What It Was Actually Like To Be A Viking | Compilation
Today on Weird History we offer a thorough look at all things Viking – how they lived, what they ate, how the kept so clean (or not!). The Norse Vikings had an immense impact on the wold, so much so that they are still very much a part of modern culture (looking at you, Thor!). Enjoy today’s video compilation featuring all things Viking!!
Chapters:
00:00:00-00:15:46 – What it was like to be on the front lines of a Viking raid
00:15:46-00:26:28 – What was hygiene like for the Vikings
00:26:28-00:37:01 – Viking diets were surprisingly healthy and well-rounded
00:37:01-00:48:37 – The history of main characters featured on ‘Vikings: Valhalla
00:48:37-01:00:40 – The symbolic and outlandish Viking wedding traditions
01:00:40-01:13:32 – What Viking parties were like
01:23:29-01:33:56 – Unusual Viking rituals that might surprise you
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@johnprice8743
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
And also Ivar lothbrok
@johnprice8743
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Lagerta?? Its Lagatha
@nightshadehelis9821
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
I wonder if 1000 years from now they're going to dig up our caskets and examine our bodies like we are doing to them. It's crazy to think that the future generations will be just as disconnected to us as we are to these vikings. I sometimes forget that these people really existed, just like us, like they had their own stories and personal lives. They blinked and just like that, their entire lives were over.
@fonkbadonk5370
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
PLEASE put at least SOME effort into your foreign pronounciation. As a German, I wouldn't have had ANY clue what you were talking about at 13:10 if you hadn't also shown a picture.
@hammadkhan3304
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wQmiaYiWM&t=13s
@jjames6552
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Omg!!!!! The best video ever on Vikings!!!!! Loved it. Well done.x
@brad4texas
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
💖💖💖🤟. Loved this! Especially the indexing chapters in the description. 🥇 🏆 🍻
The wedding night witnesses … 😮😳😬😬😬😬😬. Wonder if there was cheering 📣 or toasting in process? 😂
1:22:28 exactly as happens now in the 21st century, but now the lies as description of one’s enemies is on steroids.
@EGSBiographies-om1wb
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
63rd
@WindwardToEden
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Couldn't get past the first 3 min. when there was already 3 things said that were untrue. It's like they got the script off from Wikipedia or something…
The "viking" age started in the mid 600's, just not in England yet. They were raiding east until the riches there ran out and the Rus started building adequate defenses.
Also, the main reason for the Viking age is marriage. During the areas former wars and famines, it became law to take many brides, as there were too many women per man. Fast forward a hundred or so years and suddenly there were WAY too many men to women…and in order to buy land and maybe a bride, one had to be wealthy enough to do it…hence the beginning of raiding…to the east…for petes sake. This is well known but always skipped over on these psudeo-wiki based documentaries…
@eilliepadilla2029
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Can you do a video about the different's between Ravens an Crows?
@joeparrish4910
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Saint Olaf. Wonderful town
@leedsman54
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
The Jorvik Centre in York, U.K. has a really good display of a Viking village complete with sounds and smells. You ride through it in a little car. Lots of the old buildings are sitting on the plots that Vikings laid out.
@RamonDiaz8219
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Love the new long form videos. Great for falling asleep to. Keep it going.
@tiegrsidesignsandstudio4794
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Sometimes a little bit of broader knowledge can go a long way. Did Vikings REALLY eat poisonous plants as vegetables or flour, or did they use plants as MEDICINE and researchers first making the discovery didn't think them capable of being smart enough for that? Many "poisonous" plants are actually highly medicinal in specific doses.
Honestly this is one of the things I hate most about ancient history. "Educated guesses" about how impliments were used, gender roles were filled, goods were exchanged, cleanliness was practiced – are all often subject to the biases of the ones guessing.
For instance…you could lose all your rights if you made another viking dirty, but some (well-known to likely be biased) man wrote of them that they all blow snot rockets in a bowl and then wash their faces with it and suddenly the lore becomes "ok they were super anal and liked to be clean but SOMETIMES they did abhorrent gross stuff that made them filfthy on purpose" and popular fictions reinforce this supposed ritual.
@SkyNeely-lc8rt
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
I did Ancestry research and found I have Viking ancestry! I’m a descendant of Ragnar Lothbrok
@michelleg7
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
The Moors sure made them suffer when they raided certain parts of Lisbon and Spain 🤔
@N3WPORT5
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
…was that Cleveland???
@cruzmizzl
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Shane Gillis- "There's the Rainbow FlaG 🌈 … Ohw! That's way worse dude!"
@strm854
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
Very interesting. But when did tgey movr to Mimnesota ?
@ambercrombie789
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
So what do "men of God" need with gold, etc? "Be content with covering and food/ drink". ? // In the Synoptic Gospels , "Silver and gold have I none" and then a miracle. // For all you "church types" out there, the synoptics are in the New Testament, the Bible.
@davidfitzpatrick6535
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
1:22 Thats not a fair assessment IMV. The Christian Monks of Britain also devoted themselves to peaceful living (thou shall not kill) and therefore didnt even have an army to defend themselves. IMO its cowardly of the Vikings (which by their faith views etc they would depise) to attack a force that literally cannot defend themselves.
@seekertosecrets
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
25:57 Ew! I would rather wash myself at sea at that point!
@ScottSummers-m5l
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
"Your girlfriend handled more sack than a medieval grain merchant on inventory day"
@donaldbell2554
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
indeed
@xhrn
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
I want that poison flour bread recipe
@Jameywells777
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
I value my personal hygiene too much to live that way.
@BasilRefaey80
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
king olaf ???
skyrim reference?
@BasilRefaey80
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
the muslim never write fake nes
these are the jews and christians
or you never heard about the inquision??
so yeah
vikins were pagans
so yeah
disgusting
but Hollywood made them heroes
@vikashv1
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
“I have no enemies”
@JahsuaG
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 am
What is the song that starts at 53:58? Shazam apparently wants nothing to do with these Vikings