The Real Floki (Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson) | Vikings
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A lot of you may know the character Floki from the Tv show Vikings. Here we see him as a genius boat builder, who is completely devoted to the Norse Gods. He is also portrayed as an incredible warrior who fought countless battles, whether it was in the cold harsh environment of Scandinavia, Paris, Wessex and the Mediterranean. The truth is we don’t really know much about Floki, there is no evidence that he was best friends with Ragnar Lothbrok as his tale mainly comes from sources such as the Gesta Denorum, the Anglo Saxon chronicle and the Volsunga saga. Whereas the evidence Floki existed is documented in the Landambok manuscript. Nevertheless, the tale of Floki is legendary, this is his story.
Can we just say how amazing the actor that played Floki in the series
Like Jar jar Binks...
@@starlabratcherflannigan1798 They really do, all except Bill.
One of a kind
@@dennisnordlund902 idk I thought he was getting It
Gustaf made the character come to life. The Skarsgard 's are an incredibly talented family..although I am partial to Gustaf; he is my favorite, in part because of how we portrayed Floki, but let's not forget that Alexander is a really pretty good actor too, his portrayal of Tarzan was excellent. And none of them could have existed had it not been for the dad, Stellan , literally. Lol Stellan is the most underated brilliant actor there is and should be credited more.
Floki loved the gods.
Floki loved Ragnar.
Floki loved Helga.
Floki loved Angrboda.
Floki loved building boats.
Floki loved fighting.
Floki loved adventure.
Floki loved life.
Floki did not love Aethelstan 😂😂
I'll never forgive him for killing Athelstan.
Yikes
@@frankstallworth5068 shut up black boi
Good riddance to the christain preist@@frankstallworth5068
I can not see anybody ever again playing Floki. He killed that role...
As my ancestors were Vikings, I'm 1st generation English to a Danish mother, I'm absolutely fascinated by the Viking stories ( Sagas) norse mythology is so damn fascinating on every level, love your videos, they're quality all the way.
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I have to say that I loved the transformation Floki went through on Vikings. It was so awesome to find him living among North American Indians as the crazy man after appearing to die in a avalanche/cave collapse/volcanic eruption.
SPOILER ALERT 🚨
I was so attached to his character that I started crying when Ubbe and his team found him among the native Americans. A wonderful, committed, loyal person who transformed himself from a Norse religious extremist into a truly enlightened wise man.
I stopped watching at that cave episode! wow, now I need to finish it! Cheers!
If you pay attention, every single death up to this point is actually depicted, yet Floki's isn't. So really no surprise in seeing him back.
After he finds the holy grail
I love how they just decided to make Floki a genius crazy man 😂 He could have been just another Viking but the show took his personality to a whole other level and I appreciate it 👌
Viking history is by far the most fascinating. They were fearless and unsettled. I wish I was more like them
They re badass alright, but to say u want to be more like them, it ll be quite immoral
@@kevinbaboolal1859 by more like them i didn’t really mean the chopping people in half part. Just the adventurous nature and their abilities to do so without modern conveniences.
@@markalton4610 yes and fearlessness towards life
Do not wish. Become.
@@markalton4610 waaaa
The dude that plays Floki (Gustav Skarsgard) is the younger brother of the guy that plays Amleth in the Northman (Alexander Skarsgard).
You should watch Alexander in Hold The Dark. One of my favorite movies
@@devon8438 I'll do that thx for the suggestion
A boy and his raven. I had never heard of Floki until History Profiles. Thank you! Now, back to grueling schoolwork.
Watch the series Vikings, whether dead accurate or not his character is awesome.
@@CoachTC23 it’s accurate enough for a fictional TV drama
@@danielm5324 indeed
Thank you for watching!
a man and his raven
I can't figure out WHY I am so consumed and fascinated with the Vikings! 💞
Its in your blood....
Ive been to Iceland and its a beautiful country . I was there during Christmas time and i was standing at Faxa bay in Reykjavík , around 1 am and the air was so clear that i could see the Arctic ice shelf
Floki was amazing in Vikings. Def one of the best shows created!
Icelandic spar(optical calcite) was used as the sun stones, just in case the crystal collectors wanted to know.
Thanks ❤
Thank you
he didn't think Odin guided him he knew Odin did!
I am obsessed with Vikings and in particular Floki. I'm on the last season and I can't get enough.
In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land.
The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus.
Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author.
Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir...his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty...later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate.
Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation.
Askold was in Constantinople in 860 and Oleg arrived in Novgorod not until 862. The Arabs referred to Askold as the Slavic King or King of the Slavs which he had been for a while. Pontius says Askold brings Christianity to Kiev from Constantinople and a bishop. Ragnar the Norse King of Sweden was born in 767 AD, his son Bjorn ironside was born in 796 AD, and grandson Oskold (Askold) was born in 820 AD. Askold arrived in Kiev in 840 and had a son Dir, Both become King and the first Christian dynasty. Askold dies and gets a burial mound in a park in Kiev. Dir follows as King. Dir is assassinated by Oleg who is a pagan. Nobody knows who Rurik is or who the father is . Oleg is a generation away from Askold. Olga of Kiev builds a church on Askold’ s burial grounds. Pontius of Constantinople says Askold brings a Bishop and Christianity to Kiev. Russia much later is a Mongolian invention..........
The show wouldn't of been the same with out floki. Ty Mr, Skarsgard for your fantastic work!
Floki has to be my favourite! His life and how he was depicted in the show. I sobbed at the very last scene. I didn’t know these stories about Iceland 🇮🇸 and Floki! Impressive stuff and his legacy definitely lives on!
@@michellesmith6558 Agreed
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Thank you so much for watching!
I loved hearing about Floki I had watched The Vikings and enjoyed watching Floki. Thank you
Another great Viking history to enjoy! Thank you Ollie. As always you did an awesome job!
Wow! 100K subscribers!🌟 Congrats Ollie! Hope for 200K soon!
Thank you so much Elke!
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My great pleasure! Thank you!
Perfect timing, just finished watching the Northman again, and you've dropped more Norse tales for me to go straight into, thanks very much
floki and main char from northman are irl brothers
@@joshnieman8106 the skaarsgard scrappers
The show Vikings was Amazing. They took centuries of sagas and legends and presented them as a production. Reminds me of the Rome series. Truth mixed with story telling. And Iceland is real. It's history is amazing. Do Icelanders like that show like I did? Someone chime back!
Nice, quick and clean. Quality as usual sir. Thank you
Another amazing story from HP. Congratulations on your 100k subscribers.
Love ur channel. I'm not sure what I'm more impressed by, ur well reseated video or amazing pronunciation.
Enjoyed.
Thank you so much for relating this viking story in your wonder voice. 👏
Such an interesting story thank you for sharing
So good! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for this episode! I actually learned quite a lot about Floki here and was able to fill in a lot of blanks. As always, you are a world of knowledge and greatly appreciated. Looking forward to the next video!
Thank you so much! And thank you for watching!!!
I really enjoyed this!
Congrats on 100k subs!!! 💃🏼
Great video, very interesting
Congrats on 100k Ollie! 🎊🎉
Thank you so much!!
Another excellent video. Love ur content,
Thank u for the work u put into it we appreciate it
Thank you so much for watching!!!
@@historyprofiles you're so welcome 😊
awesome vid Ollie enjoyed the vid and as always looking forward to the next vid mate
Thank you so much for watching Jamie!
Luv it. One of my favs.thanku. that's my peeps
I love this video! 😀 So excited to hear that the early Icelanders kept written records! I recently bought a copy of the Edda; waiting for it to be delivered! Thank you so much for this great video!
I'm impressed you're able to read it. 👍🇩🇰
@@b.v.nielsen8714 it's in English!
@@margaretlumley1648 Ohh. I probably misunderstood your use of 'copy'. Sorry. 🫢
@@b.v.nielsen8714 aha no problems 😊
Hello History Profiles! Back to relisten this awesome video, and celebrating your 100K! Congrats again!👏👏 Good morning
Thank you so much Elke!
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Thank you with this awesome channel of yours! 👍
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The information about the monks who left their books etc when they fled makes the scene in the series where Folk discovers the cross deep in the cave.
O i just saw you posted dear H.P.😘❤🖤🖐‼
Great story !!!!
Well done 👏
Great story
Good job
Thank you. Let those Viking Norsemen (hi-)stories keep coming…
But much was told as sagas and day always change thtouht the centuries and even the written its hard to know what was myths and so on but they lived interesting lives except the raids that were brutal, killing .. rape, slavery.. I
I didn't know Floki was a real person. You learn something new every day
Thank you boat-builder 🙏🏾
Tack!
Omg love him so much I also have build boats and will build me my own some day hopefully
Awesome
A mystery...some " things" remain unknowable...
I heard the first settlers of Iceland were named Leif and Ingolf I had heard of ravens Floki
but not as the first Icelandic settler
Well Leifur Eiríkson was the first European to settle in North-America. Ingólfur Arnarson is considered to be the first permanent settler of Iceland. And before Hrafna-Flóki there were two guys who landed in Iceland, one of which circumnavigated the island and named it after himself.
Vilgerðarson denotes that Vilgerð(r) was indeed his MOTHER.
If Vilgerð(r) was his father the surname would be VILGERÐSSON instead.
Really? I didn't know about that. The irony is I am gonna make a comic book about a young viking berserker named after Floki and I was gonna make him use his mother's name instead of his father
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Love him too 💖👍💙
Island is vest but not north for most of Norway where he came from,it was the Norwegians who discoverd Island and it's straight vest for Trondheim or Nidaros where t.eks the Lade Jarls like Håkon Ladejarl lived under the time.
Love Viking saga's and history and I can proudly say that I am a decendant of these once mighty people, unfortunately the true history is being destroyed by lunatics who would have us believe that"Vikings" were nothing more than primitive thug's.......
I am proud to be descended from these people as well. Marvel hasn't helped matters much either in terms of making a mockery of all the Norse deities they use. I don't like how Norsemen are portrayed as 'vicious thugs,' in Hollywood, but at least this Vikings show did a decent job in showing the laws they lived under for centuries.
Quite interesting to know more details about northern history, too bad there goes so much lost during centuries, since much of the knowledge is based on tales I always wondered if the names of Greenland and Iceland had been confused?
If Irish priests had made it to iceland. I suspect that walrus hunters and fishermen had been there first.
For floki to set sail with families and livestock tells me he had a pretty good idea of where he was going to.
What a story
Floki i my hero in vikings
Floki the carpentery beloved by the gods 💖🙋🏾♂️
Man Gustaf Skarsgard was/if/always will be Floki *Floki giggle*👍🏽🔥
I'm the best and most passionate fan of 'll golden age of the real vikings
That's why Floki found that Cross in the Cave that collapsed on him in the series Vikings.
Celestial Compass of the Soul
"Cold harsh environment of Scandinavia" *shows pic of Yosemite*
Another thing, which is super central is pronunciation, and here is a lack at even a rudimentary attempt at it. Vikings surely tried their best to learn other languages and to pronounce them so they could be understood.
This guy is horrible. Even at pronouncing English.
He does nice scripts for his videos though so my sincere appreciations of that.
2:25 faroe.... fair-roe
Floki was great!
Happy Father’s Day. Warrior clans respect
Icelandic Vikings were basically half Celtic and half Germanic, just like me! Many of the Scottish today share ancestry with the Icelandic Vikings. Grimur Kamban of the Faroe Islands was one such Celtic/Germanic viking!
I find it hard to beleive they would forget to collect hay, mabe run short, but forget?
The crazed founder of Iceland floki who did exist during Ragnar's time and was part of his conquest however after losing his beloved wife he set off to what was known as snowland in Nordic speech to live out his life and let the gods decide his life from there
Ragnar most likely was not the real “Ragnar” reginhus (what the franks and English called him) was a norweigan warlord. Took part in quite a few raids on frankia. However the franks said he ended up going to Ireland with ivar (aka ivam) and most likely died there. Hvitserk died in dubh linn too trying to get back ivars kingdom. Ragnar is a mythological character based off many many different people at once.
868, Flóki left to search for the land found by Garðar Svavarsson way up in the north. He was accompanied by his family on his journey; his wife was named Gró and his children included Oddleifur and Þjóðgerður. And no. His wife did not die in real life causing him to go on a journey.
I read really fast and I can't get to the end of half the printed info
Sunstone can show the sun on the most cloudiest & foggiest days.
No proof that a “sunstone” ever existed.
Good to know he was real!
Interesting story, iceland its beautiful land i like it still the heathen vikings survive there
So it makes it more interesting
The 3 birds looking for land sounds a lot like the flood myths
However not unreasonable to use birds who naturally go towards land.
Floki!!! 🍻🍺
"Hello priest !!"
All I know is that my only line I carry goes straight to the Viking shield maiden/queen that was found in a burial chamber around 1900. Scientists just assumed it was a King and a man because. Lol. Not until dna testing and for current scientists to look at her did they see that she was a female. Anyway thats who I carry. I think it’s pretty cool and it explains so much
🇹🇷can you put subtitles please
My great grandpa sail with Floki.
Fun fact: Pitheas of Massalia (540 BC) discovered Iceland first.
Lo there do I see my father.
Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers.
Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever!
czcams.com/video/um2apNwqefI/video.html Isn't that Yosemite Valley with El Capitan on the left and Halfdome on the right?
The carpenter god.
Probably a bit of a 'Chancer'.
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Floki my man
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Vilgerður was Flóki mother not his father.
Haha reminds me of Vinland saga
They ARE Odins birds
I was glad when floki killed Athelstan Ragnar became fruity af when Athelstan came in the mix
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History is glad to tell us that the Vikings own Island today. Who owned it before them? Lol
Hmmm Icelandic historians don't say floki found Iceland 1st. The stone that let's the sun be seen is a guess too