Unusual Viking Rituals That Will Surprise You

[@JeighNeither]

I've learned a lot from the Weird History team, but one thing I've learned about them is that they love Led Zeppelin & Vikings!

[@JoseGranny]

That's two things 😄

[@dandandydan]

🤘🏾

[@saltymcsaltface]

You mean him?

[@JeighNeither]

@@saltymcsaltface If you think only one person runs this channel, then I'd have to bet that you don't have much production experience. A lot goes into these videos & at the rate they're produced, its impossible for it to be done by only one person.

[@JeighNeither]

@@JoseGranny Meh, Zeppelin & the Norse are synonymous. They are your overlords after all lol

[@nesii9599]

We are taught extensively about the vikings, in school as kids here in iceland.

[@N5D-N1]

Gaman að sjá bróður hérna

[@SkunkApe407]

I would be extremely disappointed if that wasn't the case. That's your national heritage. As an American of Dutch and Swedish descent, I had to do my own research to trace the history of my ancestors.

[@tinyGrim1]

Same here, but from my grandparents who came from Sweden. And my Father. Love the history & ways. My Father had the genetic hand turning in, thought vto be from the Nordic countries.

[@francesbacon7825]

@@tinyGrim1 what is the hand turning in?

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Iceland is a great country. I’m a Canadian with mostly German ancestors.

[@rosariomoreno5486]

This channel needs a podcast if it doesn’t already have one

[@shondawarren3673]

Weird History should be streamed in every single History class of most ages. I so would of actually paid attention 😂

[@lindahouston5635]

Exactly!

[@Kari.F.]

The Berserks also snacked on certain dried mushrooms before they went berserk on their raids, which explains their ferocious fearlessness and the foam around the mouth.

[@briansullivan5908]

Mushrooms can be magic

[@r3wturb0x51]

some of that psycho psylocibin

[@huginmunin8253]

But that is not true though and their is no such evidence for it just a made up thing, probebly because it sounds cool or something like that. Vikings/norse people did eat magic mushrooms and some with a bit poison in them but the poison most likely vanished after boiling them. There is a mushroom today people eat that are very dangerous and you have to Cook it correct or you basicly die.

[@sagamariahsandberg789]

Swede here who have worked with exhibitions for the Birka Viking Museum, the Berserkers very likely ingested black henbane (through infusion or mead) which works as a narcotic, causing hallucinations and delirium, before throwing themselves into battle. This is based on findings in Viking graves around Scandinavia, where both warriors and völvas (female shamans) were buried along with pouches filled with black henbane seeds. A common side effect is foaming of the mouth.

[@huginmunin8253]

@@sagamariahsandberg789 that can be and the side effect of henbane can last for up to three days. And in a cermonial book from Byzantine they wrote about norse people not only for war but for laborious work they did berserkargang as they said and they did a ritual and the effects after it could last for 1-3 days, one of the side effects was also changed colour on the face and swollen face i belive. Also a side question since you said you worked in Birka, how good does people take care of it these days?

[@cackalackaboi9737]

Not many people could pull off a Marcy’s Playground reference while talking about Viking traditions. But you sir, aren’t just anyone!

[@kimbonzky]

The burning of ships as a viking funeral has been desputet as very uncommon, instead people would be put in the ground with their belongings, and stones would be placed in a boatshape around them.

[@mats7492]

Well, boats were expensive and complicated to build..

[@kimbonzky]

@@mats7492 Correct, and this is why the burning of a ship in funerals where so rare.

[@joshuajohnson6388]

U guys hear about the kid that had cancer a few years back but had the traditional burning of the boat funeral. But yes most were buried

[@tombombadilofficial]

I guess you could say, that only rich, dead, Vikings with *boatloads* of chachings could afford this.

[@pink_alligator]

Burial mounds yes 😊 I live just a tiny bit above a field that has a number of those. It's a field in full view of a big lake, we've always called the field "grave mounds", they've all been excavated a long time ago ofc but the mounds are still there, mostly with full trees grown on them. We use to go sledding down them in winter 😊 north Sweden

[@Dauring92]

As a Dane, I love your viking videos, but oh my do I wish, that you (and other similar channels) would make it clear, that a viking was not just a viking. There was (and still is) a lot of difference in the Scandinavian countries. Different cultures, rituals, customs etc. A Danish viking, was not the same as, say a Swedish viking, they were similar, yes, but not the same.

[@ophelian4646]

You are so right about that. /Lotta in Uppsala, Sweden

[@nobodyfromnowhere5545]

Same here. Not sure if I understand that correctly but I see it as a Viking was an profession and just for time of raiding and then they´re returned to their normal scandinavian life back home as fishermans, hunters, carpenters etc. Feel free to correct me. Not a scandinavian myself... just a fan ;)

[@FB-xd2ti]

Yup. Danes/Norwegians left a lasting impact on Ireland and GB. Swedes left their mark in the east

[@jakeshuttleworth9837]

Viking is a classification for the warrior class. Not the peoples themselves

[@Dauring92]

@@jakeshuttleworth9837 I haven't said otherwise, and no matter what, warrior class or not, there still were a heck of a difference between the 3 countries. :)

[@RavenFilms]

The blood eagle doesn’t even make sense. Once the thorax was cut into, air would be sucked into the cavity with every breath. This would quickly collapse the lungs and cause suffocation. The person would be dead by the time the ribs were pulled out. In addition, even if it were possible to rip the ribs open so fast that the lungs didn’t have time to collapse, the lungs would not flap around outside the body and look like flapping wings. The lungs would just sit there and do nothing. Lungs aren’t muscles and can not fill on their own. The lungs are passively inflated by your diaphragm changing the pressure in the chest cavity. Without being in that closed environment, there can be no pressure gradient and the air pressure inside and outside the lungs is balanced.

[@EU-mf7sd]

thank you

[@olivebrosnan4437]

Maybe the Vikings probably liked their victims screaming in agony - because I’m pretty sure the majority of people who were given the blood eagle were screaming until they died. The Vikings were very ruthless and maybe even a bit crazy. The blood eagle could be a myth though and the only way to find out if it’s exactly like the myths said is to inflict the blood eagle on someone But I’m not sure anybody’s gonna do that even if they’re a murderer or not

[@hanselpollack4075]

Thanks for compiling these for us who don’t have the time.

[@DustyTheDog]

phosphorus was discovered by a guy boiling his urine in a flask for a long time. Phosphorus is incredibly volatile. This might have also been something that helped with the fire thing the vikings used their piss for.

[@BeaverThingify]

Specifically an alchemist hoping to extract gold from the urine!

[@J3diMindTrix]

It's strange how urine was and has been used for literally thousands of years, but these days we have no use for it and not only that but deliberately stay well away from it and get rid of it through the sewer system as quickly as possible when leaving our bodies. I wonder if there are some kind of health benefits or scientific advancements that could be made if people would consider studying it more seriously. I mean the ancient peoples that used it from Roman times all through medieval times and up until relatively recently in some places can't have all been mistaken about its properties. As you say it contains phosphorus, which is essential to plant life, also ammonia, which the Romans used as a cleaner, there have been other claims made as well but modern science isn't willing to even consider giving study trials a shot.. yes urine smells bad but people are squeamish these days. Worse used to just be thrown into the street for centuries... nature provides, what if urine is the key to curing certain diseases and it's just been sitting there as the answer all along, that would be tragic (and give the medical establishment a lot to answer for.. charging people for treatment they make themselves for free!) I just have heard too many times that there are some health benefits to it that I would like to definitively know, know what I mean

[@LesterMoore]

Dusty, I wonder if that's where the term of identifying a person with a disagreeable personality was being full of "piss and vinegar?" Just asking.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@J3diMindTrixUrine is supposed to be a folk remedy for pink eye. Sorry, no proper citation, it was just a bit of info that could not be unread.

[@angelserenade]

I can't imagine the horrific lives of being a slave girl during this era...

[@kindatoxic1474]

@Kess 😂

[@rainerhaider8434]

@Kess Thats just a bad excuse for you being sexist^^

[@Naturefan354]

@Kess Women in this era have had it pretty good compared to the past. And you act like it’s just men who have victimized women or that women haven’t victimized men. When In reality women are guilty of victimizing men and women too. And men are guilty of victimizing men too. Both men and women are humans and humans in general are capable of evil and horrors. I get sick of people trying to make us seem like victims all the time or like infantile us women in some type of way. Enough already 🙄

[@queenb1119]

@@Naturefan354 You said it way better than what I was going to say! I was just going to say, people are shitty to people no matter your sex or race and whining won't help!

[@ella17734]

Of any time period... including today.😢

[@nettabeatty950]

Well that ritual about the slave girl..I'm mean that escalated quickly..omg 😳

[@nettabeatty950]

@Kess I agree...women have been through some things in this world..I mean you have to be force to death because your master is dead huh...and then before they kill you have to basically used by the whole village of men then turn around strangled, follow by stabbing, then top off with burning with him..omg that's lot

[@Myriako]

Thank you for this video ! 😊🌻

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

blood eagle .... you wouldn't survive for more than a few minutes after they started hacking your ribs off the spine. Let alone be alive when they pulled your lungs out! Shock and massive blood loss would do you in within a few minutes of the rib removal

[@RavenFilms]

Plus suffocation from the collapsed lungs once the thorax is punctured.

[@J3diMindTrix]

Yes, it would vary slightly depending on the technique used and precision of the torturer/ killer, but from the moment the incision is made anywhere on the body in this case the back, the person starts losing blood. Losing 40% of your blood (or roughly 4 pints) is fatal, and the heart pumps 4-5 litres (/ 9-10 pints) per minute, so that would be about 30 seconds. If done gradually however it would take longer, which speaks to the brutality of this torture, and why I think it to be propaganda more than anything else, but in any case accounting for the fact that the wound is only getting more severe , even if they survived until the ribs were exposed after the first rib is broken massively increasing haemorrhaging, no-one would survive more than a few seconds at most after that. Then there's the lack of anaesthesia to consider, the victim would likely be thrashing about while being held down given their life is at stake and that would only increase blood loss. There's also the fact that shock from the pain could certainly lead to unconsciousness so even if you were alive after a minute or two you basically wouldn't be as you would be unconscious while your body shuts down in response to the overload of pain. There have been some cases of people dying from pain alone, as in the brain ceased functioning from the sheer amount of pain they were experiencing, though this was a result of jellyfish neurotoxin so not sure if lacerations could achieve the same outcome. Unlike as mentioned by the narrator I believe there is mention of one 'blood eagle' occurring as chronicled by history but the details do not ring true for a real situation so most likely a propaganda tool and fear-inducing tactic to bolster reputations and encourage surrender in peoples that encountered them.

[@urbanlumberjack]

You would be surprised what the human body can endure

[@nesii9599]

WIERD HISTORY Can you do a video on the 13 icelandic santaclauses?🙂🤔

[@N5D-N1]

Þeir yrðu dásamlegir

[@fattypondue]

Thirteen! That would be great

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Very memorable!

[@DoloresJNurss]

I think the Beowulf story supports him being a shapeshifter. 1: He removes his clothes before battle--necessary , if he's about to grow into a bear. 2: He takes no weapons with him--unnecessary, if he's a bear. 3: He kills Grendel by pulling off his arm--something bears can do, and human beings can't. Since Beowulf is probably a fragment of a larger tale, the listeners would likely fill in the gaps from lost parts of the story.

[@bjarkiengelsson]

Ancient bear cult involving the ritual slaughter of a bear and donning of its skin. Indo- European ancestry, widely seen across Eurasia

[@justineharper3346]

I love the Immigrant Song reference 🤘 Ive always loved it, but I can’t help but think of Thor now when I hear it. ⚡️

[@ella17734]

It's literally a song about Vikings and their mythology, how could you not? 😂

[@MisterShimizu]

Man the head and shoulders comment had me rollin’. Haha This is some great narration, man.

[@sister7465]

The markings on the teeth are from eating with a knife. When the ate they cut off chunks of whatever they were eating. They held the food with their knives, bit into it tearing it away from the knife. The motion cut across their teeth leaving the tell tale lines. This is commonly seen in the skulls of ancient and old societies around the world. I learned this in my first semester at University.

[@bobytongue]

Hello Weird History !!! Vikings culture sure is Interesting !!!

[@destinym1368]

would love to see a video on real vikings! like rollo of normandy or erik the red, ragnar lothbrok or the famous shield maiden lagertha !!!

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed the video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@wesgunton238]

I would love a Viking funeral looks so cool.

[@joebidenshandler2149]

The forever box is outdated ⚰️

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Except in most cases the ship was simply buried, not burnt. And only kings, queens, and high chieftains were buried in ships. Most were just simply buried with their weapons.

[@DanCooper404]

We can pencil you in for next week.

[@savanahgeorge786]

@@DanCooper404 😂

[@FinAl_houR]

@@DanCooper404 lmao

[@DawnOldham]

The urine/fungus fire wood is one of those things ya wonder, “HOW did they figure that out?”

[@itachi-kun7736]

can you do About the Philippine-American war? or what was like the last years of the monarchy of France

[@pamelamays4186]

Big Bad Viking Zombie kinda sounds like the band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Suggestions: What was it like growing up as a Viking kid- what kind of games did they play? What sort of education did they receive. Did they participate in any coming of age ceremony? What was Viking farming like? What crops were grown? Did they raise domestic animals? What were Viking wedding ceremonies like? Was it a simple affair, or were there days of feasts and celebrating? Along those lines, what was Viking courtship like? Was love involved or was it more about finding a mate with certain attributes. Did status have any influence?

[@lmsquared1405]

Excellent questions

[@sean5558]

There is like a million sources at the library , bookstore, History Channel, KZbin and internet that talk about daily life of Norse people, this video was just rituals and superstition

[@paulyiustravelogue]

That black bear @ 8:56 looks cute…. by the way, black bears are not vicious like their grizzlies cousins, rather curious and shy.

[@FlyingVGoddess]

I knew of the blood eagle sacrifice thanks to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, but didn’t know just how gruesome it was until I heard this video describe it.

[@RavenFilms]

It’s also isn’t possible the way they describe it. Starting with the fact that lungs won’t move outside the chest, or even once there is a hole large enough to let light in. They aren’t a muscle and need the diaphragm to change the pressure gradient in the chest to pull air into the lungs. Once there is any hole in the chest, air will get both pulled into the lungs AND the space outside the lungs with each breath, only, air won’t exit the chest when exhaled, just the lungs. This means that the space left for the lungs to inflate gets smaller and smaller till they collapse and the person suffocates.

[@thomaswillard6267]

@@RavenFilms Almost like it never actually happened ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@enochthewitness719]

Its fake bs. Vikings weresnt psychopathic satanists, they were brave warriors. Also the person would die from shock and pain and heart attack within seconds in such a stupid process, its pure imaginary sht from some whackos mind, and never happened. People who think ljke that need to be dealt with

[@thomaswillard6267]

@@enochthewitness719 I don't know, they would most definitely fit the modern criteria for psychopaths at a societal level. Being a brave Warrior isn't mutually exclusive to being a psychopath, just look at Nazis. Even if the blood eagle isn't real as described, they still perform human sacrifice, they still executed people with brutal methods

[@enochthewitness719]

@@thomaswillard6267 no doubt vikings were warlike and conquered and invaded like pirates, yes. most warlike cultures back then did capital punishments etc which are crude and harsh and barbaric to us today, but compared to this eagle thing, they look like donuts and cupcakes. Being beheaded is quick, burned alive you suffer pain but die fast from smoke , shock, and blood loss and pain, drownjng, impaling, etc. All bad, but not psychopathic level torture like a horror movie as is the eagle myth. Even romans punsihing people by being fed to lions etc is based on myths and exaggerations, but even if some were fed to lions, wild cats kill very quickly to the neck or main arteries. Romans used to portray other cultures as cannibals or savages when they were perfectly civilized, in order to skew public image like propaganda. Such as with blood libel used against judaism for centuries

[@keescouprie5968]

Some scholars believe that the blood eagle was not performed on prisoners, but on the corners of slain enemies. That being said, I think it’s very unlikely, if even possible, that a man would still be alive when his ribs were detached from his spine, I very much doubt he would be able to breathe.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Immediate thumbs up for Led Zeppelin reference! 🤘🏻🍻

[@DPSFSU]

I like Vikings

[@oilersridersbluejays]

1: Vikings had neither horns nor wings on their helmets. 2: There were many red haired and brown haired Vikings. 3: Most Viking men had neither long hair nor beards. 4: Viking ships being lit on fire was the exception, not the rule. Most times, the ship was buried, and usually only if a king. queen, or chieftain died. Most Vikings were buried as we are today, but with their sword and precious metals. 5: Most Vikings were farmers who supplemented their diet with fishing. They would raid Britain and France on occasion. 6: Vikings knew how to navigate by using the stars and the Sun.

[@kimlarso]

Viking was a culture; A way of life/living and not a (one) race of people!

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I know. They are called Norse.

[@klutttmuttsprutt6087]

@@oilersridersbluejays Add to that, human sacrifice in Uppsala is highly debated. The sources are mostly medieval Christian, and they had no reason not to throw what they could at the old pagan traditions. Archaeological digs up until recently has found no proof of human sacrifice in Uppsala, and even there being a pagan temple is questioned. Snorres sources are impossible to verify, going back some 30 generations before his time, and Adam of Bremen was a Christian monk embroiled in a quarrel with the Pope. That said, apart from stories by Snorre, Adam of Bremen, Thietmar of Merseburg,Ibn Fadlan and Tacitus, there are archaeological finds that indicates that at least male slaves may have been sacrificed. Saxons aren't vikings, and if Wikipedia is to be trusted, there are no such things as human sacrifices in the Anglo-Saxon culture.

[@akramgimmini8165]

Viking Culture sure is Interesting

[@joebidenshandler2149]

Could you spare a minute or two So we can speak about Norse gods ect and how Odin died for a proper laugh just so he could feel what it feels like.

[@akramgimmini8165]

@@joebidenshandler2149 Alright go on

[@PaiviProject]

Wow. That was quite interesting. I can see them being believing in good luck charms. I would not want to be part of any of those rituals. The hair coloring & the fungus bombs was surprise. Thanks 👍

[@paulinelarach938]

These were most likely to help 'adjust' to bloody acts necessary for survival by their clan.(mentally must have given nightmares to many)

[@lerneanlion]

Monks in English Monastery: Why do the fires of these Vikings smelled like urine?! Vikings from Scandinavia: Becase they are made from our urine!

[@ghostface3655]

"The 13th Warrior" is a great "Viking" movie. A lot of the topics in this video, are shown in the movie. I'am by no means saying it is historically accurate, but it does show them.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🇳🇴

[@brittneyjohnson5215]

My daughter has blue eyes & red hair. I love history & would love to know how this "unicorn" as they say, being 2 % of the world population continues to be so badass

[@amanda040]

Can you do a video on Viking Weddings, please?

[@sebaseba6710]

Yay! Good stuff!

[@NewMessage]

“Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, Back to the beginning! Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them, In the videos of Weird History. Where the brave may live forever!”

[@btetschner]

2:17 Head & Shoulders and Pert Plus 2 in 1 were the two most popular shampoos used for athletes when I was in public school. Any type of Suave was the third most popular.

[@jagerpowell453]

Weird history is the only history for me 😘

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The rituals are quite ridiculous but fascinating

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

I’d like to see a video of a Yule celebration that isn’t done by a Wiccan.

[@tineharry6071]

Love Vikings

[@jasonm9264]

Do one on krampus

[@BrodieB762]

I’m a Swede born and raised in Uppsala. Also it’s pronounced ( oop-saa-luh). It’s okay though a lot of people pronounce it like that. I love this channel! Also here in Sweden 🇸🇪 we believe that maybe the marks in the teeth were given to slaves. Not sure but so far this is what we’re currently thinking.

[@coryobrien8154]

It looks like nutty history is starting to fuck with big homies bread. Dont stoop to his level man!!

[@Benni777]

Can u do a video on what a day of the life of a berserker was like? 🤞🏻

[@justinakers3196]

“Another element of Yule, that wasn’t adapted into Christmas tradition………, was HUMAN SACRIFICE. Holy Christing Shit That escalated hella quick 😮

[@katieserra6492]

I'm glad that tradition didn't carry over!! Yikes 😬

[@lmsquared1405]

Don't you love how they plugged Head & Shoulders out of nowhere?

[@briansullivan5908]

Do they still make head and shoulders

[@jr2904]

@@briansullivan5908 uh, yeah, why wouldn't they?

[@victoriabarclay3556]

Note to self. Not all Weird History is good for watching before bedtime

[@marcdavis4509]

All these helmets with wings.. lol you’re killing me.

[@bennypaulos2801]

I like how he used Mozart's requiem , but can you make a video of mozart about his life and death

[@questfortruth665]

I wonder who it was that decided to boil some tree bark in urine for days? Hey, sounds like something to do during a pandemic lockdown.

[@e.t.1277]

Tanning and coloring leather would require something like that, or? 🤓

[@juancana457]

:40 As a 'dyed in the wool' Led Zeppelin fan, this sly homage was spot on👌.

[@ingridlooze3839]

No end to human cruelty.

[@KateRambo]

To quote Otto, “ZEPPELIN RULLLEEEE”

[@Jeudaos]

The fact that they found a way to use there own urine to make a way to transport fire is actually insane.

[@lianefehrle9921]

I would say the one about sacrificing a horse or pig and drinking the blood. Then you said that they might have sacrificed an enemy. Did they drink the blood of that enemy?

[@TraceyHKitts]

It's just not Yule without 81 human sacrifices.

[@tinyGrim1]

True about dyed hair. Lice don't like, they can't adhere to shaft well .

[@saibalaji99]

Cool segue with the Led Zep song

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

My understanding is that the 'burning funeral ship' thing is pretty thoroughly discredited as fiction.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Yep. It did happen, but very rarely. They were more likely to be buried in their ship.

[@redstar7292]

It's taken from Norse Myths, the burial of the God Baldhur.

[@hetchoksi6068]

Vikings are great

[@XLTheTruth]

OG head and shoulders!!😂😂😂

[@garycarpenter2980]

You need to do a video on the celebration of Yule and Christmas ⛄🎄 plus Halloween 🎃 and Thanksgiving 🦃and the Independence Day 🇺🇸 and St.Patrick'sday shamrock ☘️

[@aivaraslabokas7172]

Yeah...I would like to hear about The Grand Dutchy of Lithuania. Ačiū!

[@thewalrus8932]

You had me at Zep

[@danielbarcenas4175]

Do a Winchester mystery house video 🙌🏻

[@btetschner]

6:51 Flo is so funny! She is the Queen of the commercial!

[@aleli5105]

I will try the wee fire. Genius!👈

[@ella17734]

I don't know if it was the weirdest, but I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be one of the chief's concubines/slaves.😳 And yes, a dude definitely thought that ritual up. It certainly wasn't the female slaves.

[@shugadaddy4841]

My question is this; Who was the one who discovered urine could cause fire if boiled with this specific fungus? How? Why? 😆

[@datheamore6395]

Urine has been involved in many functions in the past.... for instance the dying of wool or making purple dye with rotten mollusks.

[@freedombro]

Amon Amarth is epic, everyone here should check it out 🔥🔥🔥

[@mhenry4248]

Love the introduction using the immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

[@feresmourali5783]

Make a video about Emma Goldman please!

[@truckerrespect7797]

Can you do a video on the history of sir names please

[@Aedriantattoo]

Do something about viking clothing and jewellry

[@randomvintagefilm273]

All the things they did were gross and brutal. My mothers side is all from Denmark and her mother's name was Valborg. That sounds like a Viking name to me!

[@theeyebrowsofcharlesbarkley]

Love The Immigrant Song reference

[@Sierralovescharles]

Brutal 😖

[@kenmore01]

I have a video suggestion, the gunfight at the OK corral.

[@ShockedSquirrelhere]

Uh, yeah; kinda glad we nixed the human sacrifice type stuff.

[@Mcgturtle3]

Involed

[@practicalpen1990]

These are not "superstitions", they're religious beliefs and they should be respected as such just as you would respect any indigenous people's beliefs not only in a historical context but also because they're currently believed by indigenous peoples such as the Sami, Norse, Scandinavians, and their diasporas.

[@alynn1477]

Historical murders that we may not have heard of

[@MAVJ]

That Marcy's Playground reference 😂

[@Houleigan]

Nice Led Zepplin ref!

[@kazoolibra7322]

Sickening

[@terristroh3965]

Any video that starts out with a Led Zepplin quote has a like from me.

[@guyh.4553]

The Blood Eagle was used once, and its written in one of the sagas. King Ælla, king of Northumbria, was killed 867 were killed by Ivarr the Boneless for what he did to Ragnarr Loðbrók and the pit of vipers. And a blót did not always use blood sacrifices. Often they were simple sacrifices to their Gods. It usually was a piece of meat, bread, and a small glass of mead or something. By the God's man, who did your research! Bezerkers did not go out into the woods and live by themselves. They lived in small communities and were taken care of by the Chieftan by delivering food to them. They induced their altered state by eating psychedelic mushrooms. What I find the weirdest is the lack of researching you did.

[@peggywoods4327]

Led Zeppelin quote FTW! (FWIW it was all over merch in the Reykjavik Airport when I was there)

[@sorrysecretsiren]

"They would have to make battle sacrifices which had to be strong animals such as boars, stallions, or bulls. It's hard to say how much these steps actually helped in battle, but they couldn't have hurt." The boars, stallions, and bulls that were sacrificed: 👁👄👁

[@xMetalhead2000]

What I learned in this video was most of the lore in the elder scrolls and Witcher is literally Norse folklore

[@annasahlstrom6109]

My ancestors really were crazy. I'm part Swedish.