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As you know, you can tell her home in a mile away because they have those horns on the side which are very Viking S great true, no natural. That is a myth. Yes, it is, it turns out Archaeologists were digging around the north. The Frederick area, Scandinavia, yes, which includes- was Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, yeah. I think Finland, Norway, to disable sure Norway to forget the Norwegians. Yes, and they found an ancient helmont with some horns on it, and this was before we had reliable carbon dating technology, and I said well to Viking, but it turns out that it was probably from the Pre Viking era read like amber. Maybe she well that's when it was popularized and right in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries my year, that the enormous woman

would come out with her bosom. He s very prominent and you know a helmet with with horns or wings, and it turns out they wouldn't have worn this, because these guys were dedicated to battling as efficiently and is brutally as any group that ever sprung up on the global map. Yes, there are very good at what they do and I just want to point out. This is a listener request, a very recent when actually that picture Trust in this is from David D from Waterloo. He sick and you do something on biking since you ve covered Ninja Annam. What else we cover pirates? We said that I hear vikings used, have warriors called berserker, who would eat magic mushrooms

before sending them in the battle and now we're gonna talk about that. Yeah state in the cities are so check their. There does seem to be a lot of misconception around vikings, but one of the things I took from his article by the grab, Sir a grab ascii heretical stuff he does was that there is also a lot of accuracy in the house three associated with with vikings, yet they were extremely brutal. They would indiscriminately kill men, women, children, yeah, I'm so, let's, let's peel this Partlet separate fact from fiction, as it were. Ok, I yes, when, where they re Josh, the Vikings were prominent in Europe in the night, through the eleventh centuries commonly known as the age of the Viking right and you tend to think of Vikings as Nordic, they were sure they were from Scandinavia, which are the countries we listed off earlier. But this these

communities of Vikings Vikings were like a job, yet it was a profession, the basically a euro, professional, Conqueror Yak Scandinavians. Also, farmers in NAM did many other things weavers and they they weren't just vikings. It's not interchangeable liking and Scandinavians. Not any change of weaving never really been a lucrative job, not not even back them bs. There was a group that that were dedicated to moving out of the North Lamb downward into Europe. Yet Scandinavia,

in a very hospitable place, I imagine, still isn't yoletta ice lots of winter snow did not that much land and in the land that is available in all arable. Yet so they knew what I've got eyes yeah they went and took it. You know like Broadway Odd. There is also evidence that population pressure led to Viking plundering yak as he started to grow and then obviously as they grew, they needed more things and none this before they started spreading out cause video. They would do that, but at first they were just go plunder

in return home to Viking Land written in Scandinavia right. You said that they were run from the knights of the eleventh century right. So there were scandinavian cultures before the ninth century, there, a scandinavian cultures after the night centuries assure two hundred years. Basically, this population explosion force this group out to go, get more resources to more contrary to conquer, more land, and then the end point at the eleventh century actually generally represents the adoption of Christianity, he and his mother thought I can readily yeah once you which very like you can't plunder any longer lives, not Nina. Only plundering in the name of God and Vikings were, were pagans pre pre Christianity, right in which also means that the worse, the pantheon of God there their religion is actually highly personalize. There was no central church in

of the scandinavian cultures and their real. Their religion was actually highly personal right. It evolved in relative isolation without a central church in any of these scandinavian culture. Yet, but there was a a pantheon of God's that were or recognisable across these cultures generally two groups to withdraw the neglect. The S and the veneer were the two groups of gods and the aesir were very warlike, Odin and Thor Area and in the here were kind of like hippies, like fertility, goddesses gods, sure they live. The gods lived and ask guard, and it was a kingdom connected to mortal earth by a Rainbow bridge, which I didn't know who it is you think. Okay, so Scandinavian Pre, Christian Peggy Religion is pretty sweet. They get her eyes. They have rainbow bridges right here,

evil giants in York, elves. Here's where they thought tours and apparently the gods were destined to fight against these giants and evil forces in a battle known as ragnarok right, and they were also predicted to lose. We would plunge mortal earth and ass guard into chaos, darkness disorder, but which have been think about that check all of our religion today are pretty hopeful like, even if there is an end of the world. If you add here that religion, you're gonna be saved, you help me around for, like the torment right rent this this religion is loses. It was predicted like now gods are gonna, lose we're all going, be a really big trouble right. But if you were a noble, awesome warrior and you died in battle, he would go to Valhalla. Russia was warrior. Heaven and you

be transported there by the voluntary which were little warrior angels at the command of Robert you off perfect. What happened was in Heaven. You would fight alongside Odin and feast and die in battle. Every day and you get up alive the next day and do it all over again right now, the idea of having it was through a very fine yeah, so the young that that battle part is really significant, because in Scandinavia and many of the scandinavian cultures, young man proved himself. By going, I Viking, Ella they're gonna, get a teacher me,

as I like in writing, is how many people know what that means. That's like the verb of what Vikings did, leaving your homeland, going down butchering, raping pillaging setting churches on fire churches rashly a big targeted, there's area, because the churches are where most of the gold was stored. Livestock spices jewels whatever her arm, so they will target churches and and kill everybody right, or else they would take. Him is Thralls slaves right, which I looked at the animals ye of in Thrall than that's where it comes from. So when you time somebody you're in Thrall by them yourself,

you're in slaved, by their by how interesting their interesting, and you know that that will you in Thrall, I am throughout the year. The church thing is gonna key to because that's how the that's like the only written history about the Vikings where it was was written by the hand of the charge that was plundered. So that's one reason, because the Vikings only told oral or old stories, folklore like scrawls scrawls, which told sagas through all these words come from an but that the church was once you actually wrote down stuff. So that's why a lot of the written history of the Vikings so brutal because they were the people tat were just you know. I had someone when I buy king on him, right check- and they also a tribute the word Viking to Europeans who were conquered yeah in their allotted different theories- are on the word there are most of them do

there. The north adopted a word right. That was that they were called by the European right like an old english word. Vic behavior, I see, means pork horde of trade, which is where the vikings like to attack. Sure. Another theory is that it came from the northward VIC ran with its ones. We I k, meaning Bayer body of water or there's another word that sound similar. That means to turn away or to leave on a journey which is, as we said, what going I Viking began bright with and then there's the last one, which makes a lot of sense is called it's. An old northward called leaking her.

Means pirate. That's that's my guess right, but they think that they pick them up from the Europeans. They can't cow catcher. So either way these people were written about by Europeans. They were named by Europeans. They are just going to get some food gold, sheep, yet controls. Yes, how did you do so? Should we talk about that yet I Viking. They were famous for being experienced seamen. They were built awesome, boats and built boats that travelled really fast the water? So when the when the Christian you know it's a monastery, would see the Viking ships approaching dragon shipped. Yet Dragon Boat said in how much time, because it would get there really really fast, as they were very experienced fishermen- and I guess since were on the boats- we should talk about that forsake. Yet they had pretty particular boats. Some you know think anybody could pick one out

had a double sided hall, which I thought was pretty cool yet again go forward and backward you haven't. You turn around her use, pick up your button turn around and start rolling, either way right or to switch to sail around the attitude they headed keel. They had riveted would construction, and then they had a single mass in this matter could be as much as or the sale that that I was attached. The mass could be like three hundred and thirty square feet of double sight of wool. All hands zone usually painted red to some.

The blood that is about to be filled by the people who side approach right and then you see pictures of Viking ships with like the little circles alongside yeah. That's actually accurate, most liking ships head mounts where somebody could put their shield up as extra protection right tee to protect. The guys who were rowing, of course, makes good sense. It took about a seventy foot. Viking long ship Josh would have required about eleven trees to make it about three feet in diameter each and then one really tall tree to make the keel. So I guess it was all one piece yeah anything's could hall, but through the water apparently will narrow and they use the wind power and manpower right right. Liking, manpower was, that was something so what happens when you saw a dragon boat chuck, he saw Dragon boat docks and all of a sudden, this horrid vikings discuss streaming off at you. You put your pants its first

you do, I would have rolled around the ground crying like a baby and offering at my cattle to be spared, but you might not be spared. They generally would not leave much. Anything wooden was burned. They would burn the town of the ground, kill people take women if they wanted or kill them. Children. If they wanted or kill them take the cattle probably wouldn't kill it can. Now they wanted the cavalier more useful in humans general, and you would also see these guys come in at you with the acts which, as everybody knows, is my weapon of choice for a zombie apocalypse. You would go. I Viking, on zombies, sure in Josh as far as their battle gear. Like you said the year, the sword was here, I M acts was huge. The sorcerer as long as the year as man's arm right, the outside their bows and lances and javelins right war like you would think they wore big heavy

iron helmets with the little nose piece. It came down a lot of times they wore iron on their breastplate unless they had some dough and they were train mail. But this kind of indicate how strong these deeds were. You know what like an iron Viking helmet, would weigh a lot a lot and actually vikings will not work. Any need for mining for many many centuries, so they were kind of ahead of the curve. As far as Ever they wanted you with iron, because they ve been pulling it from bogs very easily without any need for mining for many many centuries, so they were kind of ahead of the curve. As far as the iron age goes, well, you know being put on a ship and set a fire fire yet and pushed out to see this actually accurate, yeah. That's one way they did it. Are they also? Yet the other way would be that they in tune do in an earth Umberto, which is like a mound hills called mounting right, and the thing is, if you were a

Sleep accurate. Yet it's one way they did it. Are they also yeah? The other way would be that they in tune do in an earth and barrow, which is like a mound ills called mounting right and the thing is, if you were a thrall. Let's say you had been captured in battle and take him back to Scandinavia, and you were a servant to this guy, especially person particularly useful servant. Now You will probably be murdered and entombed in the thrall earlier yeah bearer yet deal there. Was there believed in a life after death. Whether it was like, colonel, I literally no or just like a temporary life until you get to your old life, but they definitely believe that you did not just die, That's why they would send you along with maybe your favorite slave or your possessions, they let your cat. They would bear you with your clothes on and maybe with your your acts They would send you, along with these things, that they think you would need in the following life to go. I Viking,

Ah, you know there is another stratified class, almost in Viking warrior culture, and there is little sub group that the guy who called for this part cast mention preservers, guess these guys right, unforgivable, circus yeah. If you ve seen the movie clerks did you see clerks Member silent, Bob's, cousin Olaf from my Russia? He sang a medal or using a russian metal banning had Sancho berserker

That was the first time at her berserker wait. We can see the lyrics guys are really filthy either, but it was funny. Ok, well. What he was talking about were this, this group of warriors that worry they. They think that they grew out of a bear. Colt like these people were, should bear. They were nuts they during battle, especially they would go nuts, they would it. It was told the saga is that they would take on. They would either become a bare change all for something like that, their shape, or else they would take on the qualities of a bear like they would go into battle, naked or a shortlist or, at the very least, armor less. They would cut five people's heads off at once with one swing of enacts, they couldn't feel pain. To. Personally,

they would scream allow their eyes were kind of glazed over a great part of the problem was, as they would get into such a war frenzy, a battle frenzy that if you were near them, even if you are on their side, they kill you just as soon as they would kill somebody else right and, as the guy said they do. You think that this bear call that went berserk the researchers were on mushrooms during battle that maybe case? Can you imagine that? So you would take this regular already super bad ass, Warrior Viking, then Jack em up on my mushrooms and give him a knack, give him an axe and tell him to like take his clothes off and where, like a bear skin- and it was that was it knows- Oliver, I've read a little bit more about them and, what's weird is the same guys? Are they also think is possible that this call was largely made up of the mentally ill right or else may be lower slow, while yeah

the same guys would also go bizarre during like physical labour, sometimes to a purely you just didn't want to hang out with the browsers. Basically, you want it to be in battle with them, but like fifty metres to the left, sure or the right nowhere near the outgoing way behind there. I would drag up the rear behind the desired. I'm right behind you also other theory that they weren't in fact on magic mushrooms, but they drank heavily and got wasted. Basically on mead, before battle to win that slow, you down

I would think so, but I would also can make you someone impervious to pain and that care is marching. Yeah I've come bazooka on a Friday night. I subscribe to the mushroom theory for two reasons: one its awesome to ritual use of mushrooms in certain scan and avian culture is known for facts, so it's entirely possible. These guys were Truman, Sir David Lee from Waterloo. That's what an initially picked my interest and that's why we did this by gasser yeah. Just as yes, ok, shock these guys, weren't all preserve right now they ve Vikings and the scandinavian cultures they came from actually were pretty good at democracy. Yes, the supposedly did

The common farmer would have just as much say in matters. Viking, as is the higher ups right. They had some assemblies, I dont know if their annual or more frequent, but they had scheduled assemblies where everybody got together, talked about matters of the day, divided land and they call them things because I think they can think of the word, maybe they're worth a little slow and there is a guide. I love this part. There is a guy who's in charge of running the meetings. He was an impartial judging. They called him the lawmaker right. So he was lawmaker of the thing. Pretty

next after primitive democracy, you could call it yes and they actually extend this downward to land that they conquered. These guys made it a lot further south. Then I realized. Did you know this, and now I didn't as far as going through Europe yeah they, the Vikings conquered a town called Ulster Danish Viking did in eight thirty nine and ground himself, king and down. Founded? What is now the town of Dublin? Did you know that? I do not know that till I read this. They said they actually laid siege to Paris at some point. They controlled part of England, half of England from the late nineteenth century to the eleventh century, danish vikings, and they struck a deal with France with Frederick the simple Charles Charles's of Charles. The simple you know. The king to be called the simple now, especially when the Viking leader was name Rollo, so there

there's a lot of problems with the francs, and so Charles, the simple poor thing. Sit down Rollo and struck a deal and said: hey arm. Why? because leave us alone and convert to Christianity and I'll, give you Normandy they circa misadventure and Frederick the simple went there was easy. Charles is simple, he's a simple guy. Unlike we said the Vikings, were they readily converted to Christianity, these lands of they conquered and held for centuries and in they, especially in Ireland and England. The call that counts in the Anglo Saxons would defeat the Vikings and they more vikings would come in and defeat. However, so that changed hands pretty much. Silly, but through this interaction, even though it was fighting vikings eventually became absorbed into these local areas, they brought their customs but took on you

customs and the whole melange of or the whole area of Ireland, England, France, the MILAN actually of nordic culture in southern european culture we're not. I had no idea how and a lot with this one and they actually had trading rules. Although we don't North Africa really they did an shock. We ve talked about this before you know that they settled North America what course leaf Ericsson, air, the Red but Eric the red. He was exiled from murder, yet another thing that they probably did at the things they tried people Erik the Red was accused of murder. He was convicted, so they exile them. He took a bunch of guys

some and went from Iceland over to Greenland Great his son was born there leaf Erikson's on a very great, and he said you know in travelling further was, and he ended up in Newfoundland, as is just part of the oral tradition until the nineteen sixtys. When an archaeologist discovered. I the traces of the sum of Leaf Erikson's Viking settlement in Newfoundland. He found a horn helmet, like us, like your of course, so yet they were all over the place. Yes and they sound like all they did was rape and pillage and plunder did a lot of that not so much anymore than any one else at the time, now just kind of the action of the time, but they were so much better at it than any one else. They got this rep, but they also Josh had entertainment. Did you know that I did not succeed? They did they socialized and when they socialized they you it was generally competitions his. They were clearly begun competing

Neither was coming in on themselves, so they would compete in friendly, seems like running and wrestling and horseback writing. They had acrobats and entertainers poem, tellers and tall tail tellers and they actually isolated what they did. They made ice gates out of animal bones and played a game on the ice gates, similar to knowing which I looked, hurling or curling hurling hurling is sort of like the best I can say is. It looks more like a cross between rugby and field hockey on ice. I think it was on ice because you had a stick and he hit Nepal toward a net. So maybe it's the first ice hockey or highlight nothing to do with that,

yeah so that they were they were into all sorts of games, actually headed a game called kinky. Bat, which was like ping pong except the U shields, so they would use a shield that hit like a ball back and forth over and fills a net are despairing forth on some surface, but they potentially invented ice hockey in ping pong. While about that, there is something speaking. A Viking culture Chuck Vikings made it into our culture, popular culture victim quite a bit, obviously thee. Thought the Marvel superhero one of my favorites of all time, soon to be a movie next year, yeah policy already made at least one appearance in on and babysitting of, I didn't see that movie. I played the mechanic really variant. Yeah Kenneth Brain was making that movie M Anthony Hopkins plays Odin and some australian I play store. He didn't look very thorny, though no one to the pictures, no I'm sure they're gonna deck amount and give him long blonde hair

Oh actually met dimension that apparently some of amused bleach their hair blonde cause- I guess, was more intimidating so that that is not a myth. So, where else popular culture leds up, when can we? We cannot talk about Zepplin you got well anyone's ever seen. Song remained the same, obviously or listen to some Zepplin songs knows it. They were begun. None aside from Lord of the rings, Valhalla victory that kind of thing hammer the gods, hammer the gods, they Miller Biography, jewelry that crazy and the immigrant song is the most clear example. After the famous whale at the beginning, you'll hear lyrics like we come from a land of the eye, in snow from the midnight son, were the hot springs blow hammer of the gods will drive our ships to land to fight the horrid singing cry a hollow I am coming. So I was that the songs of applicants. Now that is vital.

Yeah, probably it was big into that an spite tv. Have you heard of the ship? these warriors, I have actually pretty cool. They pit like warriors against each other, vikings actually in their scenario, loss to the Samara. I could see that barely though these Chauvelin monk, samurai monks in there, but said the samurai one in a weaker, because they were a little bit more discipline and the crazy I've Viking Gach action. I wonder if they took mushrooms. For that sure I don't know anything that x. I got one a couple more miss you, and here I do vikings, we're not dirty there, the reputation being dirty filthy people they actually bathing week, which was a lot for back then yeah defiance and they watched her face every day. Apparently. Well till you are the same for the pot castle, you're the cleanest person that we now right, you're the vikings on cleaner than a Viking leisure wealth,

and they did not drink from the skills of the conquered. That was a mistranslation. Clearly in the latin and they they apparently would drink mead from a horn, occasionally, as is like a ritual but or ordinarily, that would distract from a mug lets it for the Vikings shock for real, not on nice edition. Research precede the end. I have you want to learn a little more see some cool picks, including ass, an actual swords which I thought was pretty cord about. You check loved you can type vikings into the handy search bar has the first I come, which leads us to listener mail, not quite yet Josh. You always do that and teasing actually not teasing. We just want to plug. We did low interview with the dude name Wayne in Omaha Nebraska, yes, worlds of Wang Worlds of Wayne, podcast she interviews, artists and musicians and cool people. So I dont know why he called us, but he did.

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