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Holy shit imagine meeting your kid in the afterlife and explaining that you spared his killer because he wrote a banger of a poem.
I'm sorry son, his poem was to beautiful
Considering Vikings I could imagine his son going like: Well... understandable, can I read it?
To be fair, the son did try to kill him first.
Poetry was actually an important part of culture back then. You even had to speak in poetry at times. So the fact that he wrote one banger of a poem that outdoes anyone is extremely impressive.
@@Physhi not to mention that he was not only an accomplished scribe but warrior as well.
0:21 "Egil, was an ugly child."
I felt that on a molecular level.
Same
Egil the bastard
Me too. Do you wanna know what kinda sucks?
My family was one of the most powerful clans in Scotland. We were known as the most violent and most powerful clan. And now me, one of their descendants, lives in America in 2020, and I have bad internet, and I don’t have money...
I wish I was a powerful person in Scotland... Stupid other clans for kicking us out. I could have had lots of land, and I also wish I could just choose someone to behead... a random person, who I could just behead. Like my clan did...
At least I get a cool family crest. There’s a shield, and a night, with... with blond and black hair...
Never mind...
So skilled that you can make a king forget that you killed his son;
Real life application of the Pen being mightier than the sword.
The pen has nothing on the keyboard
@@josephroszell you do know that most of history is killing raping stealing and drinking?
joseph roszell you sure know nothing about actual Viking history then.
or speech 100
People never listen, always wanna talk even though they only got 1 mouth yet 2 ears. People however can be willing to read, even if they dont like what they are reading. Point being pen to paper is a better way to plead a case than to speak it. He might have been able to explain how he was a victim and every murder was really self defense? Wouldnt be the 1st misunderstanding in history or the 1st time it was recorded wrong. Maybe Skal got a bad rap and wasnt the Viking people thought he was then or now and Mr Blood Axe was the only one to know and understand the true Skal?
Two things made the Vikings fearless and unstoppable. They absolutely believed in Valhalla and they also believed that the moment of their death was fated and unavoidable.
Not just that; they also believed they would only end up in valhalla if they died in a fight. So basically, they wanted to fight to die but they didn't want to die to a weak enemy so they would basically just kill everyone in their way.
Yes a belief they fairly easily transitioned to Christianity. But I think it was more than their beliefs in Valhalla which made them unstoppable. The Vikings came from a colder harsher climate and was used to tough conditions and warfare, they were great sailors, had the element of surprise and though they were very fearless and cruel to their enemies, they were generally fairly loyal and united among each other, being united both in their beliefs, but also their needs, values and hunger and thirst for excitement, adventure, conquest, truth and heroic deeds.
They believed in a sense of justice which motivated them to be their best and be socially united.
Also Nordic people mostly those living in Iceland were just big and strong used to harsh enviroments and protein rich diets. Producing the strongest men on the planet, especially if you go by population.
That is more Christian than anything I've ever heard... I was explaining my faith in respect to covid-19. Heaven is the final destination and I will not go until God's appointed time to dispatch me. I also love Tolkien's MiddleEarth. Valinor and the Undying Lands= Valhalla.
valhalla, place where heroes who died in battle go eternally. interesting!
Trivia: The sea shanty "My mother told me" is based on a poem by Egil Skallagrimsson about what his mother said after he killed the boy who cheated in the game.
Never heard that one. I'm not a sailor. Even though I cuss enough to take the varnish off a boat deck.
@@Cat-fy5lw id feel pretty safe in saying he's played some AC lol
"Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red
Who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead
And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade
As he told of bold battles and gold he had made
But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red
When he met the shieldmaiden, Matilda, who said:
"Oh you talk, and you lie, and you drink all our mead
Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed"
And so then came clashing and slashing of steel
As the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal
And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor"
So a chick killed him? What a puss
yeah we all know those lovely nerds had these kinds of inspirations ^^
R u stupid? Alle killed Ragnar by dropping him in a pit of snakes, upon capturing him after his conquering of Paris. Bjorn Ironside (first born son of Ragnar) would later find Alle and to even the score Bjorn cut the kings ribs out from his spinal cord and left him hanging with his limbs spread like an eagle
Any of the women vikings back then would have kicked you're ass
DOVAHKIIN DOVAHKIIN
As an Icelander, with direct ancestry from all over Scandinavia, I can trace my lineage directly to many of these people. Quite a neat thing tbh.
Well done, did you want a medal with that?
@@gloryholey4842 No. I am remarking that this is something of cultural heritage. Most Icelanders have such a connection to the nations past, regardless of internet miscreant criticalism.
@@gloryholey4842 lol ur raging in comments
@@Civa. Tastes like jelly to me
@@gloryholey4842 America moment
Random Viking: Ragnar I think we are surrounded on both sides of the river
Ragnar: good now there is no way we can miss.
Random Viking: I have several questions?
Ragnar* cleaves random viking in half top to bottom*... Any more questions?
so badass! Is it made up or you have a source for that quote (other than the situation described in the video)? Is it Ragnars Saga? not meant as a criticism at all i am just compiling sarcastic quotes from norse sagas
@@isaeihwaz3227 It's a World War 2 quote.
@@zachkortus thanks!
@@zachkortus The real quote is, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller at " The Chosin Reservoir" battle during the Korean War (not WWII). I got to know one of the guys that survived that frozen hell hole (they are called the "Chosin Few"), tough as nails but, nice as they come!
Ragnar really is legendary even having his story featured in Assassin's Creed Valhalla which may be a fictional game but still holds strongly to real Viking lore and history
I truly believe Ragnar was real he was to famous in his time people thought he was a hero from long long time ago so that's why most people think his life time is fiction
If Ragnar wasn't real, I wouldn't be around.
"I welcome the valkyries to summon me home"
Valkyries: you sir, are promoting fake news. Guy: oh man that was so original of you!
"Odin gave his eye for wisdom. And I would give much more!"
I would just watch 42, The answer the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and EveryFING! bri'ish, innit bruhv?!
@@jaydubbzit3551 I literally just finished mostly harmless...I am 42 yrs of age too
Shovel
'How the little piggies will grunt, when they hear how the old boar suffered'
Hahaha
Saw your comment in the other post so I scrolled until I found this.
Liked :)
@@friendlyoldbum9182 thanks man, skol 🍻
@@Kazza_8240 Skol 🍻
skol
@@james4438 Context matters G :)
The blood eagle isn't *that* disputed, since they found evidence of more than one person's skeletal remains that fit the description of what was done.
And if you want a more graphic description (yes, this is a trigger warning):
The ribcage is severed along the spinal column and broken open, revealing the lungs. The lungs are filleted, carefully sliced open for maximum surface area to the air.
Basically, it's not the cutting open that kills you. The air hits your lungs and keeps you alive for a fair bit of time (we don't know how long). What kills you is the dessication of the lungs, leading to slowly suffocating because of blood interfering with the alveoli. It was said the process could take up to 3 days, all the while you're gasping for air that you can't fill your lungs with, yet which has enough exposure to keep you alive.
But we just don't know. It's not like anyone does this today. And I have to say, I'm pretty thankful for that.
What bothers me most about this is wondering how many times this was tried before someone got it "right", as they didn't know as much about physiology as we do today.
Apparently they did
Of you slice people for a living, there is plenty of times to figure out where the breath goes and how this ruffly works 🤷
@@333OsirisEEE Nobody really did that much 1000 years ago. And the information I have on it did in fact come from things we've learned medically. On the other hand, nobody's actually done it, because the dehumanization required to torture another human being to death at that level is a taboo today, just as modern medicine would have been a taboo 1000 years ago.
@@SamlSchulze1104 That's not an executioner. That's a sociopathic serial killer (at the very least, a multiple murderer).
Executioners are authorized by judicial authority.
As such, I wouldn't trust someone's word on that, who only had an interest in the suffering of others.
I in my humble personal opinion, think that we should take someone who commits the act of molestation and rape against children and let the parents of the child choose if they want to publicly blood eagle the perpetrator as well as murderers who are without a doubt the one who done it. As you wouldn't want to do this to someone who doesn't deserve it because it is very cruel. But we don't need to be nice and soft with those who would rape and molest our children and murder our brothers and sisters they should be publicly blood eagled just my thoughts. I can bet every penny of every human on earth child rape and molestation as well as needless murder would drop absolutely drastically after doing this blood eagle publicly a number of times and let it be known that anyone who commits those heinous acts will be swiftly and in the most cruel way dispatched with extreme prejudice
Can we take a minute to enjoy the fact how much work the editor put into this
Anytime someone says bones or artifacts were "lost".. I automatically jump to the Smithsonian stealing and hiding them. Smh
Stealing and destroying them.
Agreed destroying & rewriting History is mans History..., Lma😥
First thought i had as well
Stealing and destroying them then sipping on tea. Phew close one ppl almost found out.
@@jeddkeech259 exactly
One thing I know about the viking soldiers fasting when they got the plague. Fasting causes autophagy which causes the body to eat itself for calories. During this process all tumors, parasites, and viruses would be metabolized. Curing them of their disease or at least saving the ones who weren't fully stricken yet.
Not sure about the viruses,but the rest ? Pribably true
Countless cultures and peoples throughout history practiced this.
The plague was caused by a bacteria, Y. Pestis. Dont spread misinformation by saying you can cure diseases by fasting
"All tumors"
The cancer that killed my best friend, who fasted while suffering: laughs in fuck your attempt
@@kilderok seek help instead of lashing out at random people. just trying to explain a weird occurrence that happened a long ass time ago.
honestly this is one of my favorite channels just because your so so good at story telling and providing history in such a fun way.
I love when native English speakers try saying Nordic names
@Arnór Róbertsson what is your name i wanna see if i Can do it Im Norwegian
@Arnór Róbertsson With Norwegian letters, is it Ar-nåor?
@Arnór Róbertsson can you sound out how you say it
@Arnór Róbertsson is it 'At-arnooo-ray Rrob-biet-soon?' Sorry, that was a bad joook 🤤
@Arnór Róbertsson my god that's harder than German
"absolutely deleting people" had me dying for like 5 minutes man 🤣
This probably sounds like bs, but I can trace my lineage back to Egil on my grandmothers side in Iceland. This is due to the brilliant Icelandic recordkeeping, and their surname system.
Not unbelievable. Every roughly 20 years, your great grandparents double. You would have had many thousands of grandmother's and grandfather's in his time.
@@maxhines5744 I know, but a lot of people don't know this. Today Egil Skallagrimson will probably have thousands of descendants all over Europe and probably the US as well. Although not everyone will be able to prove lineage back to him (because of e.g. lost records).
For those that don't know eagle saga was written about it history of the family of Egil Skallagrimsson. Your family. An ancestry that no doubt took hand in the shaping of history.
Neat. You got that big fucking head as Egil did? Maybe that pillaging and shit they did back then? No? Hrm. Neat.
@@joshshin6819 Yeah I got your point. Even though I have a slightly bigger head than average, there probably ain't that much of that OG viking blood left, even though I am Danish.
“Father! I’ve waited years in the afterlife for you! What of the man who killed me?”
“Well, son, he was a good poet..”
I thought he was going to talk about Bjorn
“Since no sword and no axe couldn’t touch my son today, he will be known as Bjorn Ironside”
saw the thumbnail and thought it might be rollo
I appreciate the Blackadder reference with the fox 'Professor of cunning' remark. One of the all time great comedy series'.
The "I dropped my croissant" got me. 🤣
for anyone curious, this is the poem Egil wrote to the king (translated)
By sun and moon
I journeyed west,
My sea-borne tune
From Odin's breast
My sing-ship packed
With poet's art:
It's word-keel cracked
The frozen heart.
And now I feed
With an English King:
So to the English mead
I'll word-mead bring,
Your praise my task,
My song your fame,
If you but ask
I'll sound your name.
These praises, King,
Won't cost you dear
That I shall sing
If you will hear:
Who beat and blazed
Your trail of red,
Till Odin gazed
Upon the dead.
The scream of swords,
The clash of shields,
These are true words
On battlefields:
Man sees his death
Frozen in dreams,
But Eirik's breath
Frees battle-streams.
The war-lord weaves
His web of fear,
Each man receives
His fated share:
A blood-red sun's
The warrior's shield,
The eagle scans
The battlefield.
As edges swing,
Blades cut men down.
Eirik the King
Earns his renown.
Break not the spell
But silent be:
To you I'll tell
Their bravery:
At clash of kings
On carrion-field
The red blade swings
At blue-stained shield.
When swords anoint
What man is saved?
Who gets this point
Is deep engraved:
And men like oak
From Odin's tree,
Few words they spoke
At that iron-play.
The edges swing,
Blades cut men down.
Eirik the King
Earns his renown.
The ravens dinned
At this red fare,
Blood on the wind,
Death in the air;
The Scotsmen's foes
Fed wolves their meat,
Death ends their woes
As eagles eat.
Carrion birds fly thick
To the body stack,
For eyes to pick
And flesh to hack:
The raven's beak
Is crimson-red,
The wolf goes seek
His daily bread.
The sea-wolves lie
And take their ease,
But feast the sly
Wolf overseas.
Valkyries keep
The troops awake,
There's little sleep
When shield-walls shake,
When arrows fly
The taut bow-string,
To bite or lie
With broken wing.
The peace is torn
By flying spears,
When bows are drawn
Wolves prick their ears,
The yew-bow shrills,
The edges bite,
The warrior wills
His men to fight
His arrows fly
Like swarms of bees
To feast the sly
Wolf overseas.
I praise the King
Throughout his land,
And keenly sing
His open hand,
His hand so free
With golden spoil:
But vice-like, he
Grips his own soil.
Bracelets of gold
He breaks in two
And, uncontrolled,
Pours gifts on you:
The lavish King
Loads you with treasure,
And everything
Is for your pleasure.
On his golden arm
The bright shield swings:
To his foes, harm:
To his friends, rings;
His fame's a feast
Of glorious war,
His name sounds east,
From shore to shore.
And now my lord,
You've listened long
As word on word
I built this song:
Your source is war,
Your streams are blood,
But my springs pour
Great Odin's flood.
The praise my lord
This tight mouth broke,
The word-floods poured,
The still tongue spoke,
From my poet's-breast
These words took wing:
Now all the rest
May learn to sing.
That could have been a Jethro Tull song.
Lemme guess: Egil’s father taught him how to end his foes rightly
SKAAAALLLLL!!!!!
I think you mean e-girl
I just found you…
I love a great story especially from someone who knows what their doing… You tell a great story my friend! I search for stories online and so far you are my favorite. You're not only well versed on how to tell a story with a dash of humour but yours are very informative... Keep up the great work! :)
I think all cultures had some kind of berserker type front loopy soldiers. The ancient Welsh had men naked drunk and mushroomed up, they called it sky clad. The druids would whip them up into a rage, they would rush naked into their enemies, as a blitzkrieg type of thing.
Well, that's paganism for you :P
*watches vinland saga once*
Yeah berserkers took mushrooms as well
I think you're talking about the Celts or Gauls. Like Vercingetorix?
The sacking of Luna is one of the many overlooked viking leader stories.. Its pure brilliant... The stretcher the carried hastein into Luna on was made by spears and swords.. its really a kind of trojan horse they let inside the city gates.
This is one of the best-looking videos you've ever done, wow! Nice work.
I love thoughty2... But am I the only one who's not crazy about the new thumbnail style? I see a lot of youtubers do them that way now (with the overly animated face somewhere in the thumbnail) so there must be a reason for it, but I just don't like them for some reason. Idk why, maybe they seem childish to me or something like that.
They are childlish and thats the point. TH-cam algoritms are known to favor thumbnails like these a lot.
It's just a fad. They come and go then return, and retire or are forgotten
But the moustache, the magnificent moustache.
Humans are wired to pay attention to faces. Distorted faces, or faces with strong emotion, are especially attention grabbing. I could make up some evopsych reason, but eh.
Besides his aren't nearly as ignorant or cheap as the majority of the lazy, glib content "creators" that continue to spam up the internet with redundant nonsense posed with repetitive stock footage
His other bones are probably in a museum as part of a t-rex
"A man so ruthless, he is said to have slain his own brothers to gain the thrones"
(Meanwhile Mughals who did it everytime a king died)
Fr
Mughals are a bane upon Indian history.
@@vineetpande449 As all another Mongols to another nations.
"Hey, Thoughty2 here..."
Best intro in the whole of Social Media history 😍
Rasputin: FINNALY A WORTHY OPPONENT! OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!
@12:54 - "a cunning plan... how cunning? As cunning as a fox who has just been appointed professor of cunning at Oxford" - now that's pretty cunning! .. Love the Blackadder references and quotes! 🙂
What happened to the days when pressing the delete button wasn't a criminal offence?
The Thumbnail has a strikingly eerie resemblance to Rollo From the show Vikings
Omg, when I was watching the Vikings, I thought a big part of the series was made up, but after watching this video, it turns out that a lot of it was based on history ... Really interesting!
Ikr
Vikings is a heavily fictionalized show though. With only minor attention to actual history.
I wouldn't go so far as to call the sagas "historical" documents... but the show Vikings does seem to follow the Saga of Ragnar...
@@Vikingbiznitch Only to the bare minimum. Rollo of Normandy was born 100 years after Ragnar and in a different country. Harald Fairhair existed in the same time as Rollo but not Ragnar. The sack of Lindesfarne likely happened before Ragnar was even born. Ragnar did not "discover" England, The Anglo saxons were originally from Denmark and trade had existed between them for centuries, Hrafnaflóki existed in the same time as Rollo and not Ragnar, Ragnar was the son of Sigurð Hring who was the king of Both Sweden and Denmark and so Ragnar was not someone born into peasantry who won the throne in a duel: He inherited it. The way Ragnar takes Paris was actually the way Björn sacked the city of Luna etc etc. Shall I continue?
@@ThatIcelandicDude Good coverage. Vikings isn't a terrible show, it's quite entertaining for what it is. It's like they took all of the famous actions and events, even the discovery and settling of Iceland and attributed it to this one small group of vikings in one persons life time, which of course is completely historically nonsense. Honestly by biggest problem with the show was getting the costumes, and armor and lack of helmets so wrong. Vikings didn't just dress in black leather biker gear and not wear helmets. Hell, vikings are thieves after all, of course they are going to wear and use the best of the best equipment they find and take. Many would be outfitted in chain mail, brightly colored tunics, ornate swords, and impressive helmets.
2:05 the waterfall is moving backwards. I believe the snake pit Ragnar died in is slightly east of Jorvik (modern day York) which was ruled by halfdan ragnarsson around 10 years after his death during the Pictish war
My ancestors were vikings and I am related to ragnar we have tracked it back to then. I have some family living in denmark and they got it confirmed which was pretty cool to hear that I'm like damn I personally love the story of Ivar a bit more
Being a massive fan of Viking history, (and Vinland Saga) I found this very interesting and entertaining to listen to
Assassins creed valhalla: comes out
My TH-cam recommendations: VIKINGS. VIKINGS EVERYWHERE.
This is fast becoming one of my favourite channels.
Found out so many things about my family tree for free on ancestry just by filling in my family tree, it then find ancestors in the registry only went back to around the 1800s tho when they began writing down things found out my great grandfather Peter Billing was Swedish and moved to Denmark where i live now, and opened a shop selling foods, his son then started a gold smith making jewelery, i even found a picture from 1880s of my great grandfather and mother and he looks just like my dad, lucky they where wealthy enough to have picture taken back then, so happy they did! Found out where my last name was from (anglo-saxon) and found our family crest, and a coffin plate from a ancestor in a swedish church written in latin and sooo much more, i would recommend anyone to try i was so amazed getting to know things i never knew, i found gravestones, occupation, age of death and so on for free.
WOW a game taught me about a important person before anyone else. Thanks Rise of Kingdoms for your newish Viking update.
In the book Goodbye to the Vikings, the author suggests that the precision of Viking raids show they were thought out and well planned often passing dozens of wealthier towns in favor of specific villages and possibly raiding in revenge for a bad trade giving an example of vinegar instead of wine.
I never realised how much the show vikings was inspired by this, shees.
They would take hemsbane (or i forget the name of the ointment). Basically, they were tripping balls. They were often used to break shield walls. It takes crazy courage to charge a shield wall.
Just want to add this bit of info about Egil: The poem is called "Höfuðlausn" e: "Head-ransom" (could also translate as "Main-ransom") and he did NOT write it, he composed it in his head as the vikings of his age were illiterate and everything was memorized. It is 20 stanzas and each stanza is 8 verses. You can check it out here: www.ljod.is/index.php/ljod/view_poem/5006
I still think he is saying, "forty two here!"
The killing of that kid was how the song "my mother told" started. The story is that a kid lost a game then walked home to then walk back and killed the winner.
Was not Ragnar but his 2nd wife's father who slayed the Dragon
Yep, Áslaug is the daughter of Sigurður and Brynhildur. This also means that their sons are doubly descended from Óðinn because she is a Völsung.
Now im not saying your pronunciation of the nordic names and places is bad, or good, but it did put a smile on my face
Njals Sage is one of my favorite books... I don't know why Hollywood hasn't made a film of it...Oh yeah .. no car chase.
You are now just Blatantly saying "FortyTwo" now. There's no way you are saying Thoughty2
Man, since I subscribed to his channel, he's been saying it like this. I always heard 42.
I saw somewhere in another comment section say that it is a reference to something but I can’t remember what
His explained it years ago, can’t remember what video but he is forsure saying 42. He has a meaning behind it
@@ericschmidt9523 Maybe Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy reference?
42 is the meaning of life
People all around the world are inspired and in awe of the Viking age people because they did absolutely amazing things, with relatively sparse resources. They understood the power of the will and ingenuity. Let no one try to miniscule their accomplishments. Acknowledge and honor people of the past no matter what they did. You have your life to thank them for.
8:22 wuh, ivar the boneless couldnt walk like that...
" only a flesh wound....."
That's unknown. His name can be both the boneless or the cruel. A TV series =/= history lol
“Vikings” the TV show. You must watch it.
Be aware though that this series is NOT true history; it's a lot of stories from different timelines squished together to make a well playing story. Most of the battles are based on facts, but have been redesigned to better fit the storyline.
Vinland Saga is great
I am watching it, I am 5 seasons in and it is god tier.
This is a cool video. I have lineage of vikings proven from documents and family tree. Norwegian.
With great research I found the Eagles poem, here it is.
“I’m a poet and didn’t even know it.” -Ragnar Lothbrok
Wow deep stuff there. 😮
hahaha must've been a bloody good poem indeed xD
I imagine he called his sons piglets due to the ferocity of wild boars.
History Channel series " Vikings " was a historically accurate portrayal of Ragnar Lothbrok and his Sons. Excellent series! Great acting! Travis Fimmel shines as Ragnar.
Thank you for existing and continuing to teach me about our history as humans your heavily appreciated
"Kvedulv" is only one letter away from "kveld ulv" Wich directly translates to evening wolf in modern norwegian
oh wait that's not Eivor
Really cool learning about our history, wasn’t expecting to learn about Erik Blodøks, who i’m related to
What do you call a deaf gynecologist?
A lip reader
Absolutely love listening to you while I work!
Omg the Blackadder reference genuinely made me smile
The good old days when the servants of the sheep god got a right walloping from the followers of Odin.
"The sheep god"
Get wolfed, pagan.
JK that actually is clever, I laughed.
@@cartylaser2864 pagan?
Not exactly
@@shiperobin I suppose I should have used heathen, effectively the same word but of Germanic etymology, but either way, intended to be a rather silly comment, please don't axe me in the face.
@@cartylaser2864 I have no intentions of axing anyone.... I prefer the broadsword lol
Damn I hate Neo Pagans, like damn your religion went extinct 1k years ago lmfao.
The production of this video is incredible. Very easy to watch and a good mix of footage and narrator footage. Definitely done by many people who are a master in their craft and I appreciate that. I wish you and all your people health happiness and abundance for creating this cool content, this was a great refresh on a complex and fascinating topic. Thanks again🤙✌😎
People who watched the show Vikings:
The Expert 🤓
Saeed Mustafa well a lot of the stuff he said is wrong. Ragnar lothbrok had 1 son and that was bjorn ironside and Ragnar never went to France
@@fatgoldenboy6986 Ragnar had a lot of sons, or so they claimed to be his son. And he actually did go to france according to the tales.
@@fatgoldenboy6986 I think you didn't watch all seasons, SPOILER: he got three more sons from a different wife. They got the names mentioned in the video. He also went to france, paris. (important SPOILER:) he shipwrecked when he went to england with two ships, got caught and killed by getting thrown into a pit of snakes. Oh and he also reffered to his sons as pigglets. Even the "Bjorn is dead and wants to be buried"-trick was in that show.
@@puma4215 only in vikings was bjørn, ivar, ubbe and sigurd but in irl only bjørn ws his son
@@MrCow579 well ragnar did not live when they the vikings went to france but Rolv(Rollo) vent to france
"Monarch, at thy will
Judge my minstrel skill:
Silence thus to find
Sweetly cheered my mind.
Moved my mouth with word
From my heart's ground stirred,
Draught of Odin's wave
Due to warrior brave.
Silence I have broken,
A sovereign's glory spoken:
Words I knew well-fitting
Warrior-council sitting.
Praise from heart I bring,
Praise to honoured king:
Plain I sang and clear
Song that all could hear."
-Dr. Marion Ingham's translation of the final two verses of Egill's Head's Ransom poem to king Eric Bloodaxe.
The kindest and gentlest of people I have met, have been descendants of Vikings.
Egil reminds me of this guy I was in prison with, he had killed a couple people over $20 of weed, he also killed a dude over a $50 bill while in jail. Great guy imo.
20 bucks is 20 bucks
i can't stop noticing him reading off the telething not-immersed
Wasn’t this “berserker rage” because they were the first warriors to use performance enhancing drugs?
Not exactly. They watched a few feminists and Karen Videos to gain their insane rage. Every time they brutally embedded their swords and axes in the enemys flesh they imagined that the enemys are Karens and feminists.
That theory has been largely discredited.
@@i3lackflo the vikings had more equality then we have today in many ways, maybe base your statements on facts rather than you not getting laid
@Morrismanstanson The Pretty Good I can see how incels would find It funny, guess that explains a lot
@@LaserHuset gonna cry?
The ritual of Nithing (where English gets the word “nothing”) is a fascinating ritual. In it the offended party declares the other to “be nothing” in the eyes of their community. All those that support the decision them treat the subject of the curse as if they did not exist. This was usually not just a death sentence in a time and place where everyone is dependent on community for survival, but a slow, maddening, excruciating death sentence.
Ahh, Egil!! One of my most beloved Uncle's 'Heroes'! "Berserker, Par Excellence"!! Often, he would regale me, with tales of that man & his ilk, while simultaneously, alerting me, to avoid imitating the Males's in our Tribe(Family)/Clan, living too-similar, too-often, to him! Thank You once again, 'Thoughty2' , our(your audience's)much-well-thought-of-Arran, for bringing to mind, my Ancestors & Betters!
Sure bud.
Those reenactments were hillarious.
Wait where Thor's and thorfinn
Cmon ik y'all know what I mean
Vinland saga?
Ah men of culture
Brings a completely different dimension to the term, 'Warrior Poet'.
Ivar was real? damnnnn
Don't wanna be "that" guy, but you absolutely butchered the name Egil.
It's pronounced more like "Ehgill" not "Eagle".
Sources : My dad's name is Egil.
It took some time before it was clear what he meant and a hearty laughter erupted ^^
Yes, but on the other hand: Egill means "Eagle". So maybe he's just translating the name?
Gotta love the amanita muscaria for giving them the rage they had
Vikings: WE WILL CUT YOU DOWN WITH OUR SWORDS AND AXES
Me: **laughs in the 2nd amendment**
I know the historical accuracy is not present in the show 'The Vikings' but it is one of my favorites and I did not know Ragar Lothbrook was a real person in an aspect. That's just cool as fuck.
I love this mans channel! Informative, and funny!
I love your stuff Thoughty2, but in Iceland there are no trees. Might want to check that childhood clip of homeboy looking out the window.
Love your historical stories bro thanks for tbem
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I really thought he was going to talk about Grettir, but this is also fine
When he talked about saint denis I got creeped out, as I was playing rdr2 in saint denis at that exact moment
Bloodaxe also played by the guy who portrayed Herman Melville in the Moby Dick video.
Just for the pun at 12:57, you need to activate the "clipping"-feature on TH-cam :-)
That was great!! I recently did the DNA bit through Ancestry and contrary to what my adopted parents were told, I'm not "Scandinavian" and "German" I'm actually Northern European, Norse and half Portuguese!
Portuguese??
I just wanna point out that Charles Magno wasn't king of the Romans, he was king of the Francs or whatever they are called in English, who's dinasty will later bring the raise of the holy Roman empire. They didn't have legionaries, that kind of armor was dated, they already adopted chain mail, and longswords by that time. Plus they were well known cavalry men with weird as haircuts, more like a tribal riding force like the Huns. I might be wrong here but I think he actually introduced Feudalism into Europe. So yeah just pointing out, love the content of your videos, hope I helped!!!
Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á brott með víkingum,
standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
höggva mann ok annan.
A poem written by Egil Skallagrimsson, nowadays know in english as “My mother told me”
I believe youre actually wrong with the days because our (dutch) days have woensdag (Wednesday) which comes from the germanic god Wodin and donderdag (thursday) which comes from donnar the thunder god (also where the word thundar comes from) and vrijdag (friday)which comes from freia. And since germanic land also overlapped the netherlands its pretty convenient. At least that was what i was learned in high school