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I think its so funny how Vikings are treated like the winter version of pirates
That's the best description I've heard
I blame the history channel
aren't they?
well it was a job title @@bloodlove93
Chilly Pirates…Pirates on Ice
I love that Barbie saying "BALLS" is still used regularly because it gets me every time
tell me why never realized that was from rapunzel barbie😭🤣 I loved that movie as a kid
@@tuna420emojistarHe originally sampled it in his original barbie vs bratz video. Highly recommend. But it’s over 2 years old which goddamn I can’t believe it’s been that long. 🫠
Yesss me too 🤣🤣
YES
Kurtis inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
The fact that none of these people get that "viking" wasn't an ethnicity or a personality trait, but a job title has me equally crying and dying of laughter.
imagine in 900 yrs people glorifying office jobs like this
@@greatape8019 Hahahaha.
"I'm a secretary living a secretary lifestyle *agressive typing*"
Not even that. A summer gig. Supplemental income.
Some dudes will literally base their whole personality off of a poor understanding of an extinct culture and/or religion lmao
@@saudade7842 That's what happens when you learn history from TikTok
My favorite part about this is that Viking wasn’t so much a cultural group as it was a profession. Calling yourself a modern day Viking is like some dude in another thousand years calling himself a modern day frycook and smoking cigarettes next to a dumpster to prove how manly he is.
This comment was hilarious.
Underrated comment oh my goodness
Curtis having like zero tattoos on his back makes him kinda look like a grilled cheese that hasn't been flipped over yet
I have tattoos on my back and frequently forget that they exist.
@@ThatMichelleGirl1Yeah, that’s why I don’t really want tattoos on my back, it’s kind of a waste of money.
@@ThatMichelleGirl1my only tattoo is on my back and sometimes I’ll catch it in a mirror and I’m like “omg!”
no the mullet definitely makes him golden brown on both sides
How could you spell his name wrong on his own channel? 😩
Fun fact: During the Viking age (800-1050 AD), young men and women were required to sit in their car and do a Nickelback rendition of the DK rap as a rite of passage. It is an authentic Viking tradition!
My _gosh,_ was that painful to watch. I could very clearly hear the country influence before Kurtis even mentioned it.
Erm actually they didn’t have cars in 800-1050 AD 🤓☝️
ya know. I thought it was just a funny joke and then I got to that part and it. it was not.
It's true, I was Nickelback's fur coat
I can confirm. It's in the lore!
As an Scandinavian the thing that triggers me the thing that triggers me the most is that many of these viking tiktokers are completely uninformed. For example they never had horns on their helmet. Horns were only used to drink wine and beer. Also viking comes from the Vík which means fjord/bay. Therefore building a Viking town in texas is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
But the catapult and death diving were cool.
Gotta respect the catapult.
What triggers me is that they "skal" as a greeting or instead.of saying "cheers" they say "skal" which doesn't make sense in it's actual context.
I love how careful Kurtis was saying “surface level” so he wouldn’t say “surface leather” again but then says “quonsequences” 😂
Being half Swedish, half Italian, I will now create a community of vikings plumbers.
And have a nice work-aday!
Mafia Viking Boss
As a half-Irish, half-Italian, this made me spit out my gnocchi.
Mafia Viking Boss
YES THANK YOU. FINALLY I FOUND MY PRONOUN
i've always wanted to hold plastic axes and jump into frozen lakes because that's what modern vikings do
I agree, I also always wanted to hold plastic axes and jump into frozen lakes because thats what vikings do
Same. That's what my father did, what his father did, and so on. One day I'm gonna whip out my plastic axes from spirit Halloween and jump into freezing cold water.
Ye
yeah its the epitomie of being a man
I heard that modern vikings are petty much the same as all the other modern people, except jumping into cold water, having long beards and holding axes
Actually Vikings were extremely clean and regularly bathed and groomed themselves. They were known to bathe weekly, which was more frequently than most people, particularly Europeans, at the time. Their grooming tools were often made of animal bones and included items such as combs, razors, and ear cleaners.
So Vikings r cats?
There's a diff between "extremely clean" in the medieval period and now. Extremely clean back then, means a wash once a week. Hence Saturday's meaning.
They brushed their hair. That's about as daily hygiene goes.
One of the reason europeans feared vikings so much is because they were scared the vikings would seduce the woman because they kept themselves kept and clean.
I saw amon amarth at a ghost concert and yes, we all were rowing during that song. They also have a giant ass boat behind them with a storm and a monster and they kill it after a few songs. It was so badass and good because I'm disabled lol
Omg me too!!
that honestly sounds like so much fun
as a fellow scandinavian, i am living proof that all vikings are shirtless vampires who jump off of cliffs with plastic axes in both hands
Another day another slay
@@Random-sk6hm Lmao am using that one
Me too
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As a historian this video is killing me oh my god
- viking was a parttime profession, not a people
- most Nordic peoples were farmers and traders, and went on raids once or twice a year
- vikings were very clean, bathed often and used nice smelling oils on their beards and hair. This made them very popular with women, which only increased the fear of those Nordic men lol
- raids were not just a viking thing! A lot of peoples raided communities that were not well guarded. Vikings were more villified than others because they did not spare monasteries (heathens!)
- Nordic societies were much more egalitarian when it came to gender. Women could divorce their husbands, they could become warriors, and they were generally in charge of money. This because finances were considered 'witchcraft' and you know, women are just better at that kind of thing I guess
- vikings did have language and grammar, modern Icelandic evolved from old Norse, which is the oldest Nordic language (to my knowledge)
Perhaps most importantly: most of the historical sources we have on 'vikings' come from biased sources. Like Romans, who were always at war with them. So if Tacitus writes that the barbaric vikings made human sacrifices and participated in horrible things, is that evidence or propaganda?
A lot of these 'modern vikings' just want an excuse to act tough and be racist. It's 'alpha male' behavior without the crypto.
As an ancient Mediterranean scholar, I endorse this message, especially how much the Romans wrote to vilify people outside of their empire/their enemies
100% they are all crypto bros and yeah balls deep into joe rogan and alpha male bro stuff,- buying vitamins for their "alpha brain" LOL
These people played Skyrim, sided with the stormcloaks, and then forgot how to touch grass.
I nearly died when the guy said "we are going to make the first viking village in North America"
L'Anse aux Meadows historic site: am I a joke to you???
"more egalitarian" *proceeds to describe how sexist ideas were used to justify women handling money* sure dude
The band is pronounced " A Mon A Marth" (Amon Amarth) and they are fantastic. Usually, they have a giant ship on the stage. Also, they have been around way before ticktok. I haven't seen them live in a long time but the last time I saw them was probably around 2009. Also, when vikings went "berserk" they ate mushrooms and got naked.
He rather does not talk about that psychedelic thingy, because just like with these Viking hypes. Gorvements use manipulative Talking to lure people into taking psychedelics so Their mind will be stuck in the Backrooms, having an esoteric thinking and these people will voluntarily get robbed by gorvements he they would think it is some sort of test by higher powers.
@@matejsteinhauser3974 I think you need to take a break from huffing paint... I mean wtf are you trying to say...?
@@DrinkerOfWindex You know that Psychedelics rised in popularity in at least one year ago? All because They can make people develop manipulative mystical beliefs and You know how These esoterics view suffering upon the world, That it is some sort of spiritual test, And these people are beneficial for gorvements because they will let them rob the wallet. you know already the history of america. But in past, They drugged people with psychedelics to create some sort of supersoldiers like you saw in Stranger Things, Horever they discovered that supernatural abilities do not exist in humans, so Now they are doing this because people will give money to gorvements without protesting.
I love your username so much it’s got me dying of laughter
@@MonolithicCyanTsunami Thanks. It's a nod to my old Diablo2 character names. Everyone had windex in the name in some capacity.
As a Scottish person I am not scared of these guys attacking my land and stealing my metal
mmm, They are like Skaarj and you are weak Nali for them. If they try something, you better run or step away
As someone who’s mostly got a Scottish background (not sure what particular group because my dad never shared after dna tests so easier to say family is from Scotland on his side, because they mostly were) from research I know Vikings used to enslave Scottish people and others in the area, but modern Vikings no not particularly scared of them ;-;
Old Vikings yes I would be, modern hah funny I mean as long as there not hurting anyone it’s fine but from some of these comments it appears there being not very nice. ‘:[
@@matejsteinhauser3974what??? ;-;??
@@RanEdgar-ok3wk Vikings Even in these Days should be avoided inside a Scandivania. There are still up to 4000 tribesman in the Viking society
How to be a Modern Viking:
-Be a football player
-Play for Minnesota
underrated lmao
That is a viqueen. Go Pack Go!
@@DolphinOfFire Maybe beat the Steelers before you flap shit eh bud
-loose every game (optional)
@@carsausage imagine not beating a Matt Canada offense lmao
This feels like the cottage core craze but for straight men. Traditional folklore influences, vintage fashion and styling, and a shared community to interact with online and show off your lil costumes
and an equal amount of misinformation and thirst traps, the two most important parts
I want men to know it's okay to just have fun and have a fun goofy lil time. You don't have to be dead serious about it.
oh my god this made me actually snort hot chocolate
@@alexia3552i think that goes to all adults, but men mostly. Sometimes ppl get embarassed when they mention something "childish" that they like to do while forgetting that play is common to all humans, regardless of age. People play videogames, cards, etc all the time and just like that it's okay to just play pretend, like... just don't make it your whole identity
This is a perfect teaching moment see they may be straight but they’re also super gay
him singing dk donkey kong is in my head daily and i cant make it stop
HE’S THE LEADER OF THE BUNCH ⚔️ YOU KNOW HIM WELL 🛡️ HE’S FINALLY BACK 🏹 TO KICK SOME TAIL 🍖
11:00 "Can figure out mirrors but not Bluetooth". Guess what? Bluetooth is named after a viking! King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark/Norway. They even use his initials in rune form as the symbol for the company.
as an archaeologists, kurtis not knowing vikings had mirrors and catapults is hilarious
as a freshman in highschool, even im shocked he didnt know💀
and the fact that they obsessed about their appearance and were extremely well groomed.
@@snottyboy9983 omggg yes this! That was like the next bit almost straight after i commented hahahha
Are any of us really surprised at this point? It's kurtis.
Well tbh I’m Canadian and all they taught us in history class is how the English and French got along better with beavers than they did with the natives. Also maple syrup. Penicillin.
12:42 Fun fact! Viking’s we’re obsessed with cleanliness and looking/smelling good. We have writings that show British women at the time were so into it that the church had to step in and tell Anglo-Saxon men to bathe more so muscular Scandinavians didn’t steal their women
Which documents?
@@HiggsBosonification There are so may records of complaints form Anglo-Saxons due to their “exaggerated and unfair” attention to cleanliness and looks. For instance, John of Wallingford, circa 1220:" ...according to their country’s customs - in the habit of combing their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their clothes frequently and to draw attention to themselves by means of many such frivolous whims. In this way, they sieged the married women’s virtue and persuaded the daughters of even noble men to become their mistresses." Additionally, archeological digs in Scandinavia have found evidence of soap making much earlier than those in Britain. Nearly all viking graves have multiple combs and toothbrushes.
Lol I was hoping someone was going to comment that. Because i had the same thought but either way it's fun for the bit Connor was doing
Now men don’t do the basic hygiene because apparently it’s gay
The main primary source is an Arab historian who lived with Vikings and did say the only people stinker were the angles and saxons (British)
The Finnish sauna was the main bathing ritual.
Fun Fact: Vikings also had a hierarchy that included multiple levels of slavery.
There where slaves that were born into it and some that were kidnapped after their villages were burned down.
(It was a lot more complicated but I don‘t remember exactly).
I had to pause the video when you said “smelling a Vikings balls would probably make you hallucinate”. that is a sentence I never imagined I would hear LMFAO
as a swedish person i’m always very wary of people that are extremely into the “norse aesthetic” a lot of norse symbolism has been adopted by white supremacy/neo n4zi groups
Especially in the metal scene, unfortunately... I hate how many of my fave bands make me feel icky. 😭
Came here to make this comment
German here and same. Especially when they are American.
Yeah social media accounts that are super into Nordic or Roman Empire stuff are usually pretty suspect
@ZijnShayatanica yes! It's always a fun game of are they genuinely into history or practice heathenry/paganism, like the aesthetics or the above but add some. Extreme right wing views is the most polite way of putting it without setting off any censors.
Fun fact: Vikings actually dedicated Sundays to grooming themselves and they would basically have spa days.
In Iceland they groomed themselves and bathed on Saturdays ( the Icelandic word for Saturday is ''Laugadagur'' meaning pool-day if directly translated to English
@@moggo07 thanks for the correction, I only learned the fact like months ago. Thanks again!
@@Loren613 np dude, don't know if the other five nordics have it the same though
They groomed so much compared to the other europeans that there was a treaty from old brittish areas talking about how their women prefered vikings over them because they were clean (a lot of paraphrasing here but the basis was that)
@@Loren613whered u get that information from?
Bluetooth is actually named after Harald Bluetooth, a Danish king during the Viking Age.
Blacktooth
"Mum I want Bluetooth"
"We have Bluetooth at home"
Me when the Bluetooth at home just connects devices wirelessly instead of ruling Norway and Denmark.
And the symbol is a rune
"i'm gonna start talk about raiding in a bit.. thank you to RAID SHADOW LEGENDS for sponsoring this tiktok"
my favourite part of this is that viking isn't just a random group of people, it was literally a JOB. could you imagine people in the future just going "how to become a modern day accountant in three easy steps"
That, and I believe it was only like 10% of men at that time who actually were vikings? So even just actually being Swedish or whatever wouldn’t have automatically made you one.
@@JR-rf9sq Well it'd be mighty hard fitting an entire civilization on a dozen boats, wouldn't it?
@@JumalaPlays No the entirety of Scandinavia went to England each year to raid. It's a proud tradition we keep up by going around Europe and getting shitfaced.
Kurtis traumatized by the “surface leather” incident he really had to emphasize the “surface LEVEL”
In his traumatized era!
In his traumatized era!
Dam
No way Kurtis just pinned me omg☠️💀
is cwonsequences in the room with us rn
“Going vampire mode” - proceeds to not lose the majority of their powers at best or spontaneously combust at worst depending on the source material in broad daylight…
omg how did i not notice this incredible comment section contribution lol
Got that spf
Also, Amon Amarth have been around forever, and, fun fact, their name is the Sindarin name for Mount Doom.
Being a Swede, seeing Americans trying to become Viking-furries… is something i actually expected. Nothing Americans do anymore surprises me.
Omg ja bhahaha same I’m Icelandic. They literally steal every culture and do them wrong
Ja, lite så
As an American i 100% agree
As a Swede, I find that many (if not most) Viking guys are far-right and racist af
Dude, THIS. Which is just so funny
@@elyon7551
Fun fact, while their standards of cleanliness are not the same as ours Vikings were reported to be very clean by the people they pillaged. There's some pretty funny writings by Englishmen complaining that their wives and daughters ran away with the Vikings. One writer, John of Wallingford, wrote "The Danes, thanks to their habit to comb their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their garments often, and set off their persons by many such frivolous devices. In this manner, they laid siege to the virtue of the married women, and persuaded the daughters even of the nobles to be their concubines."
So yeah, Vikings were very clean comparatively.
Also obligatory Viking is an occupation not a culture.
Also male vikings were famously often kissing/sleeping with other male vikings more than their wives. Vikings were for the boys 💯
"Nooooo😢😢!!! I hate when Vikings have good hygiene, my wife and daughters are leaving me for them😭😭🥲!!! Stop showering it's gay😡🤬 I'm red with anger, and shaking and crying😡😭😢😢"
Yeah, I was just scrolling down to make this comment! They were much cleaner than most. Still less than modern standards, obviously, but much more than most other groups around that time.
@@frogbabygrill "Oh former husband, I have no rights and you also wish for me to endure your stink? I can no longer tolerate your dick cheese sire. * Insert viking name here * has beautiful luscious hair and when he holds me it smells of this thing he calls soap...It's heavenly 🥴"
Thank you for making this comment, I feel too many people just think of the old Norse as just brutes, and not as the amazing culture that they had
KURTIS CONNER SAYING AMON AMARTH LIKE THAT MADE ME SO SAD.. Dude amon amarth in concert.. please that was fun as all hell, they were the best opening for Ghost 😭😭
7:45 "sleep" by my chemical romance goes like "shut your eyes, kiss me goodbye, and sleeppppp" so ig you could just lie on the ground if you wanted to
I am a Scandinavian archeology student, and I just want to mention that, while yes, the vikings did colonize, it wasn't like the "modern" way (ex, the british and french in America ++). They usually built smaller settlements in places that weren't previously inhabitet. In some cases some would settle closer to local people, and eventually intergrate into their society. So it wasn't about wiping others out and claiming the whole land as their own. They did raid places, but left afterwards, the goal of those where not to colonize (just as a response to 1:56 in the video).
Oh and a lot of the vikings were actually just merchants and tradesmen, and did not really raid anything.
Personally, I stay faaaar away from that side of tiktok. As someone who is close to our history, culture and nature, I find it far too stereotypical to watch. They spread so much misinformation. The fact that they make themselves out to be representatives of the culture, yet they so obviously has not made any research about it or have any actual connection to it. They watched the Vikings tv-show, which isn't exactly historically accurate, and made it their entire personality. They are actually just making a mockery of our history. At first it was kind of funny, because of the ridiculousness of it, but now they are so damn many it is just frustrating. They are reaching out to more people than actual scandinavians about our history.
(Also kind of funny how the ones with 3% scandinavian blood always have "viking blood" and not "had to flee the country to survive the famine in the 1800s blood)
exactly!
This is true! In Poland during history and polish (basically literature combined with culture classes) classes we were taught that during the times of the free city Gdańsk vikings were seen as friends since we would trade very often! It's also thought that our cultures were exchanged very often because our food, culture and in some aspects old religions are incredibly similar!
I mean, I heard that Vikings basically bread themselves out because they mixed with so many other different people and cultures.....I wish someone would educate neo 'vikings'.
@@shanchan8247 you can't breed out vikings because it's not a race or kind of people, it was a profession, they were sailors
This guy seems much closer to your description: youtube.com/@dentonstalesofthevikingage8945?si=bMjknGXI_l-Z6LJ7
As a norwegian, I can tell you that "viking" translates to bay-person.
So if you live by a bay, congrats, you are a viking
Haha ja
Ah. Crap. Time to go buy plastic axes I guess.
Omg i’m a viking 😍😍😍 gotta go plunder a village
Hell yeah, SJ vikings unite
@ZebraLuv lmao tbh it's worth it to just get a real axe
Kurtisconner and funkyfrogbait should totally do a Collab!
Not just the hair style but they both have such a great since of humor!
They would totally vibe!!!!
You're not a true nord unless you build a homestead with nothing but your nuts, a fistful of mead and die of rock rockjoint at 36, as talos intended
Unironically the guy jumping in the freezing water with the platic axes is one of THE funniest things I've EVER seen, it brings me so much joy I revisit it from time to time
Freezing water? *I hardly know her*
I visited that body of water right before the video went viral. It’s walking distance from my house
@@kroneexeyou have no idea how jealous i am of you.
I want you to tell us how many people jump into that water since it went viral, please.
@@iquegrey76 There were some youngsters there jumping when I walked past it this summer.
The "modern day Viking" lore can actually go a lot deeper and a lot worse than this unfortunately. But I don't think they'd be able to talk about those things on tiktok openly without getting banned. There's some 'churches' scattered around the US that practice heathenry, using Viking and Nordic mythology as the basis of their religion, but some of these churches are actually pretty racist and problematic. Ásatrú Folk Assembly churches are prime examples of this. It's a lot to get into in a TH-cam comment since it's kind of a deep rabbit hole, but I encourage y'all to learn more about it. And I'm not saying ALL "modern day Vikings" are racist either, but just be aware of how much deeper this stuff can go.
Yes, many white supremacists occupy the Viking space. I can’t look at any of these folks without feeling a visceral revulsion. So it made absolute sense that Peyton came from country music, which, well, you know…especially when the line we heard was about blue eyes and blonde hair 😳
As a white person who is embarrassed by most white “culture”, this is embarrassing as shit. I swear so many white people are just looking for an excuse to be racist and use anything as a vehicle to do that.
Yeah like it sucks bc I adore like biking and Norse mythology but I do have to do a double take when I see guys like this bc SO many white supremacists will use runes and symbols and convoluted language to cover up their racism
Speaking as a non-AFA-related heathen, love the fun poked our way for some of the cringe that can be found. All good fun :)
Even without knowing about that, I thought this modern viking type of stuff reeks of white supremacy. Never seen a black person in that community, never seen a non hypermasculine person in that community (or hyper feminine if we look at the women). It gives of the worst vibes.
Its a job
imagine someone in thousands of years going "Im a REAL MODERN farmer🗿"
No, thats absolutely going to happen...
Amon Amarth has been playing viking themed metal for about 30 years. I've seen them a couple times and it's great goofy fun that fits well with the metal moshpit feeling.
12:25 Surprisingly Vikings were often actually quite well groomed and cleaner than, for example, the average Anglo Saxon. Often being buried with combs and other hair grooming products, kinda like having Manscaped in your casket now, thats how important it was seen in their culture. They also washed far more frequently than Anglo Saxon men, a fact alongside their beard and hair maintence that got them called womanly by their enemies.
Then they laughed and went into berzerker
Yea but they still didn’t bathe nearly as often as a modern person
@@maddygreenbdepends. In South America we bathe more than North Americans. Based on location, people in colder climates don't bathe as much, and well, Scandinavia isn't exactly tropical beaches.
Some people bathed communally once a week or a couple times a week back then, but would still lightly wash in their homes at night.
Yeah, to a point where Anglo Saxon women were often seduced by Norsemen far more often, as the Anglo Saxon men smelled horrible in comparison.
So the Anglo Saxon men, rather than make themselves smell good, decided to write "propaganda" against the Vikings that called them stinky poopooheads who never bathed. Unfortunately it's a historical untruth that remains to this day.
I was literally going to comment this! Like there are theories that Anglo Saxon women actually preferred Vikings for their cleanliness!
As a swede i absolutely hate when someone realises their great great great grandpa was from the nordics and then their entire personality becomes viking and they start wearing "viking dreadlocks"
Self-appropriation
When I think of swede I think of somalian and morrocan refugees 😂
RIGHT
@@wildfire9280 lmao
There are actual towns here in Texas with Scandinavian immigrant history and this fuckwit wants to larp in Kilgore. Our ancestors weren't 'Ragnar Lothbrok'. Our ancestors were people named Tjere and Asbor who farmed, went to the churches they built, and liked accordion music. 🤦♂
The modern viking guy watched all the seasons of vikings and instantly became a expert
My first official foray into Viking period entertainment is Vinland Saga and even then I learned a good amount about Nordic culture (within the time period) from reading/watching it because the author (Makoto Yukimura) actually did his research, Tiktok Vikings should pick it up lol
12:30 honestly the weird thing is that vikings were apparently really hygienic, there were some christian writers in England during the viking period who talked about vikings seducing too many English women because they combed their hair and took weekly baths
honestly that's a hilarious problem to have
That would seduce me too. A guy having good hygiene and not smelling like an anime convention? Sign me up!
"These disgusting vikings with their cleanliness! How can I compete against someone who washes EVERY WEEK!"
@@noranizaazmi6523medium hygiene 🤣🤣 but weekly is better than monthly
try yearly, for englishmen at the time. @@iscorsan
I'm not saying the modern viking community has a racism problem but I am saying everyone I've met like that has hit me with some version of "you're one of the good ones" 💀 ☠️ 💀
It's such a shame those bozos are appropriating peoples from a time where pillaging was a means for survival. I really honestly love anthropology and I love learning about these older cultures, so Vikings are one of my interests. But "modern Vikings" take the stereotypical, popularized misinformation about Vikings and turned it into a form of supremacy... yikes!
Dressing like a Viking is fun, and being "like a Viking" is more akin to being a farmer, not some noble axe man; but yeesh, these people really do not know what they are talking about! It's no wonder they're bigoted, they can't help appropriating cultures they don't understand 😂
Take it from someone who actually has Scandinavian blood, not everyone who likes cultural history/anthropology is going to be so racist; in fact, many are quite the opposite. Just avoid communities that label themselves ridiculous shit like "modern Vikings" and you should be fine. If you want to meet history buffs who don't have weird prejudices, find yourself some cultural anthropology majors! Most of the ones I've met have been awesome and fun people, and many are super open-minded (and quite the activists too!).
Ooof.
@@nomoretwitterhandles I think you are getting Viking and Norse confused. The norse were largely farmers. Viking was a seasonal profession of raiding. Undertaken primarily by Norse, but other groups also joined their raiding parties.
It does really suck that White supremacists are intentionally misrepresenting the Norse people to further their agendas. I appreciate what you are saying and doing to combat that.
It does suck. I am Scandinavian who has an appearence like a viking. Mostly because like that kind of style. But the ammount of people talking to me like I support their ideas because I look similar to them or not talking to me because I look similar to the bad people who have adopted parts of the old Norse Culture, is insane.
6:23 Interesting that Peyton Parrish's song mentions a "blue-eyed, blonde-haired" country girl in his song 👀
ensiferum also are a viking themed metal band, and the fans also sit and row for certain songs, its a great feeling to bond with strangers over
9:29 he was careful not to say "surface leather"
4:53 this song Valhalla Calling is actually my song :)
I wrote it inspired by Norse mythology after playing AC Valhalla. A lot of people think Peyton created it or that it's an ancient Nordic chant but nope, it's my original song 👍
I also never intended it to be interpreted as any kind of authentic Nordic or Viking chant; this misconception came from certain other people covering it and incorrectly labelling it as that.
Omg I literally just read a comment about your song and the situation around it. I’m sorry that happened to you
The one without Peyton Parish is good
nice. this comment should def be higher on the list
kurtis should pin this comment
Lmao. That's sick
You'll be surprised to know that vikings actually had excellent hygiene, and were literally Mr Steal Your Girl because of that
They also did literally steal women to take back to their home settlements as s!aves, so...
Mr. pillage and ra-...yeah steal your girl, sure, right.
Yes. Creed is very clean
Mr. Steal your Girl literally and figuratively. Big slave traders.
Because they would literally steal your girl, that is called kidnapping.
Probably one of my favorite videos ive watched of yours, your channel is gold
Got a guitar pick from Amon Amarth when they opened for Ghost back in September! Really cool band, rowing with everyone during that Oar song was actually really cool.
As a Swedish speaking Nordic person, people around these parts who wear Mjolnir pendants and tattoos and are obsessed with "Viking culture" tend to have a pretty huge overlap with white nationalist groups.
It's a huge red flag.
yes! so many white supremacy groups use nordic / viking runes as dog whitsles
Yeah nationalists have a bad habit of stealing cultural icons/beliefs for their own benefit
Omg I can totally see that
Literally no one in sweden has viking tattoos or walks around with a mjölnir pendant. Not sure where you’ve seen that
@@yeetingat100subs9 Okay, buddy. In Finland, we have Sons of Odin. A white nationalist group. Big fans of nationalist imagery, including "Viking" aesthetics.
A Viking Vampire is a really interesting concept because vampires can't cross running water. Imagine the moment they step on a boat they just immediately evaporate.
And in most lore they can’t go into the sun.
wait where did that lore come from?
Edit: because I know the sun thing came from Nosferatu. In Dracula vampires are basically reanimated corpses
@@hailmuse☝️🤓 twilight is the bible of vampires
are you saying my dream of becoming a vampire pirate is dead?
@@yashmathur2 the twilight vampires have no problem with water... The vampires not being able to cross running water mythology comes from European folklore or so I've heard.
I’ve been to one of those Amon Amarth shows where everyone does the Viking boat. The whole boat thing and it was EPIC. Everyone was into it. The music is dark and heavy but everyone I’ve met is super nice. The metal community is the best in my opinion.
Love the set of Friends for the background of your My husband, the Viking sitcom.
As a danish girl studying history with a major in vikings, this video was hilarious! And Im not here to teach or be annyoing, but I just find it so interesting, that vikings were actually very clean..We have found sooo many grooming tools and stuff here in Denmark from vikings. A lot of women from other countries were attracted to them, because of that haha. They really took grooming seriously and even by todays standards, their teeth were pretty good as well. Just a fun little fact!
There's a reason when they rocked up all the women left with em. They were clean, and nicer to them lol.
I read that they learned this from Indigenous people.
@funnyguurl eh, where did you read that?
Bathing was more popular earlier on in human history, iirc, bit fell out of favor in the middle ages as dirtier water through sewerage demands increasing, ale became the drink of choice (probably not a coincidence that most ale was made in churches in middle europe) and bathing was avoided as water was associated with disease.
In colder climates with smaller populations, water remained clean, and bathing stayed popular, as well as knowledge of cleaning wounds etc. And just a focus on cleaning your hair, teeth, and beard as general hygiene. They still drank heaps tho lol
they had a whole day dedicated to cleaning themselves (saturday/lørdag) its also the reason that saturday in most nordic languages is the only day not named after a god
@@funnyguurlWhat indigenous people do you refer to? The Sámi?
A modern viking should marry a watertok girl and start a family channel with a mermaid-viking daughter who swims in birthday-cake flavored water
LOL
I love your mind!
While holding a plastic axe obviously
Absolutely! Double axes even@@Random-sk6hm
“Birthday cake flavored water” STOP 😭
I saw Amon Amarth with Ghost last year and the rowing was SO fucking fun. The band were total sweethearts too, I was at barrier and whenever the singer came by I gave him hand hearts. lemme tell ya he returned them every single time with a big grin on his face.
Thank you for making my depression go away for some time!!
I love Kurtis’s view of historic people. No mirrors, no simple technology, no basic hygiene, probably eating raw meat and speaking in grunts. The liver king, basically.
Kurtis inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
Actually im fairly sure vikings personal hygiene was unusually good for the time, im sure i remember reading how British men were upset that some of their women were quite taken with the invading vikings just because of how much cleaner they were.
Yeah, they would bath and clean their beards and hair every week (I remember learning this in school lol) whereas the British men at the time did not at all lol
This is pretty much true. Our word for Saturday (lørdag/lördag) actually comes from the Norse word laugardagr, which means washing/bathing day. Sauna, tub, haircare, personal grooming and the works were all done on this day every week.
@@stormwalkers98or just laugardagur in Icelandic 😉
Yeah the Danes often complained about how bad the English smelled, its why they really liked the Galls because they also had obsessive hygine habits for the time.
@@messeboy7397 Which is definitely the most beautiful of the Scandi language family!
As a swede, you can NOT become a viking anymore UNLESS you would go back in time and use the lifestyle they used which could not work today cus u would be in prison. Like sure you can have the same beliefes but you can not become a viking. also vikings did not really look like these big ahh men. Most of them were just regular farmers
I think the rowing concert bit is a moshpit thing in general. Went to a punk show and they all started doing that at one point, it was dope.
my dad is one of these dudes who's convinced he's a viking, and bro there's a large racist/neonazi community within this whole "modern viking culture" shit. i am half surinamese, so you can imagine how unfortunate it was to live with a white dad who's constantly discriminating against my culture and glorifying literal vikings. one of the things he's defended passionately on multiple occasions was how "sure they raped women, but NEVER their OWN women, only the women from villages they'd raid!" because yeah.... ig?? those women don't count as humans?? anyway, i finally escaped from that nutcase lol
there was probably a lot of women sexually assaulted back then, even in their own villages. overall views on women back then were... 'limited', to say the least.
Men are… something
I was waiting for commentary on the overlap in modern Vikings/neonazis
well you are my dad apparently so you aren't much better I'm sorry
Its ALWAYS neo nazis for soome reason. They romanticize living in all-white "pure" communities.
As someone who knows about viking history, this videos was really hard. Vikings WERE brutal and did colonize, but they weren’t just mindless savages. They were also often very educated and KNOWN for being uniquely clean for their time period. Some Europeans even mocked them for how often they bathed and how fastidiously they cared for their hair.
Correct! Also I think they just conquered Europeans? Idk. I need more info.
@@TheQueenOfSheba i remember reading that in the later years, they had a not so polite exchange with Native Americans
@@TheQueenOfShebaI've heard vikings were the first to discover America, before the colonizers that became white Americans, but the vikings didn't stick around. Something like that. Don't know much about it, so take it with a grain of salt.
Most people were just regular farmers and fishermen, also most travelers were explorers and traders. While some Vikings did raid and pillage, most didn't afaik.
they still. like. colonized.
edit: not to mention the fact that they called indigenous americans “wretched ones”
Amon Amarth
Uh-Mon Uh-Marth
The concert experience is phenomenal
The guy at 4:45 is singing Valhalla Calling by Miracle of Sound. The original slaps so damn hard and does, in fact, have a chorus
One of these American vikings interned at a company I was working for in Oslo and it was both funny yet embarrassing watching him trying to "connect with his people" (i.e. confused office workers who're just there to do a job, not plan a raid) by regaling them on his knowledge of vikings and telling them all about the viking-y stuff he did back home in Missouri. I myself am Dutch but since am black I guess he didn't think I'd understand the nuanced complexity of viking culture, so with me he just talked talked video games.
😂😂😂😂
This sounds like everyone I've met from Missouri 😂
Not Missouri 😮
*embarrassed in St. Louis*
You were spared. I'd ve thankful, honestly
Most of the people who are so into that are often right wing so that explains it. But you were spared and that can be a win
Fun fact: the Bluetooth technology is named after the Danish Viking King, Harald Blåtand (died c. 985/986). Blåtand meaning blue tooth in Danish. The logo is a merging of his name in bind runes. So I mean, the Vikings did have some influence on the development of Bluetooth.
Edit: I should have known the population of Kurtis Town would be the one to appreciate my facts. You all made my day.
Whaaaaaaaat no way!! That’s so fascinating!
He was called that because he had a rotten tooth, and there was no word for black in Old Norse so blue was used instead.
@@abigailr.9601 He and his father are credited with founding or re-uniting the modern Denmark from smaller tribes. The idea behind the name was that Bluetooth also “united” communication platforms.
I searched to find this comment lol
HOLY SHIT I LOOKED THIS UP AND ITS ACTUALLY TRUE?!?! fr thought this comment was a joke
I saw Amon Amarth open for ghost last year and their show is absolutely incredible
Rowing is a pretty common crowd move in Europe not only in the vining community. So pretty logical to do that in a song about rowing. ❤
As a Norwegian my favorite part about "modern vikings" is that 99% of them are southern American dudes that got 3% Scandinavian on their 23andme and decided to make it their entire personality. Very epic.
We have a similar problem here in Boston with everyone taking that 1% Irish or their last name being O'Hara, Flaherty, Kennedy, whatever, and make that their entire shtick. I swear more people in Boston claim to be Irish, than there are actual Irish people in feckin Ireland. Hell my first name is Irish, and I'm Black. Last name is French though because we like to keep things confusing.
We call them "Nazipardo" here in Brazil lol
@@MaiaPalazzo lol I love that
@@viscountrainbows2857 I know the Irish call that type "plastic paddies" so us nordics need something similar.
@@viscountrainbows2857my first name is french and im about a quarter irish
i’m a graduate student in viking and medieval norse studies, and i call these types “norweebs”. they subscribe to some sort of “norse exceptionalism” where they think that the norse invented raiding. people of all origins and places in the medieval world raided almost without exception. the unique thing about scandinavians was their amphibious approach. their reach over sea and speed in and out of target areas using rivers and coasts is why they stand out, but this “viking culture” does not exist, it was just a part-time job to get some wealth and status
That's cool! I'm glad there's a least one expert here.
"I will not stand for people appropriating cowboy culture!"
right, real viking culture, was the cultures of all of the various different peoples who would do that job, and were usually specific to each area. These people acting like this, & throwing everything together like this, is almost similar to someone acting like/saying "all native americans are the same and share culture"
And wasn’t it only for the rich? Like that most of the people in the viking era did not go on raids and were in fact poor farmers or farm hands?
@@dinamaruii1007 Most people were farmers like in any pre-industrial society but viking raids would include a lot of those. Viking age Scandinavia was literally organized around equipping and manning ships so everyone in a hold would be expected to contribute something. That could be wood, building expertise, supplies or it could just be manpower if you didn't have anything else. So you would have found a lot of relatively poor people going along on raids as a form of tribute to their lord. This is also why axes were so common, it's not that vikings had a particular love for them, they actually preferred swords, spears and bows. It's just that axes was something that everyone had so if you didn't have a proper weapon you'd bring one along.
"Vikings just wanted land for their families." Bro they didn't go out and work for what they took. They just took it from others 💀 that's not the equivalent of "go- getting" and chasing dreams, it's essentially robbing and murdering. Which is still around today btw, you just don't wanna talk about that 😂
I feel like this whole craze especially those people in the video of him singing are dressed how I’d imagine a Skyrim cosplay to look like…
Common misconception on the "filthy viking" thing- they were actually a little bit prissy when it came to cleanliness. They bathed, combed their hair consistently, (a TON of the graves we've found have combs in them) and some even plucked their brows. Part of the reason they were hated, besides the murder thing, was the fact that they were these tall, handsome blonde travelers that were popular with women.
And they didn't spare monasteries when raiding. Cause raiding in general was pretty common back then
@@FireMegaDragon Among the few viking bands that did exist, sure. Vikings as a whole were not commonplace at all. It wasn't "a people", it was a job. Most people in pre-Christian Scandinavia were just, average people. Farmers and bakers and whatnot. The majority of the seafaring done was for trading, not pillaging.
Also the only reason we see them as horrible people is because they stole in monastery which was 1. Where all the treasure were 2. Where the only people who could write were.
Damn the English get no bitches and the murderers get more bitches than them
"besides the murder thing"
As a historian who has written about Vikings, this whole trend is beyond strange. None of these guys talk about skaldic poetry and how complex it was, there were 3 distinct social classes, the women were seen as equals to the men and were know to attack if someone tried to harm their kids if her husband was on a voyage. The helmets didn’t have horns on them, they were good at agriculture and foraged/ate a lot of fruit, they also used a spear and sometimes a seax which was a big knife in battle, not just an axe. And the berserker thing was to scare the shit out of opponents and they often used alcohol and hallucinogenics to get to berserker mode. Plus nobody mentions holmgangs which were super strict duels for honor or to steal someone’s wife. Or the super cool nithing poles from Germanic paganism which were used for curses. But go dive into snow and talk about how Vikings raided to bring stuff home to families as if they were not advanced enough to hunt, forage, forge metal, build tons of different kinds of ships and what not. Also what nobody talks about was the fact that a Viking became the Saxon King of England (Harold II) they made very calculated political moves. It’s not that hard to read a book
Wait, if you were a historian, you wouldn't have said that the berserker trans, was fueled by hallucinogens and alcohol, you would have made it clear, that we believe that, but are unsure exactly what was used. We don't actually have enough historical evidence to figure out if it was just Sagas and Old English superstitions of the Vikings, much less how it was achieved, all speculative.
@@jakegenocidedude…chill
I love this comment, it shows my true frustration in an educated manner
I know a lot of these modern viking subculture people irl. There are a good lot of them who do know the history, and one has even written s book. I actually met these people because I'm a huge fan of studying history and culture. The ones who I am friends with irl actually run an educational organization and go to local festivals and parades to educate the public. I love their dedication.
That being said, the group I know ate slso legitimately neopagans, so they are very passionate and are definitely going deeper than the surface level "vikings" on TikTok.
Also most people believe that one of the vikings became the first official ruler in Kievan Rus. Well, he started with a city, but his buddy and his son went ahead and finished the domination- I mean the unification of the state, establishing the dynasty. Though some people argue that no, even if the dude was a trader and a warrior who traveled by sea and spoke a distinct scandinavian language, he somehow was still Slavic. Lol. Yeah right.
I will give Amon Amarth credit where it is due. They opened for Ghost on their tour this year and their set is so incredibly cool, and they have a great stage presence. I literally had no idea who they were when they open BUT they get an A in performing.
Kurtis tried so hard not to say 'surface leather' again and we STILL got 'cwonsequences'
pretty sure that was on purpose though so
As a viking mom, I can confirm this is how we give birth. The axe is the hard part but its all smooth sailing after that.
Thank you for your service Narwhal5000
Smooth sailing, like in a ship? A Viking ship? 👀
Is that why they call ladies bits an axe wound?
Mother? I hardly know her
@@quirkyredpanda7201that's what I thought too
I’ve seen Amon Amarth once since they were opening for a different band known as Ghost. I have to admit the rowing session was pretty cool
I’ve just found your channel and I don’t know why, but this is the funniest video I’ve watched in forever 😂😂
Funny you mentioned Bluetooth. The Bluetooth technology actually derives its name from a Viking King, King Harald “Bluetooth”, known for uniting Denmark and Norway. He had one dead, dark tooth, hence the name
I was looking for a comment like this so I wouldn’t have to type it out😂❤
I actually thought you were making a joke before I looked it up 😂
I'm not so sure he "united" Denmark and Norway. He did rule over parts of modern day Norway though. If you are thinking about Denmark-Norway, or the Kalmar union, that was wayyy later. What he is actually known for is being the first christian king of Denmark, and largely converting the country to Christianity.
I'm related to Harald Bluetooth. So is the queen of Denmark.
Pretty sure that was supposed to be the joke
While people don't always know any specifics or even think it's a joke...the name and story are common knowledge
I’m actually shocked there wasn’t any mention of the *massive* racism problem in the various communities of white people who make anything Viking and/or Norse mythology related their entire personality.
Not always true my dude
@@gabriellarowden9442 i mean not always true sure, but it is unfortunately co-opted and used as a dog whistle
@@gabriellarowden9442I love how people will just respond to something the other person didn’t even say. They never said it was always true.
Fr not to mention the misogny and homophobia despite the fact that male vikings were famously often kissing/sleeping with other male vikings more than their wives.
yeah its insane! I feel like this broadly falls under the 'european pagan' problem - some of my good friends like to listen to pre-christian inspired music (idk if theres an actual term for that, think Heilung etc,) and apparently you literally have to double check every single band/artist for possible ties to the far right.
A lot of people into that kind of stuff are really chill cool guys interested in history, but take one wrong turn and then there's nazis :/
Having been in the pit for and Amon Amarth show, Put Your Back into the Oar was genuinely so fun i had a great time
but it was also funny seeing the faces of the people who had no idea what was happening
When you start defining “modern Viking” with “a company. . .”
Knew a girl who said she was of viking descent then got mad at me for asking her if she meant she had ancestors from Scandinavia since you know, being a viking was an occupation.
Yeh right the only way you can say you have "Viking" ancestory is if you have a very VERY well documented family tree.
It’s like saying you are descended from the winged hussars just because you have Polish ancestry.
It's like saying you were of pirate descent.
Vikings were Norse people who did very specific things. It wasn't a race, but people act like it was.
I'm a Finn and when I heard "viking music" my instant thought was Nordic heavy metal. A lot of the bands and their fans take inspiration from vikings and Kalevala. Then when the Donkey Kong song started I was very confused because the vibe felt more like country than anything I would tie to vikings. So I of course felt very smart later in the video.
Same thoughts and I'm Greek lol.
I also immediately thought of Viking metal
my thought too, and I'm from Texas 🤠🤪
AMON AMARTH MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!! LESS GO!!!!!
That is something I would have found cool. There are tons of artists that appreciate Nordic & Celtic mythologies & stuff. But... This?? It's just alpha male bullshit w/ a muddled aesthetic that's almost purely pulled from the cultural hodgepodge that is Skyrim, lmaoooo. Dudes probably think Finland is Scandinavian... 🙃
Amon amarth is fun to see at a concert. I’d say they are a good Viking metal band. I saw them at the 2023 tour ghost did and Amon amarth was the opening band.
10:30 NO JOKE I BUST OUT LAUGHING
imagine NOT being a viking kurt
Fr
KURT HAHA
@@anaelleschollierLMAOAOAOAOAO
@@iusedtomakeoutwithmedusalaughing-my-ahh off-ahh-off-ahh-off-ahh-off-ahh-off?
frr
Being a Scandinavian person listening to American fckboys on tiktok telling you what it means to "be a viking" is the funniest and dumbest experience at the same time
I'm 4th-gen Norwegian-American, and this is hilarious.
There are actual towns here in Texas with Scandinavian immigrant history and this fuckwit wants to larp. Our ancestors were nothing like this garbage. =___=
@@liminalgamer9354th-gen? At that point you're just American. Sorry.
@seriemus8840 The only people who didn't come from somewhere else are the indigenous peoples here. They're the only real "Americans".
@@liminalgamer935 Well, you're not Norwegian so who are you?
I don't think iv laughed this hard in a long time. Thxs for that.
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