovanbradford8231]

A great video and breakdown as I preformed Hamlet in college when the film the Northman came out I was very familiar with this story so watching the film gave me the chance to see where Shakespeare ended and Viking saga began. Seeing the differences was great and quite enjoyable and hearing a more complete version of Amleth was very enjoyable and seeing many the videos is going to be fun. I will say while the Northman is loosely based on the story of Amleth I had to laugh as Feng loses the trone of his brother to King Harald which made me laugh the hardest as any fool with a sword can kill a king and take throne but only a true king can hold onto his kingdom something Feng knew very little of no matter the story.

[@natmcag7781]

i mean considering what happened to him in the end to him what he achieved was amazing. awesome video man

[@deedragongirl]

I didn't know that Amleth was the inspiration behind Hamlet, just like Macbeth.

[@TheChavez1976]

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

[@historyprofiles]

I know it’s crazy! Thank you for watching!

[@AntonQvarfordt]

I'm not sure it was the inspiration for Macbeth, was it? I think that's just speculation that might or mightn't be true.

[@deedragongirl]

@@AntonQvarfordt No, Macbeth was also base on the real life namesake historical figure.

[@austinholm-mcrae2777]

Macbeth was 100% based on Macbeth...

[@shanehunt7700]

Death smiles at everyone a Viking will smile back

[@downwithosama1]

Great story! Good video dude. Keep up the great work.

[@Elke-j8m]

Magnificent as your narration! Loved every detail on this epic history. Thank you for great videos!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Elke!!

[@Elke-j8m]

@@historyprofiles No mention! Always happy to be here and listen to you. Thank you!

[@alphonsusseketa6679]

I enjoyed this story very much. Please do more .

[@Michaelkaydee]

I'm going to love this series

[@billjackson1200]

Wow that's a great video, and I didn't know all that.So thank you so much for sharing that with me!

[@susanwozniak6354]

I think real historical events preceding the foundation of the Dane Law color the animosity and distrust between the Danes and residents of England. Also, the burning of buildings with people in them is a widespread trope among Scandinavians. It also may reflect the mythology of the cauldron as told by the Celts. Hamlet and Hamnet were names used in England. We find a reference to Hamlet in the Irish Annals of the Four Masters. However, work on the Annals did not begin until circa 1632, long after the staging of Shakespeare's play. The name Gormflaith also is one of the names given to the Sovereignty Goddess. The historic Gormflaith is the mother of both the king of Dublin Sigtrygg Silkbeard, and, of Donnchad Mac Brian, king of Munster by Brian Born.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Oh, luv this one w/ the *Shakespeare* connection you have included; very interesting. This section of history was not taught in any of the schools I attended. I only have a BA Degree so... 👍👍👍👍👍 *Thank You Ollie*

[@tyrannicalgod6064]

Cool one of my most favourite medieval movies.

[@sp4cepigz174]

Great interpretation of maybe the best story ever written.

[@slyaspie4934]

Such a great channel always an interesting story every upload, thanks for your hard work

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

I still want to see the movie.

[@NomadX7]

thank You Sir. another great one

[@thefnaffan2]

Way better than the movie. I don't understand why they can't stick to the original storyline.

[@picklerick.n.666]

Awesome as always and extremely interesting and informative and with your perfect invested narration... Unbelievable Ollie you surprise me every single time... Deeeeeeep respect for your work 💞😇💞😇💞😇💞😇💞😇💞

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Poky! Your comment means a lot to me !

[@AILDdrums]

I wish I had heard that the movie was basically Hamlet before I saw it, it would have made a little more sense. I need to go see it again now.

[@nkley1]

Very informative. This video is a must see before watching Northmen, which I have to watch…..right now. Thank you.

[@jadedavis822]

Wait the Queen said she die with him but in the end she gave herself to his enemy lol ....great story ! New sub!

[@jessebradshaw9993]

never trust a bitch “

[@rumproast8643]

Women 🙄

[@roberthickerty390]

Mind you, she had a habit of disliking her suitors and having them killed. Perhaps she did what she did to get Wiglet alone and kill him to avenge Amleth knowing that she would then be killed by Wiglet’s men? Thus she kept her vow.

[@ramonalejandrosuare]

@@roberthickerty390 Or she disliked Amleth and convinced him into his suicide mission against Wiglet so she could trade up....

[@skittlecornnation4323]

@@rumproast8643 lol relax

[@nicholebabygirlboo539]

I just love the sound of this man voice 😍 I really enjoy listening to him tell stories about this legendary warriors. I bet he's a really handsome man ❤💖❤.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! Your too kind ! ❤️

[@nicholebabygirlboo539]

@@historyprofiles Awww... You're most welcome sweetie! I love the sound of your voice. Your accent is really sexy. Just listening to you speak makes me want to be intimate❤❤❤💋💋💋💖💖💖. I look forward to hearing your beautiful voice again my love.

[@jamiegregg9211]

this was an awesome vid Ollie loved it mate I think its real based on legendary warrior

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Jamie!!!

[@yuukisama2001]

There is so much history out there we don't know about. I never even heard of this historic figure.

[@bongdonkey]

Absolute banger of a video. I appreciate your hard work.

[@berenicewaters4096]

Another amazing story from this age of worriors and raiders.

[@patrickbarrett5650]

That was new to me, fascinating, thank you. 👏🏻

[@thinkingman07]

Amazing work!

[@theodoresherman5707]

12:07 Amleth was really smoking on that Feng pack. He really said, "Put him on a shield"

[@Schwarzkald]

Awesome! Make more videos like that one

[@matthewwaters5317]

Such an interesting video, need to see the movie now

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job..

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much !!

[@BRIMZ619]

Excellent saga. I would say that it's probably 75% accurate if not more. Either way great story and movie. Thank you for another awesome video!

[@elrictraver8275]

WOW! What a tale! An army of the dead??!!! Pure fucking genius. You, my friend, have earned a new sub.

[@oddhouseproduction]

Similar to Vlad‘s bodies stuck on poles as far as eye can see for the Turks...

[@apollyonkatastrefia1586]

Ill never forsake you in death. 10 minutes later: You've killed my husband. I offer myself to you.

[@jadedavis822]

That was my very thought lol

[@rufrox9947]

shows how little women have changed in the last 1,000 years lmao

[@kamion53]

Reminds me of an of the 1st episode of Blackadder, where Blackadders mother feared to be raped when her husband loses the batlle, but when he returns victorious she sighs; "So you now must do the raping." With a sort of "just let's get over it and continue our lives"

[@historyprofiles]

Saxo did comment on women but I didn’t add it because I knew people would get offended but I’ll write some of it here: Thus all vows of women are loosed by change of fortune and melted by the drifting of time; the faith of their soul rests on a slippery foothold, and is weakened by casual chances; glib in promises, and as sluggish in performance, all manner of lustful promptings enslave it, and it bounds away with panting and precipitate desire, forgetful of old things, in the ever hot pursuit after something.

[@shanicengcobo5396]

@@historyprofiles what does this mean?

[@mrk1298]

After watching this video, can't wait to see the movie now

[@savagesavant4964]

Other than the obvious Hamlet parallels, there are hints of Siegfried Saga in the last bit.

[@bishopman2308]

Amelth is eventually turned into a vampire, changes his name to Eric and opens a vampire bar called Fangtasia.

[@ffxiarcadius]

i like this film even more now

[@andrewlerdard-dickson5201]

Just opened at the box office on the 21.4.2022 here in the west coast of the land down under ! Will be adding this movie to my personal library with all the other good DVD's on the Vikingr......Heill !! The Norse mythology movie the "Curse of the Ring" is the story of the Nibelungenlied......the saga of Sigurd und Gudrun, otherwise known in modern times as the story of George and the dragon !! This saga of Sigurd is one of the major stories that set's up the background to J.R.R.Tolkein's work's such as "Lord of the Ring's" book's etc.

[@VizorReacts]

17:17 - 17:36. It looks less than 19 seconds for Hermutrude to go from "I'll die by your side if I have to, my dear husband" to "take me for your wife, man who just killed my husband" LMAO

[@kyzerbatiste2645]

True definition of "She belongs to the streets" 😆

[@williamandaudreymenjivar85]

Just SUBSCRIBED ❤ Love all of your Videos thank you for sharing ❤

[@bambibrosemer1597]

Very clever retelling. Well done indeed.

[@hapa7791]

Holy cow. Just find out the guy who killed Amelet was the grandfather of Offa of Mercia. And it turns out Wessex and Mercia had been good pals even before they settled in England.

[@historyprofiles]

I know it’s crazy!!! Everything is linked !

[@donovanbradford8231]

It is truly amazing the amount of ties that England had to the many lands of the Vikings as the old story of the English language was not only found in a Viking burial mound in England but told the tale of the Viking's version of Hercules, Beowulf. And that is only the tip of the deep ties that island had to the Vikings.

[@roxanneaspogard1327]

Amleth certainly was an interesting character, and fits very much into the way Kings in Scandinavia would fight for power and vengence...a great story for sure.

[@Ax-xN]

If someone could adapt this to cinema it had to be Robert Eggers

[@dtcdtc8328]

You do phenomenal work bro. Sub'd

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

So in conclusion, the Northman is just a combination of historical and mythical stories from danish and Scandinavian. (Please correct me if I’m wrong)

[@bobertjones2300]

This is a pre-Hollywood embellishment. Based on some truth but intensified for dramatic effect with the Story Teller's license. Keep the story pipeline flowing, Ollie!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for your comment!! I hope you enjoyed the video!!

[@freethinker8603]

Have you seen Conan The Barbarian? There are some scenes that have been copy pasted from that one.

[@suzyq0054]

Its a wonderful story I could see it...

[@sheepdog1102]

Well done!

[@sugewhitejacoby8654]

I'm not sure what parts of the story I believe. But I saw the movie yesterday and loved it! Excellent movie

[@daviddiffenderfer6963]

More please 🙏

[@oleyullah]

I knew it myst have had something to do with Shakespeare! From the getgo I was getting the Macbethian/Hamlethian vibe off the movie and the plot. It reminded me of "Macbeth" starring M. Fassbender as well in terms of its Norse/Saxon themes "Boewulf". I loved it so much! Funny, my mate dragged me to watch it thinking it was gonna be an action movie like 2007 "Pathfinder" movie.

[@danielirl9252]

I think most of history is manipulated truths/ lies but i do love the videos as i get to try and understand what sounds real or not.

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[@thebaneking4787]

I love this stuff.

[@colby4181]

Just watched it last night. Such a power story. Glad it wasnt just all out battlefield mess over exaggerated. Film work was gorgeous yet dark and gloomy.

[@gruntsffs1]

Very cool!!! Thanks for the excellent work

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Mike!!

[@danielsimpson2494]

Thoroughly enjoyed that

[@Sebadee80]

I’ll be honest and admit I didn’t know much about the story of Amleth. I also didn’t know that Hamlet was based on it, although now I can see Hamlet is an anagram of Amleth. My knowledge on the subject completely stems from the movie The Northman, One of the best movies I have seen in a while. But I know a movie is a poor substitute for the real story so I’m looking to learn more. If you haven’t seen The Northman yet and like your movies made for adults, Then you are in for a treat. All of the above I wrote before watching this presentation, not the right way to do it but the movie so impressed me that I wanted to give it a glowing review first. As usual the true story turns out a bit different to the movie, but still keeps some of the themes, but I am a little disappointed it couldn’t have been a bit more faithful to the source material. But then again maybe it would’ve seemed a bit too similar to the situation with Claudius and Caligula, which might have taken from its originality. I’ll learn more of the story of Amleth, as I will the story of Beowulf And any other stories from that time period because I am now quite interested. Thank you for this presentation, I enjoyed it and felt like I learn something new which is why I look on KZbin for videos. Stay safe

[@leftyfusion88]

This alone would make for a great film especially seeing an army of the dead come to battle. Wow.

[@gh4534]

At 6:32 there is a pocket watch invented in 1510 when the Northman story is set in the 9th century.

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

Now I don’t know whether the Northman is based on hamlet and the deeds of Danes. However they have some similarities, but the only thing is that theirs allot of scenes that would have been great to put in the movie however it would eventually end up as a tv show rather than a movie. At first I thought that the Northman was another Viking movie however instead I discovered something even better than Beowulf and King Arthur.

[@somakkamos]

this story is better than the story in the movie

[@Yolpecharalim]

I think I like this more than the movie.

[@joshuaescalante1791]

Great story.

[@ashroskell]

Well, since you ask, it’s certainly a great story. A saga, really, with too many story beats for one movie, but the potential for a modern retelling in novel form, or perhaps a mini-series on TV? It’s fascinating to see what Shakespeare did with so many of those story beats, and explains some of the less penetrable elements of the plot of Hamlet, particularly the whole Rosencrants and Guildenstern side plot (I’ve probably misspelled their names, btw). That whole journey to England always seems like an odd subplot that never really fitted with the rest of Hamlet’s tale so well, like an insertion of another tale, whereas, now I see the Bard was probably merely keeping the opening part of an introduction, or prologue, to the second act of the saga, just to make the point that, whether we still doubt his uncle’s guilt as the murderer of his father by the end of the story, we cannot doubt his malign intent toward the Hamlet by the end of the play. It may make people think less of Shakespeare as a play write, but I hope not? As he still manages to cull some great scenes from the winding plot points, and his dialogue is still unrivalled. As to its veracity, who knows? In all likelihood, Amleth’s saga is probably like most of the other Norse sagas of it’s time, based on real people and amalgamated from several true heroes’ tales, embellished and passed down by a primarily verbal tradition. After all, stories of battles and war tend to suffer from gilding of the lilly as soon as the witnesses get off the battlefield and it’s not easy to get the straight goods today, let alone in an age without video and the internet. But that matters far less today than the telling of it. The, “truth,” of a tale is in the telling. What people want you to believe is what tells you more about them than anything in the tale itself. It tells you what their values are, who they admire, about their morality and their culture, its hierarchy and structure, so much more than they may intend. We don’t value Julius Caesar’s own telling of The Gallic Wars because we believe every word he wrote, but because his telling of the tale tells us so much about his society and what he wanted that society to think of him. Especially since we know he published the book as part of a propaganda campaign to make himself popular with the common Romans, and not the elites. Since he was so successful at this, we learn more about the average Roman from Caesar’s propaganda than we can from most other sources that seldom discuss the common man, let alone the common woman. So in that regard, all of the sagas have immense historic value. But we mustn’t forget, it’s just a cracking good story too. Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed that.

[@annamosier1950]

very good info that we need

[@MultiMoo20]

Thanks HP✅😊❤️

[@lordsnarkgrumpkinslayer9865]

Great video, auto subbed!

[@Louis-si4ci]

I love your voice.....I love history....I love a damn good legend ❤ 👏

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@lechatleblanc]

I find his voice EXTREMELY slow and boring and droll.... So much that Its painful to listen to...also this is a stupid legend, JUST LIKE ALL VIKING LEGENDS ARE INCREDIBLY MEANINGLESS AND STUPID AND GORY.... THEY WERE A TERRIBLE DEMONIC CULTURE OF DEATH.... THRY SHOULD BE ERRASED FROM HISTORY EXCEPT TO REMEMBER HOW HORRIBLE CULTURES ARE WITHOUT THE ONE TRUE GOD

[@Egill2011]

I think that the Norsemen did not have coats of mail back in the 9th century AD. I always see it as a kind of anachronism, when I see Old Scandinavians or vikings clad in coats of mail either in films or artistic representations.

[@crazybear5475]

EPIC DAMN MOVIE!!!! I love the brutal honestly of Viking culture and religion.

[@jimc7022]

Hmmm. I’m thinking the movie is going to be much much different. An action hero acting like Rainman for half a movie probably is going to be exciting enough for viewers.

[@nunyabidness3429]

I was wondering why Northman was so much like Hamlet... Turns out it's based on a saga that inspired the story of Hamlet... Now that I think about it, it does seem that there is a lot of Norse influence on English work even prior to the conquest of William and his Normans. Though I'm sure the natives of Britannica probably hailed from the same source as most Scandinavian/Germanic tribes. Beowulf comes to mind of another similar legend of a Scandinavian Warrior King

[@donovanbradford8231]

It is no coincidence that William the Conqueror was inspired by the Vikings as his great or great great grandfather was in fact Rolo, while no historic evidence states that Rolo was related to Ragnar Lothbrok, Rolo was still a real Viking. And much like Rolo many historians debt not so much that Ragnar Lothbrok ever lived they just aren't sure which one was which as the one that raided Lindisfarne would have been an old man by the birth of Ivar the Boneless and Biren Ironside. Historians know the children of Ragnar existed because of there many raids across Europe they just aren't sure which Ragnar in the Viking sagas was the start of a line of kings.

[@richardcleveland8549]

That there's a grain of truth behind Saxo's chronicle is a possibility; at the same time, there seems to be considerable element of Norse mythology in it as well. As Sportin' Life says, "The things that you li'ble / to read in the bible, / it t'ain't necessarily so."

[@annemurphy9339]

The Bible is always a definitely so - as archaeology keeps proving.

[@vanefreja86]

There's definitely a very big grain of truth to the books 14 to 16, since it takes place in Saxo's own time. But still biased because of the affinity to the powerful Bishop Absalon: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Danorum

[@Stefan-ht3tv]

Thank you very informative. You asked, make believe or based in fact. I believe based in fact, as are many legends, fairy tales, "old wives tales" and religions.

[@leifnielson6849]

tough to get threw this video with all the adds my God