The "falling truth" about the most warlike Viking warrior in human history

The myth of the Vikings has long been associated with the image of large, belligerent warriors, ready to fight and plunder everything in their path, brutal pirates.

The Vikings lived between the late 8th century and the mid 11th century. A lot of things about the Vikings were misunderstood. They are a group of smart, civilized and hardworking people. They are the worry of the majority of residents living scattered along the coast.


However, the warlike Viking warriors also cheap skull clothing  made their mark in human history with their own Scandinavian civilization.

And there is no denying that Viking culture still plays an important role in the lives of people in many territories today.

Here are little-known facts about the ancient Viking "pirates", the most talented, fierce and belligerent warriors in human history.

Viking warriors are often seen in movies and paintings.


Vikings never wore horned hats


One of the biggest misconceptions about the Vikings is that they wore horned hats. The image of a Viking warrior wearing a helmet with horns often appears in movies but this has been proven to be completely inaccurate.

In battles, warriors will wear protective helmets but certainly no horns. No artifacts have been found of horned hats. The idea behind the horned hats came from the Victorian era to romanticize the image of the Vikings. The horned hats add to the brave, scary part. 


The Vikings named the days of the week after the god


The Vikings worshiped Norse gods and were part of skull sweatshirt  their daily lives. The days of the week are named after the gods.

The great god Odin, also known as Woden, is named after the fourth day and literally means Woden's Day. Similarly, Tuesdays and Fridays are named after the god of war Tyr and the goddess of marriage Frigg. The most famous is the god Thor, god of thunder and strength, set for the fifth day.


Vikings did not have a large, giant physique


Vikings are often depicted as large, muscular men with the ability to kill enemies with a swing of an ax, however, that is an overstatement, increasing fear, like the depiction. they wear horned hats.

The Viking was about 1.7 meters tall and thin. Their physique is explained because the summer time was short, the food source was little, they often had to invade other lands to plunder food and resources.

A thousand-year-old sword in the form of a Viking

RT yesterday reported, hunters discovered the sword in Skaftárhreppur, Iceland, an area that experienced heavy flooding last year. The sword was mostly intact except for the tip of the sword that was broken off from the body. The body of the sword is slightly bent and sometimes rusted due to many years of exposure to the outdoors. However, pieces of wood were still clearly visible from the hilt.


The group of hunters handed

 over the sword to the Icelandic skull hoodie  Cultural Heritage Authority. Experts say this is an interesting find from the Viking era and originated from an undiscovered settlement or tomb. "We have dated the sword to circa 950 or earlier. We are very excited because this discovery is the 23rd Viking sword discovered in Iceland," said Kristín Huld Sigurðardóttir, director of RT. Icelandic Cultural Heritage Authority.


"It is possible that some traces of the scabbard are still left on the blade but we will know more after a thorough examination by conservation experts," Sigurðardóttir said.


Arni Bjorn Valdimarsson

a member of the group of hunters, thinks the mens skull sweater  sword may have belonged to Ingólfur Arnarson, the man who founded Iceland in 870.

Why did the Viking community perish?

The disappearance of the Vikings - traders, warriors, pirates... Late Stone Age on the Scandinavian peninsula, present-day Nordic region - is still a mystery.

The increasingly cold climate could be the cause of the ext 

could be the cause of the extinction of the Viking community. Illustration

A recent study by scientists at Brown University (USA) suggests that the st patricks day   increasingly cold climate may be the cause of the extinction of this human community in the 14th and 15th centuries.


The Vikings lived in the "Little Ice Age" - a cold period that lasted from the time after the Middle Ages. Cold weather covered the entire region of Greenland in the 1400s. From examining ice samples taken from two lakes at Kangerlussuaq, near inhabited areas of northern Europe, scientists discovered that , these ice samples reflect the lower temperatures during the time the Vikings, as well as the Saqqaq and Dorset peoples, lived.


"This is the first time that the Vaiking area's temperature has been calculated, showing the region's tendency to cool before they disappeared," said geologist Dr. William D'Andrea at Brown University. 


The Vikings arrived in Greenland in the 980s

creating many small communities along the west coast of Greenland. Another group of people known as the "Westerners" also settled along this west coast, but they lived further south of viking hoodie  the island. When communities began to live here, the weather here was quite mild, like the weather of Greenland today.


However, starting around 1100, the temperature dropped by 4 degrees Celsius. This was concluded by scientists after studying ice samples taken from two lakes at Kangerlussuaq. Changing weather patterns make the situation dangerous: short and cold summers shorten farming times, reduce food production, and trade is hampered by growing ice. much. This led to the extinction of the Vikings.

Also according to Dr. D'Andrea, climate was not the only factor leading to the disappearance of the inhabitants of Northern Europe, as other factors such as farming, livestock, trade on the Scandinavian peninsula as well as the relationship alliance with the Inui.