What Was Life of a Viking Warrior Like?
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There are few more iconic images than that of a mighty Viking warrior, a hulking berserker with a horned helmet cleaving foes in two with a mighty axe. But history actually paints a different picture of Vikings than what modern media has romanticized -- for starters, no Viking ever wore a horned helmet. And instead of a big, muscle-bound warrior hardened by the frozen north, most Vikings were actually malnourished. What other misconceptions about Vikings exist? Hello and welcome to another episode of The Infographics Show. Today we're asking, “What was life like for a Viking warrior?”
Life in the Viking age was tough -- really, really tough. For starters, Vikings inhabited Scandinavia and spread across northern Russia and Europe, land that was difficult to farm and produced little food. This meant that despite popular fiction, most of a Viking warrior's life was actually spent on the farm instead of chopping people's heads off. This is because if crops weren't planted and harvested, everybody would starve. It turns out that across much of the ancient world raiding and pillaging was more of a luxury. Very few villages could afford for their menfolk to leave for weeks or months on end instead of minding the farms. With most Viking villages numbering at their largest from between 15 to 50 households, Viking communities were tightly knit but maintained pretty low populations.
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It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin's hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph.
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The speech ragnar gave to the shitty christians when they hung him in mid air within his cage, only soon to be dropped into the snake pit by king Aelle, and ragnar was right.
Björn, Ivar, Vitserg and Ubbe did avenge him, using the blood eagle on Aelle
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Video title: **talks about how life sucked for Vikings**
This video is false. Vikings were living lavage
lol true
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 he talked about how warriors life sucked it was not a bait, he said that vikings were farmers for the majority of their lives but when needed to fight those farmers assume the role of a warrior
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 Are you deaf? Did you not hear many of the important details like idk maybe that the vikings were the farmers?!
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His name is Regnar -.-
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A fun fact, Berserker didn't actually mean "someone who goes berserk" when describing Vikingr berserkers. It translates roughly into "Bear Shirt" meaning berserkers were just dudes in bear skins.
Also, Vikings were never referred to as vikings until fairly recently. They were Norse, Scandinavian, etc. "Viking"is a verb that signifies going pillaging. So the only "Vikings", or Vikingr, that were actually 'Vikings' were the ones who raided.
Also also, the berserker rage was just a show put on for the enemy. There are accounts of vikings biting shields and shouting and acting all tough, only then to turn to their allies and talk normally for a few minutes, then go back to their shield biting. It may have been a separate state of mind, but they weren't blind with rage. Just worked up
Some people think that a berserker was simply a "champion" fighter.
Not all scandinavians or norse were going "viking", many people were regular Bondi, farmers, merchants etc. Some merchants just decided to be well equiped using boats, weapons and chain mails and loot monasteries, would engage into piracy activities. Going viking was probably a specific activity among many other things the people did.
@@RonJeremy514 you right, I forgot about the champion bit. Lindybeige?
@@kaiserwigglesiii2369 Yep Lindybeige
What he say is true.not knowing it but the psyc tjing he described för berserker i taught myself. Very helpful actually. Considering i live in än Environment of violence here in sweden 😁
Believable, but please put sources. I would think this is your OPINION and not facts unless you put credible sources.
Actually, Norse swords were known for being some of the bests swords of their time. The reason swords were not used in battle is because they are simply not as effective as a spear. Swords were hard to make, expensive, and the just didn't do well as a battle weapon.
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The Ulfberht sword were of Carolingian origin, it is believe that the Norse either pillaged them, traded for them and were given as gifts to them from the Franks. Just the name Ulfberth written on the sword and the design of the sword suggest it was made by Frankish craftsmen, the fact that the Pagan Norse had a tradition of burying weapons along with their dead means this weapons were preserved in Scandanavia while the more numerous Ulfberht swords in Carolingian Europe likely degraded away as a result of time.
Northern Europeans - Celts, Germans, and related peoples - were recorded as being taller and bulkier than Greeks and Italians according to the Classical writers of the latter.
Tallness is thought (by the modern sciences, not ancient writers) to have come from their origins on the Eurasian steppe, where that provided a sight advantage on the plains - seeing prey from farther off, and also having an early warning of danger. BULK from adaptation to the cold climate and a protein-rich diet.
Yessir
Norsemen = People of Scandinavia
Vikings = People who raided
Julle Viking is a noun. In English A Viking is a person who “goes on a viking” or in in Old norse “at fara/leggjast í Víking” so the word viking is a noun but it can either mean the person or the raid itself.
@@TheRealUlfhedinn but y’all r lot less violent in modern times. So I think the Vikings might have been warriors and raiders because they were very hungry. That’s just my theory. I did our DNA test and to my surprise it was Irish and Scandinavian a little Western European thrown in. So I’m trying to learn about our ancestry.
@@TheRealUlfhedinn
No more raiders.
Regarding the Viking swords:
They were able to make amazing swords, but only few smiths managed to do so, which is why they were seen as magical.
Most of their swords, were probably of similar quality as most other dark age swords, which means that they could chop your head off with it, but parrying with them, or hitting a shield or a helmet, could destroy the sword. Swords either bent like iron or shattered like glass and got chipped all the time.
Vikings had two solutions to that problem:
1) they produced what is now known as damascene: taking steel wires of different hardness and twisting them into a steel cable and then forging a blade out of it. The softer steel would provide a matrix for the harder sections so that a crack won´t go far. It also provided very appealing patterns.
2) Believe it or not, at their peak they were able to obtain damascene ingots from India! These ingots were so-called woodz-steel. They are made of a special alloy, which forms nanostructures when heated and cooled repeatedly. It´s a different form of damascene and was in general of better quality (though if you had good steel, to begin with, you could make good swords directly, or torsion damascene as in 1). The most famous swords made like that are known as Ulfbehrt, which was probably the first trade-mark item in the world! The name was made through inlays in the blade, but even then copycats faked that by etching (which often can be identified by spelling errors, as most were illiterate).
fills my heart with joy when ppl know the real story :D
4:40
"High-ranking vikings would often be buried along with their ships and with dogs.."
*shows cow*
Well he did say livestock right after that
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Damnit! I was coming in the comments to type that.
“Lack of skilled craftsmen”
Has this man never heard of an Ulfberht sword?
Those swords were made and were either pillaged or traded from the Carolinigans. They were apparently very highly sought after, even by the Muslims and became a very significant looting prize after the Carolingian restricted arms trade with the Vikings. Just the name Ulfberth and the design of the sword suggest Christiandome , Frankish origins.
There is a difference between viking warriors and a nordic settler (farmer)
Excatly
The warriors had better hair.
*That's how Vikings work*
literally
You avery and justim are everywhere
As an Icelander (our Vikings were some of the strongest and most famoud) a lot if this was horribly wrong. Not all of it, but a lot of it.
They, in fact, did use mushrooms, the Amanita muscaria commonly known as the fly agaric that can be found throughout Scandinavia contains a toxin that makes the person enter a hallucinogenic state and make them feel like a giant and it also served as a pain killer. Although in high doses it can be extremely deadly and have severe side effects.
the "toxic mushrooms" he said viking berserkers used to help them in battle are actually amanita muscaria which are the famous giant red mushroom with white spots on the top. they induce a strange trip when ingested and produces sedative, depressant and deliriant effects. in case any one was curious.
Though the mushroom is just speculation
NO, Vikings were taller then the avarage person in europe at the time because of their genes and how well they ate AT THAT TIME
Because vikings werent able to yeld enough food they traded LIKE A LOT, bigger jarls raided to keep their peeps alive.
Women were fully equal to men and thats a well known fact.
You didnt mention that Vikings ships were able to go threw shallow waters.
Vikiggs were able archers as they needed tu hunt to stay alive, so yeah they were amaizing archers not poor archers like yall mentioned.
You never mentioned their faith, they were amaizing warriors because they believed that dying in battle ment going to valhalla wich means they fought a lot compared to other civilizations.
I don't think women were fully equal to men.
Actually the height bit is mainly a stereotype.About half of Vikings were around 5’10”
Trump killed Han Solo Woo Vikings just like Napoleon are short by todays standarts, but in medieval europe vikings were taller then an avarage bloke in western europe.
vikings/scandinavians are a germanic people. in the book Germania, Tacitus specifically tells us that the germans are very tall.
@Troy Goldberg and you know because you were there? yeah, right. Stop with the viking fantasies and accept that they weren't advocators for women's rights.
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Great analysis! I like it :) Thanks for the great video!
I bet floki wont like this video
Mr Hamood floki is my fav charscyer
Loki*
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 don't comment you uncultured swine. You don't even know what he's talking about
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 its floki.. lol did u watch the viking series?
Vinland saga?
I love these types of videos and subjects! I love this channel
Vikings were actually really advanced in their nutrition. Their food was healthy, fresh, and even a poor Viking ate much better than an English peasant during the Middle Ages. One of the reasons they did so well is their nutrition.
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Im from Scandinavia and i love the stories of vikings so its very Nice that you are doing a video on Them ty
5:13 Viking Smiths where actually very skilled and made swords that are at times more advanced than what me can make with modern technology. They where just difficult and expensive to make, that’s why they’re so rare.
Q: Why did the Viking buy an old boat?
A: Because he couldn’t afjord a new one!
ha
They made them!
Good one
Almost funny
:D
I needed this for school thank you :)
Who else watched Vikings and would click on anything relating vikings and their life?
Like if Ragnar Lothbrok is the best thing that happened in your life.
I respect the way you upload soo many videos a day and yet they look like they took ages
Another great / interesting video!!
Just to point out, Viking swords have been proven to be some of the greatest swords of the time and using the materials they had at the time we are barely able to recreate the weapon. So it was not a lack of skill that kept swords out of Viking culture.
I've read a bit about the beserkers and this frenzy state seems to occur quite frequently to some people whose life is in immediate or perceived danger. It happened in Vietnam to soldiers on both sides. It seemed to have happened to members of the Varagian Guard too when they were doing brutal physical work.
Double headed axes were mostly ceremonial. They are impractical and add weight that could otherwise improve an axe’s performance. Wrist cuts are not as easy with an axe as a sword, and that’s a large part of the purpose with double edge. Adding a spike on the back of an axe would be good, though. Or a hammer point.
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1:06 there you go, you can skip the entire ad and never have to know what it even was
The intro is so smooth!
This actually helped me
As I have come to learn, Vikings ranged as far West as Newfoundland and as far East as India, they had massive trade routes that spanned from Greenland to Bagdad on a regular basis. Svaerland traders ( Swedish) became the founders of modern Russia by building Holmgard ( later Novograd) and Kiev as trade posts that evolved into the great cities of their time. These cities were built because the routes to Constantinople were river routes but had few, if any, stops to trade for food. The craftsmanship of Scandinavian culture were above and beyond most European cultures due to not being as affected by the collapse of the Roman empire. Their sword craft was greatly influenced by the Sariceans and the Byzantine empire. There, I have said my piece.
4:50
*_Heavy breathing(2nd Amendment)._*
What was life like as a viking warrior:
Thorfinn: *So you have chosen death*
damn man I didn’t have to know all this... the magic of being a viking has been ruined :(
great video tho, well put together and nice explanations.
Not ruined at all, there are still many many interesting things about them, just try to search a bit
Well you can still pretend that the looked cool 😎
Lol
Do more of these vids
Hey infographics show, how about a video on the best viking clans ?
I really like what you are saying, I'm from Iceland and people still think that Vikings looked like that,😒 Nice work!
In addition to helping their legendary ships sail against the wind, the beitass was also a berserk word that the Vikings used to strike psychological fears into the minds of anyone who dared to challenge the questionable might of the Viking people.
Watched a documentary that said the Vikings actually made some of the best and strongest swords even compared to any swords made today. They said they still can’t figure out how they made them. They theorized that they would make two blades, reheat them then twist the blades together to make one sword but that’s just a theory.
And take skill share lessons to improve your Viking gaming skills
_oh yes_
Can you do the Moore's next!?
Misleading title. Should be renamed: why vikings were the best and most awesome warriors conquering most land in europe ect.
Ragnaaaaaar!
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@@stamatisvolanis8482 TORRRR!!!!
Conquering most land in Europe?
This video got me thinking about Vinland Saga.
*goes back in time to give Vikings mobile games*
Cool video
Could you please do one based on the shogun
Thanks
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you for your time! ♥
@@TheInfographicsShow ran out of video ideas so you really had to make up that vikings weren't really that cool when they were the most awesome. Read a book. everything you said is wrong
Except for the fact that it has been demonstrated and shown that the berserkers wooden chest a liquid elixir comprised mostly of Fly agaric mushrooms, or Amanita muscaria which have to go through a decarboxylation process basically they would add them to their mead as they were making mead they would then drink this spiked Mead trip balls and go into combat
I am from Denmark a viking land and this video is almost perfect
*_HAPPY LEIF ERIKSON DAY!!! HINGA DINGA DURGEN!!!_*
The vikings was actually mainly the seafaring pirate, traveller dudes, all of the Norse population wasn’t vikings, like some random Scandinavian farmers daughter wasn’t a viking
ok and what about that soundtrak in the background? it was everything that was worth for clicking on this video
Berserkers were some of my favorite warriors them and Gladiators.
Viking oh yeah yeah!
Vikings had the ulfberht sword which was one of the best swords of the time. Also, I might be wrong about this but they weren’t really considered Vikings if they didn’t raid. Then they were just Scandinavians.
What is that music called in the background?
I'm actually curious now, how would berserkers have gotten out of their "hypnotic state"?
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I was looking for this comment
How you do this!? Please answer
@@unclethathurts no you wasn't
I have a question that you might make into a video how would a variety of people react to a person from 2019.
Just to remove the sceptism about shieldmaidens and female warriors, there are several female warriors named in the sagas. For instance the Hervara Saga and in gesta Danorum, there are several accounts of battles where women participated.Then you have Brunhilda who is mentioned in both Bosa saga and herrauds saga. At the battle of Bråvalla, it is said that up to 300 female warriors participated. So even though the archalogical findings are rare, the litterarure does mention them. Perhaps, they did not recieve burrials like the male warriors, which is why physical evidence has not been found.
My conclusion is that there were shieldmaidens fighting in battles, though not as many as the tv show Vikings would let us believe.
The oars are not used in conjunction with the sails... this is impossible if you are sailing just a few knots. It is possible to sail vikingships at the vikingship museum in Roskilde Denmark.
Sources tell us that berserkers became outlawed in Norway in the year 1015. Most likely as a result of christian influence seeing it as being possessed by the devil.
This didn't ruin Vikings for me at all in fact this makes more sense to me my grandmother was born of Viking Blood and so was I so it's actually really nice to see actual history about it
1:56 see that guy to the right? I named him Carl... pause at 8:16 ... Carl lived a happy life of 8 minutes and 34 seconds... he was the best of us...
u got me confused with the other viking video made so which one is it?
Vikings are a big part of my culture in West Norway. And vikings did actually go on raiding tours to England and other parts of Europe
Indeed they did, and what sparked the big raids was prob bad weather here in Scandinavia, and when the word spread that the English where frail weak men well ehrm not going to say no to an easy fight would you ? ;)
I always think of a big buff sexy white man, when i think of Vikings. Lol
Sadly, they are just a bunch of hungry plebs warriors who look nothing like Jason Momoa figure
@@vittxrio5198 no, learn some viking history, they were the whealtiest of europe as they conquered most of europes gold ect.
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 I'm saying their early stages as thriving civilization. Sure they became powerful warriors as time pass by due to their successful raids, and campaigns. Peasant life is important than solely pillaging different lands. Without crops and livestock, those stronk vikings wouldn't be as great as they became
@Hoàng Nguyên exactly. Just look at those thin madlad Berserkers, and a bunch of raging peasants before their rise in power.
@Hoàng Nguyên yes! *Starving whilst literally trading with egyptians and english people and plundering normandie* the rest of europe were starving whilst vikings ate lavage. Look at us now we are beasts. Silly foreigners
I always had a suspicion about the "shield maidens" shown in the shows now-a-days.....🤔
I have always wondered how we can know so much about the past, espacially from times so long ago we do not have any old books to read from..
I mean how can you tell so much about someone, from a piece of skeleton for example!? Many stories are so detalied as well. :)
*Kratos: Boy!! You want to be a viking?*
Do celtics next!
Dear friends, I want to suggest for you two interesting Icelandic sagas:"Saga about Egil" and "Saga about Njal"
Lvl 1 Thralls
Lvl 50 Jarls
THATS HOW VIKINGS WORK
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Reminds me of Skyrim.
Also a large part of why swords aren't used in battle is the fact that spears and other such weapons have far better reach and are more effective against armor
How many illustrators do you have on your show? There seems to be lots of different illustration styles in this video.
My theory on *the berserkers* is this. The legends say these were men who fought fearlessly and were sometimes provoked in attacking something that’s not a target. My thoughts are that sounds more like *PTSD* and *schizophrenia* or bad mental health issues. Perhaps berserkers were a class of fighter reserved from most battles but utilizing them only when numbers were too shorn to fight bigger threats. I think the berserkers were rugged woodsmen who possibly didn’t have much of a role in society and would have less armor and thus more likely to die before their more wealthy combatants. The fear of dying before claiming anything would be much harder to endure so maybe that’s what took a heavy mental toll and drove those with mental health problems to fly off the handle. But I think the fear of dying maybe was replaced with wanting to survive and using spiritual pep talks could possibly pretend their animal spirit came out as a battle meditation. That’s my thoughts anyways
Vikings are the people from how to train your dragon right?
No.. that's a cartoon sir
I hope that's a joke.
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I don’t remember anyone thinking that ALL Vikings did was pillage and plunder? Even in tv shows where that’s the main part of the show, they still leave most of their people behind to carry on the day to day operations like farming.
If you have not seen the vikings tv show by history channel you really should check it out its awsome.
The vikings did make some of the best swords in Europe, it could shatter normal swords in combat. Made from Damascus steel, the swords where called Ulfberth.
I like how they are saying that vikings where mostly farmers and didn’t have good craftsemen etc while in other videos from infographic show they say the exact opposite and points out the skilled craftsmen and buff warriors …
Anyone know the first song is during the video?
Skellige life rules
what is that background music?
Video about samurai ?
0:49 is that Hiccup from HTTYD
0:54 he looks like Hiccup...
7:17 darksouls 3 castle in background?
That's actually still pretty awesome.
I went to school that was right next to viking graves used to bike and play on them their huge and not allowed to digg up
so the guy from how to train ur dragon is how Viking looks
plz make what was life like for a pirate
That bit at 5:50 isn’t right, vikings didn’t think bows were the weapons of cowards at all. They thought it was a honour to wield a bow.
Most of this video is inaccurate I don't know where you got your information
next do how can you defeat a enginner from Prometheus?
Why does infographics always change their video titles a while after posting?