I'm a Finn and I enjoyed this so much! It is sad how little we know about our history and religions before Christianity, because like you said, we were culturally behind and nobody was there to write it down. All of oral tradition almost died too, probably because we more like tribes and didn't have sense of nationality under the rule of Sweden & Russia. Our holy groves have been turned to churchyards and we have been forced to forget our traditional magic... Luckily viking sagas managed to preserve some bits and pieces.

@perkele8806

Жыл бұрын

mitä museovirasto piilottelee? miksi he sulkevat löydökset telkien taakse? miksi he salaavat?

@AnonymousBesserwisser

Жыл бұрын

That is because we finns are not actually very homegenous group of people. Every tribe is bit different from eachother. There is huge genetic difference between western and eastern finns. Ancient finnish tribes HATED eachother. There was many bloody tribal wars between different finnish tribes. For example Tavastians and Savonians didn't like eachother. Not one bit. This is pretty much the biggest reason why Finns lacked the national identity. They saw themselves more like small tribes but not as one big nation.

@Kerppu68

Жыл бұрын

@@perkele8806 No tietysti ihmiset on pidettävä erossa totuudesta kaikilla elämänaloilla, sitähän mediakin tekee päivittäin. Koko historiankirjoius ja kaikki virallinen on pelkkää sepitystä. Sillä tavalla hallitaan. Myös suomalaisiin kuningaskuntiin suhdaudutaan pelkkinä myytteinä vaikka ulkomaisia lähteitä löytyy

@87kevlar

Жыл бұрын

@@perkele8806 No pitää katsoa kuka virastoa pyörittää. Mahtaako kolonialismi jatkua yhä edelleen. Miksi pakkoruotsi ym alistus. Asiat yhdistyy aika helposti kun hieman raottaa verhoa

@zinsanez

Жыл бұрын

@@AnonymousBesserwisser they still visit each other to fight it out 😑

Interesting. My wife is a Finn and I'm a Navajo. Spiritually, there appears to be much in common. Really dig your channel.

@roensoul

3 ай бұрын

We share common ancestors in East Siberia. 11 women and 2 of them were from Finnish tribes and 1 from Nepalian tribes walked to lands of west before Ice Age, these made "Americans". My grand mother is from this tribe and is connected to "Americans" very highly... Just to respect our tribes. How you call your land? It sure hell is not America.

@karlkuoppala6555

2 ай бұрын

I've understood that's why Finn's and natives both have alcohol issues. Can't just take one glass.. prone to alcoholism. They share the same blood types or something

@chewybaca67

2 ай бұрын

Possibly. Us 'Indins don't have the enzyme that breaks down ETOH alcohol . Now, that's not for ALL Native Americans, but for most. Including my tribe. And is also why haven't had any alcohol in 36 years. @@karlkuoppala6555

@thedaughterofthewest7184

2 ай бұрын

I’m Lakota and Finnish. Father is Lakota and mother’s family is from Finland.

@chewybaca67

2 ай бұрын

Dine' Bikeyaa' = Home of the people. @@roensoul

Your kind words about us Finns, gives warmth to my newly renovated heart. Broder. Skål!🇫🇮🇧🇻

@arturstaniewski2657

Жыл бұрын

Zdrowie 🏴‍☠

@user-ce6iy2nw5o

Жыл бұрын

turpa kiinni

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Christian flags we see

@mikelamuerte

Жыл бұрын

Ihan kaikkea ei kannata kohteliaisuutena ottaa. Hän tykkää muokata historiaa norjalaisittain kivaksi.

@louiselonnberg4775

Жыл бұрын

Skål

The Finns are my favorite Europenas as well, for so many reasons. Totally humble, calm and unpretentious, but arguably some of the most bad-ass fighters that have ever lived, when they get pushed into it. The Finns never seemed to have started shit with anyone, but anyone that's ever messed with them has paid for it. Ask Russia. Their ability to consume alcohol is ltruly impressive. And their profanity is beyond compare in its hilarity and sheer vulgarity.

@geofftottenperthcoys9944

Жыл бұрын

The only Finnish person I have come across could drink a Scot under the table!

@rrsjr

Жыл бұрын

@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 At breakfast.

@sumosami

Жыл бұрын

@@TN-bp2cf when finn's drink we gonna drink for waste. in middle europe they just drink few

@Skognisse

Жыл бұрын

What makes Finns badass warriors may be the gene mutation found only in Finnish people that makes them aggressive, and violent. 😎

@sumosami

Жыл бұрын

@@Skognisse yes that is true and bad mix with alcohol :D

German father , Finnish mother. growing up in Minnesota. Dad loved the outdoors , sauna and of course his Finnish wife.

@HoseTheBeast

Жыл бұрын

Loads of finnish ancestry in Minnesota!

@lasselahti4056

Жыл бұрын

Sauna is also kinda funny "nyanse" in that Finnish "indian" style culture. American Indians have also "hikimaja". "Sweat ´shag´" (dunno what they are called in english / among American Indians. Hot tents maby? :D... So: Indians go to hot tent, add steam and smoke drugs. Wonder does Siberian tribes have had somekind of Sauna?

@lasselahti4056

Жыл бұрын

And could Sauna be somekind of mark how triibes has mixed trough Siber, and has those other aboriginal tribes in the world, who has Saunas, something to do with Finnish sauna..? Interesting.

@HoseTheBeast

Жыл бұрын

@@northscrow9316 i’m sorry what are you trying to say?

@grantmorris465

4 ай бұрын

​@@lasselahti4056yes the native tribes of america still use the "sweat lodges" that you mention. a separate tent from the tipi to build steam in

I think it's kind of "Nordicversial" that today we all love the Finns 🙂 They are badass, really friendly, and even if they talk that strange language, they feel familiar to be around. They also have a great humor, that I as a Dane is totally compatible with 😀 I've been with them as a civilian and as a soldier. They are skilled. And they have some beautiful women !

@sonjass8657

Жыл бұрын

❤️ I love this comment. We Finns love you too

@tiarianamanna973

Жыл бұрын

😹 great comment! Im finnish. At least what it comes to my genetics, family members, and where i ve luved most of my life. Though i never felt like part of this nation and culture 🙀 i feel more like you Erik, they ve got great humor and i feel respect for them many ways 😼

@ailimckeen8387

Жыл бұрын

Our beauty ages well too, as does our humor. 👵🏻🤣

@HoseTheBeast

6 ай бұрын

I’m a little late to this but I love you danes. Working in a danish company I’ve had a couple of insanely nice trips to Denmark. Such a friendly and welcoming people and just as rowdy as us, you make for great drinking buddies! Latest trip was a company birthday and we had employees from all around the world. It was awesome sitting at a table with all the nordic bros literally all: us finns, danes, norwegians, swedes and icelanders. And like you said we do speak a language none of you will ever understand at all but despite there being a ”language barrier” there is no cultural barrier whatsoever. We don’t speak a similar language but you don’t feel foreign at all. We speak about the same things, all we know is the same stuff. And we grow up around alot of the same things in all the nordic countries. I think mostly it’s the very relaxed social culture that is just so similar in all the nordics.

@hrn4757

5 ай бұрын

Cheers. While because of the language thing I find Scandinavians even more relaxed amongst each other, there's definitely a strong Nordic cultural love connection there. Personally, while you'd think our connection to the Swedes (ie. the Sweden Swedes, not the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority since they're just as Finnish as anyone else, really) would be the closest, I tend to prefer Danes on average :D And Icelanders, too! Maybe it's more of a cliche, and even simply due (to a small extent) to the silly-sounding rikssvenska accent, but the average Swede often feels a bit uptight and somehow pretentious to me. And maybe because of the common history and profound effect Swedes (and later Finland-Swedes) have had on our culture, society, our elites, history, political and legal institutions, even the birth of Finnish nationalism, I can't help but to feel a bit irritated every time it turns out that while your regular Swedes are friendly and all, they usually know next to nothing about Finland* and can even appear a bit condescending in various minor ways... Not that regular Danes would be any less ignorant - but lets say it's more understandable. But yeah, maybe it's a bit personal too, but I tend to get along with Danes a bit better. Fun company, no bullshit dark humor. Also, I grew up loving von Trier (earlier the better) and Vinterberg, for example. Given how easy it is in writing, I just wish I could understand even like half of what you speak, tho' 🧏😁 But how I ended up watching this video, I don't know. Is this guy serious? Magic? What's wrong with people? Also, a lot of his non-imaginary "Finnish" prehistory (just using "Finnic" half the time instead would've made him seem less obviously brain-dead btw) is way off, but I can't be bothered - there's always one more person wrong on the internet. (*) I mean, in principle, following all things Finnish would be super-easy because of our Swedish-language media sphere. I know it's not super-interesting, though, but you should at least know something about the common history etc., so you don't end up, for example, complementing a natively Swedish-speaking Finn about their good Swedish, or switching to English because of their "foreign" accent! 😂

I'd actually love to hear more about Finnish history. Would definitely enjoy another video further exploring their history and culture.

@badrollmodels1298

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Love nonsense

@eetukovanen6170

Жыл бұрын

We have really foggy history because almost nothing was written down before christians came here and then our history and myths were christianised so its even more foggy and fragmented

@1w2qqswa

Жыл бұрын

They raped and killed people

@DarkJeedi

Жыл бұрын

Kelevala is as close as you can get. My dads Finnish and thats who promted me to read it.

Here's some extra info about Vikings and Finns: On a saga Finnish area is mentioned as "land of fires" too. Finns used a warning/signal bonfires on the highest points along the sea shores what gave time to prepair and gather men against raiders/invaders and weaker people; elders, children and women had time to escape to forests. Many times Finnish areas wasn't easy targets for raiding and one reason was those bonfires. Also second most viking age swords are found in Finland after Norway, so im sure they were capable of defending themselves, especially combined with ambush tactics and using forests as an advantage. According to saga of "Battle of Herdaler" Norwegian viking leader Olav Haraldsson and his men (later king of Norway) went raiding in Finland; Finns escaped or pretended like they escaped to deep forests and vikings gave up by chasing them to inland. They returned to the shore/ships, but Finns ambushed them there, Olav almost died on the battle and they had to escape and sail on the storm. Finns used the retreat and ambush tactic even on a war against soviets. Im a history freak by myself and i've read that most of the viking era Vikings had good relations with Finns/Karelians and were mostly trading partners, not enemies. There was more benefits being friendly with Finns because they got most of the fur stocks from Finnish tribes by trading and the locals knowledge of further connections was important too. Vikings were aggressive towards Baltics, but with a Finnic people it was quite the opposite, most likely because they saw them so useful 🙂 Furs were expensive valuables on south where vikings sold them to muslim silver. Finns and Norse even had common settlements on Finnish shores and especially on Karelia/Lake Ladogan area. Finns went also trading to Sweden in Mälaren and Sigtuna areas. Viking route to Novgorod and far south to muslim areas went alongside side of the Finnish shores through Karelian isthmus and Lake Ladoga was like a main gate to Olkhov (Nevajoki) river what lead to Novgorod and south. Almost forgot, but Vikings accually needed Finns/Karelians help and knowledge when they were searching new lands on the east/south. Locals knew the river routes and connections, but they also helped as an translators between vikings and slavic people. Vikings also changed their longboats to smaller Karelians river boats at Staraja Ladoga (Laatokanlinna), because rivers past that are shallow and narrow at many points.

@magnusnyberg3512

Жыл бұрын

Laatokanlinna - Aldeigjuborg, the first Swedish settlement in present NW Russia, founded in 753 according to dendrochronolgy.

@kainptz

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we used to do this in Karelia in the old days

@kainptz

Жыл бұрын

@@magnusnyberg3512 Where does the information come from, what exactly are the Swedes? The fortress was founded on the territory, which was already inhabited by various Finno-Ugric peoples. And the most ancient layer is the Finno-Ugric one.

@finnicpatriot6399

Жыл бұрын

@@kainptz Exacto. Coastal "swedes" during the viking age according to archeogenetics were a whole separate population from inland/modern day swedes. Swedes have zero claim to them or the varangians, historically speaking.

@magnusnyberg3512

Жыл бұрын

@@kainptz I don't recall my response, but we're probably talking about Aldeigjuborg - present-day Staraja Ladoga - the place where Rurik (Rörek) started out. Dendrochronology shows that the first Svear houses were built in 753. You can read a lot about Rurik and the town on the net, or else in any biggish Nordic library.

My father faught in the winter war. And our family farm in Vipuri was taken by Russia. My dad lived to 95. He always mourned for the farm he was born on. It was our farm for a thousand years.

@Lawh

4 күн бұрын

I feel pretty happy that no matter what has happened or who happens to own the forests I roamed as a child, I can take a bus and visit it any time I would like. This reminded me to be very grateful.

Thank you for a very informative video. I have Finnish ancestry and would definitely enjoy learning more in further videos about their history and culture.

@badrollmodels1298

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info

These are some of my favorite videos that you do. I know you THINK you're boring but it is told in a way that sounds like you're talking to me, it is relatable and digestible.

respect from finland❤️🙏🏼been waiting this video very long. this information have been lied so long

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Respect is earned not just given primate and your superstitious graffiti is common

I have Finnish ancestors and enjoyed learning about this kind of history. I wish Grandpa could see this video! He loved telling stories about his dad,who came from Finland to USA. :)

@FastLegs

9 ай бұрын

In the early 1900's? Where from, do you know? My granddads uncle moved to Minnesota in the early 1900's :)

Thank you for this video. I’m FINNISH and didn’t know all this. 🇫🇮

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Christian flag we see

@heh9392

Жыл бұрын

I doubt the average Finn cares about history overall in this scale so...

@Hnkka

Жыл бұрын

@@heh9392 I was told that there was no vikings in finland

@Timetravel1111

Жыл бұрын

@@Hnkka he mentioned very briefly the timeline that it wasn’t the Viking era/ time, anyway the map 🗺helps clear things up.

@jorgosgustavus3183

Жыл бұрын

@@heh9392 You'd be surprised. Finns care very much of their own history. Though this wave of globalism is pulling all that away.

Thank you for this video. I have been trying to find more information about Finnish history to learn more about my ancestors, and you actually list sources unlike most other KZreadrs so I know which direction to go next. I'd love to learn more.

Don't forget Ulfberht swords 😎 "unique swords with the inscription +VLFBERHT+ on the blade, dated between the 9th and 11th centuries. In the Viking Age, the privilege of having such a sword belonged exclusively to the elite, because an Ulfberht sword’s unmatched strength could only be had at a high cost. Norway and Finland are where the largest numbers of these swords have been found."

This was great, I'm looking forward to watching more of your content. Greetings from Helsinki.

There is actually quite a lot simularity in the old gods of Finns and vikings. Ukko was a god of thunder, storms and rain. He wields a hammer or axe. You can see the connection 😁 Also some stories tell that finns were feared and respected but also hired for raids cause they could raise winds or storms so they were good for sailing long distances as long as you stayed on the right side with them. As you said you dont want to get to the wrong side. There are couple hundred thousand soviet troops on the border few meters deep as proof 🤔

@mattiL

Жыл бұрын

Niinpä...

@whiskeytangofoxtrot8006

Жыл бұрын

And now Russians are at the border again, and they're gonna find out what happens when the snow starts speaking Finnish.

@Mr.Skeleton.

Жыл бұрын

I hope there’s a movie someday like the Northman but from a Finnish perspective. Those dudes were warriors from day one I’d like to see them in cinema. Especially seeing a deep dive into the Finnish magic practices.

@jokemon9547

Жыл бұрын

The Finnish deities, and Finnic deities as a whole, being similar to Norse ones is rather due to influence from the proto-Baltic people rather than interaction with the later Norse. And since both Baltic and Norse originated from Indo-Europeans, their pantheons were similar due to sharing the same origin.

@XtreeM_FaiL

Жыл бұрын

"He wields a hammer or axe." Yesn't! Ukonvaaja is an axe-hammer.

Thank you for putting together this video

As a Finnish woman who always thought that what the heck ..there MUST be vikings in Finland no one talks about..Thank you VERY much for this video 😍❤️🇫🇮

@ReasonAboveEverything

Жыл бұрын

Most of the nations around Baltic sea practiced raiding. Its just that Scandinavians turned into a damn religious practice. Most of the early medieval period of what is modern Finland was battle grounds for tribal warfare as testified by ridiculous number of "viking swords" found here only surpassed by the number found in Norway.

@MultiJejje

Жыл бұрын

Jep, tosi yllättävää että joku persu haluaa uskoa suomalaisten olleen viikinkejä ja joku mahtava kuningaskunta. Suur-Suomikin varmaan tulossa pian? Nää ei ikävä kyllä oo vaan uskon asioita vaan täytyy luottaa arkeologisiin ja historiallisiin faktoihin. Tosiaan mistään muualta noita viikinkiesineitä tai -hautoja ei löydy kuin rannikolta missä kävivät tekemässä ryöstelemässä ja joskus tekemässä kauppaa.

@johnnyfallen87

8 ай бұрын

Technicality finns are not vikings

@jeplica7011

8 ай бұрын

​@@johnnyfallen87 no, it's their pets and creatures they throw breadcrumbs and domesticate and then lasso

As a finnish I found this to be very interesting! Would love to hear stories about us finnish being the last pagans of Europe.

@alliew5498

Жыл бұрын

That's right. Finland is still a Heathen country though and should be proud of that.

@supernimo739gaming7

6 күн бұрын

Nice

Imagine that………..another outstanding easy to understand video! Keep up the amazing work on all fronts

I am a purebred Finn living in So.Calif. Your video spoke to my soul hopefully to remind me of what I am. Peaceful, loving nature, but if messed with...well...things happen. I wish I knew how old Finns controlled the winds. On windy days, as soon as I get outside with my kite...no wind....

Great vid and learned a lot! As a Finn I really appreciated your words and I really think that we, as a nordics, share a brotherhood and a lots of love for ya Norsks as well!

Like most Minnesotans, I have Scandinavian roots. A Finnish grandmother and Danish grandfather. Thanks for keeping my past alive and relevant through your information!

@Vaetki

Жыл бұрын

Swedish/Finn/Saami here, I want to thank you as well for showing interest in our past. A lot of people do not care, so it is always nice to see someone who has an interest in where we came from. I also have a decent amount of American family in Minnesota, us Nords seem to litter the area lol.

@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105

Жыл бұрын

"Your" past. Lol.

@Vaetki

Жыл бұрын

@@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105 Har jag berättat ett skämt? I don’t get what’s funny? “Our past” is in reference the the history of the culture and heritage of our ancestors.

@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105

Жыл бұрын

@@Vaetki I was talking to the Amerimutt.

@Vaetki

Жыл бұрын

@@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105 haha oh okay. Amerimutt can’t be too terrible, I’m a Euromutt lol.

love this video as a fin, warms my heart!🇫🇮❤

This answers all my questions about the finn's. Outstanding episode, thank you.

A huge thank you and love from Finland for this video! :3

Oooo i feel like ive been waiting for this one!!

There is still celebration in southern finland called "muinaistulien yö" (night of the ancient fires) which is celebrated because of fires that warned mainland of upcoming viking raid.

@hannes6180

Жыл бұрын

Same in Coastal Estonia! 🤝Muinastulede öö

@rytkosenjussi

Жыл бұрын

Last summer in here was huge fireworks.

@WennAde

Жыл бұрын

That's a modern tradition, you don't have to look further than the Finnish Wikipedia to get to know it was established only in 1992.

Thanks for making this video! Been waiting for this. Perkele!

Great video Nordic brother! You got yourself a new acolyte from Finland🤠

Great video. I would love to hear more about Finnish history

Wow, you have done a lot of research on the Finns, We never talked about the Viking age at school so widely during history lessons and the Finnish national history prior to the middle ages was pretty much ignored in the late 80s and early 90s when I was in school, a very good and educational video that was fun to watch, your English is phenomenal and easy to listen, looking forward to learn some more, Good job and Greetings from Finland!

@Jiepers

Жыл бұрын

When i was kid, they actually taught christianity in schools. Teach how to believe, how absurd is that? And that is how history is suppressed. I resigned from church when i was in legal age to do it, after i(and many others) was forced into it on birth. It never felt even real, and i rebelled against it through my school years.

@jout738

Жыл бұрын

Yes in school we didnt talk about vikings in Finland, when it was told finns were not vikings and vikings had not much anything to do with Finland, when attacked elsewhere mostly, but I did not know this finns magic thing, when heard other nomadic tribes, like in native america also practice magic and that was funny this how the swedish kings always wanted the most beutiful woman, when maybe they appreciated finnish women beuty more, than the typical swedish woman beuty.

@teetoisnicechamp3734

Жыл бұрын

Unluckily we are not taught about our real history. Just the history about some godly like man not even close to us. We are still not fully converted to christianity as we have pagan ways.

Thanks for an interesting video! Discovered this channel today and will definitely watch more of your videos 😊 I'm proud to be Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish ⛰🗻🛶🌫🔥⚔🏹🛡🌅❄

Tack! Tack för att du lyfter fram oss fenno-skandinaver! 👍

That was excellent , More please 🙂👍

Thank you for this very enlightening video from another Finn 👍🙏

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Superstitious graffiti right here children 👆 very common aggression these days

Excellent! Please continue with these videos.

Very interesting! Thank you for this presentation. In school the early phases of our history is not told so much. 🇫🇮

really great video, it was great to hear stories from the Viking era as a Finn 🇫🇮 A lot of Viking swords and jewelry have been found in Finland recently when amateur metal hunting has become more common. it would be great to hear more stories from Finland after the Viking Age, I hope you manage to make a new video about them.

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

A Christian flag yes we see

@jukkakopol7355

Жыл бұрын

@@matimus100 Old finnish flag was red with golden lion on it. The lion are from semi mythical swedish kings folke konungen.

@haliaeetus8221

Жыл бұрын

Over 400 Viking age swords have been found in Finland at a rate of roughly 10 more finds each year. A large portion are also +Ulfberht swords. Finns probably both bought and manufactured swords. This is not something poor hand to mouth communities do. Some years back it was estimated those best swords would be worth (to the average person) £24000 (a years wage) in high end and £2000 in cheap end. After all the inflation that comparison needs adjustment. The smith is a central part of Finnish mythology as well, so all in all we can speculate that society was a combination of practical primitive and carpentry technology together with excellent knowledge and work of iron technology.

@lolhahable

Жыл бұрын

@@haliaeetus8221 I was metal detecting with my brother near one of the dried out ancient tibutaries of Aura river this summer. Not 30mins in till I found the first sword blade, hilt and pommel. Countless boat rivets(ship burial site apparently), skillfully made jewelry, spearheads... No ordinary people were buried in ships. Metal detector was beeping nonstop. The place turned out to be an ancient burial ground. Finland is FULL of places like this, grounds full of mysteries and untold history.

@haliaeetus8221

Жыл бұрын

@@lolhahable WOW, Niilo, thank you for sharing, that is absolutely AMAZING! And what a hobby you and your brother have: Revealing the secrets of history! You guys are just fantastic.

I’m going to share this with my Finnish friends. Hey! Your room looks neat 👌🏻

Liked and subscribed! You can tell you not only know a lot about this subject matter but rather enjoy sharing it.

Awesome video! Thank you😊Your arm ring is amazing!😃

Thank You for this. Very interesting. Would love to hear more stories about the relationships of The Norse & The Finns. Cheers from Finland! Kippis!

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

Love easy

More on Finland & the Finns, please. Kiitos!

Kiitos! Olipa mahtava video.

this was just the best vid ever! more of these!

@moonliteX

5 ай бұрын

like you actually know the history instead of just ... the dogmas.

Moi! A lot of viewers might think you are wearing Thor's Hammer around your neck, but it is actually the Finnish version you are wearing: Ukonvasara (Ukko's Hammer) See this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukonvasara

My great-grandparents were off-the-boat Finns. They had passed before I was born, and my grandmother completely Americanized and we never were introduced to the cultures, not including saunas, of course. Thank you for sharing this; I plan on exploring my roots a bit closer now.

I'm at work ... need to pause for now, will watch tonight!

Great video with great attention to details! Takk så mye bror og hilsen fra en Finnjaevel!

You should take a look at the Viking age on Estonian lands (Particularly Saaremaa aka Ösel) - they have the second richest findings after Gotland and the oldest and biggest Viking ship burial called Salme. It's definitely gonna be interesting to research. Btw spiritually, Estonians aren't far from Finnish people. Even with different recent history, they still share natural way of human life because of their hardship. Estonians and Finns don't have much to do other than roast each other with dark humor, it's a national sport.

@mr.spartankeysersozemacbet5327

Жыл бұрын

Other than making fun of the accent we Finns don't really roast Estonia as far as I know.

@Pynski_

9 ай бұрын

As a Finn I would be ecstatic to hear about Estonian peoples role in this saga, for to me I have always felt great brotherhood to you my Estonian brothers and sisters and would love to see the historical differences on how our nations divided before the soviet times (and of course times before imperialism) that most of us know/don't know about these days.

@kristiinakapinen2071

5 ай бұрын

That's Sweden -you're thinking Sweden. In my decades I've not heard Finns roasting any country /nationality except the Swedes. We give them Hell, jokingly, and the roasting is mutual 😂

Thank you for this fascinating video. Some of the stories you told, I’ve heard before but I was really astounded how much Finnish magic had influence back in the Viking era. My maternal grandparents are of Finnish Lappish origin and they and their parents still used the old - nowadays mostly lost - magic (wisdom). They might have used it to protect their life stocks or for good luck in hunting, for healing or to find out where their reindeers were or why the salmon wouldn’t rise up the rivers. They did their magic still very recently. I remember my grandfather telling me a true story how when he was a young boy he would often cut himself accidentally with a knife or hurt himself with an axe when cutting wood. So his uncle did some magic on him and told my grandfather that “from now on, no iron or steel never again make your blood spill”. Long story short, my grandfather believed until his dying days that his uncle’s magic saved his life in the 2nd WW against the Soviets (Russians). And he was part of a special troop, so called Long Distance Patrol, twice decorated for bravery.

@inso80

Жыл бұрын

It is easier to be brave if you are invulnerable. My grandpa was serving in a similar unit, long range recon behind enemy lines. Wounded twice during the wars. He should have got himself one of dem spells too.

@tuijasaari1463

Жыл бұрын

@@inso80 In my grandpa's case, more plausible explanation for his fearlessness was probably adhd. He really feared nothing, except wasps. 😄

@inso80

Жыл бұрын

@@tuijasaari1463 Considering how I am, I doubt my grandpa was neurotypical either.

Thanks for the great stories 😊

I love your stuff man. Keep on educating people. To much of history is lost and forgotten or twisted to fit today's narrative people like you help keep things alive.

@matimus100

Жыл бұрын

No evidence of a soul whatsoever primate

Good video. Thank you so much. Finns are proud of their ancestry and history. Greetings from Finland👍!

@jussikankinen9409

5 ай бұрын

Real history was erased and rewritten by sweeds last 200 years

Thank you ❤ I learned a lot

Thanks for an interesting video! Loved this! I am from Lapland Finland ☺️

It's nice to see that our country and it's not so known history and myths gets some attention at times 🙂 This video was great I enjoyed it, keep up the good work 😊 Ps. My favorite country is Norway for it's nature, people and it's history. I visit there every year and plan on maybe moving there someday.

I 'm Finnish and into Vikings , history and magic. One guy from work once said I remind him of Floki. That was the coolest thing anyone has ever said about me as I recall . He was from Philiphines, which is cool in it's own right that a guy from the other side of the World knows his Vikings. Good and interesting video. Here, have a like.

Love this! ❤

hey! thank you for this.

7:55 I am finnish and I live in modern society but I absolutely feel that. I love how finns still today are just a little crazy and mysterious nation.

Swedish talking finn here. I learned a couple of years ago that my family has practiced magick for generations, without us realizing it was some old magick. 😂 We just thought it was a quirky family thing. It goes like this: Whenever someone loses a tooth, you throw the tooth into the fireplace. In the fireplace lives a magical creature (sorry it has a lot of names, can't remember what it was called!), who collects your teeth and he'll reward you, either with a new healthy tooth or a silver tooth. 😋 Spoiler alert: Never got silver teeth!

@Leira-et9bw

Жыл бұрын

I thing there lots of old myths taught to children and you are so just to them that you dont recognise them to be paganism. Still i think if you are strong In your main values these other drops away.

@finnicpatriot6399

Жыл бұрын

Just sounds like some dumb fennoswede folklore

@jslfcs6655

Жыл бұрын

I put mine under the pillow and in the morning there was a little bit of money and the tooth was gone.

Thank you for the video

You really do have a grip on Finnish Heathenism. I so appreciate your accuracy. No misinformation being spread here!

Vi er alle en stor familie 😊

Our Norwegian grandfather found a Finnish/Sami beauty irresistible. My grandmother, Erikka! 🤩

@Vaetki

Жыл бұрын

My Swedish grandfather was the same. Nords couldn't resist them lol. We Finns/Saami do have some really beautiful women, so can we blame them? lol

@incumbentvinyl9291

Жыл бұрын

Eerika or Erikka?

@tahjanjoki2940

Жыл бұрын

Eerikka i never heard as Finnish but Erika is finnish name

@incumbentvinyl9291

Жыл бұрын

@@tahjanjoki2940 You have not. Eerika is the Finnish version of Erika/Erica.

@tahjanjoki2940

Жыл бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 yes ,Eerika is finnish name. But i say Errika is not finnish whit two K

Warms my savage Phinnish heart to hear a mention of us in so many of the old texts. +1+1+1 nice vidya!

the last minutes of video just made my heart pump full speed !

I learned a lot of Finnish history during this film. Thanks from Finland 😊

There's no doubt that Finnish Magic is alive and well. It has been passed through generations one after the other. Instilled in our spirituality. I'm one of those people, who others say things about that He/She just knew things without learning from writings. Those stories you hear. That feeling you know that is oh so familiar. That picture in your mind you can recall down to every small detail,all the while knowing you've never been there in this life. It is as common as we know our blood line is through our DNA. Some will believe what they will. Some will never receive clarity. Our brains are huge yet we use very little of it. How much have we lost because of little use? Passing down history through writings is extremely satisfying to gain knowledge. But, do we know everything in this world from writings? Some things you just know.

Really intresting video! Thank you 😘

Ty for continuing these great videos my friend .. also not sure if you got a chance to look at bbc news or not but they found some what they believe to be Norse runes in Oklahoma which I thought was pretty cool to share 😊❤

Fun fact to those that don't know, he mentions a Finnish tribe known as ''Kvens'', in Norway a ''Kven/Kvæn'' is the word used to describe a Norwegian person who is part Norwegian and part Finnish, with a Finnish ancestry. (For example, a Norwegian with one of his/her parents being Finnish or part Finnish, or one or more Finnish grand or great grandparents, or otherwise having strong emphasis on Finnish ancestry in their bloodline.) Most commonly living in the far northern part of Norway, in the region known as ''Finnmark'', in the far north and far north-east of Norway, the region bordering Finland and the Barents Sea/North-East Norwegian Sea.

@Aervund

Жыл бұрын

Wonder if there is a relation between Kvens and Kieven

@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551

Жыл бұрын

@@Aervund Kieven as in the city Kiev from Ukraine? I have no idea, but I do know that the city of Kiev was established and created by the Vikings, much like the city of Dublin in Ireland also was.

@Skognisse

Жыл бұрын

One of the most brutal, and extensive witch huntings in the whole world took place in Finnmark. Probably something to do with the influence of Kvens, and the closeness of the Finns, and their magic.

@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551

Жыл бұрын

@@Skognisse You mean the witch hunting period during the 1600s?

@Skognisse

Жыл бұрын

@@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551 Yes

Wishes from magical Finland! I'm 100% finnish and my both grandmothers could do the magic things the time they lived. I think its going on and its coming from the mothermilk as well. And I love dark jokes by the way😅. Your channel is great. Please, make some video about varjags...they were pretty much finnish old vikings. Usually we though that there were no vikings in finland, but originally we were the first varjags before the vikings. It would be cool to learn more about them. You rock! Thanks for your channel. Kippis!❤🇫🇮

Nice video i loved it 🤯

Great stories from history... Thank you👍

A Finnish historian told me the Finns had early warning system for Viking raiders. The raiders always came in from the south, so the first southern coastal village to spot raiders would make a huge bonfire. The next village up the coast would do the same as soon as they saw their neighbors' bonfire. And so on, all the way up the coast threatened by a raid. Forewarned is forearmed so this was a pretty effective defense. So them Finns were clever dudes! This historian also told me about Norse people going to Finns to learn magic. She was a pagan Finn herself. I'm Norwegian but have always acted like a Finnish or Dutch girl. I can take it AND dish it out!

@Taistelukalkkuna

Жыл бұрын

Yes. There is local museum here in Helsinki that has map showing the routes of those warning fires.

@janelarson7065

Жыл бұрын

@@Taistelukalkkuna Fantastic, thanks for telling me. I'd love to see it when I go to Finland. What's the name of the museum?

@trumpjongun8831

Жыл бұрын

You're right. On a saga Finnish area is even mentioned as "land of fires". Those warning/signal bonfires gave time to prepair and gather men against raiders/invaders and weaker people; elders, children and women had time to escape to forests. Many times Finnish areas wasn't easy targets for raiding and one reason was those bonfires. Also second most viking age swords are found in Finland after Norway, so im sure they were capable of defending themselves, especially combined with ambush tactics and using forests as an advantage. According to saga of "Battle of Herdaler" Norwegian viking leader Olav Haraldsson and his men (later king of Norway) went raiding in Finland; Finns escaped or pretended like they escaped to deep forests and vikings gave up by chasing them to inland. They returned to the shore/ships, but Finns ambushed them there, Olav almost died on the battle and they had to escape and sail on the storm. Finns used the retreat and ambush tactic even on a war against soviets. Im a history freak by myself and i've read that most of the viking era Vikings had good relations with Finns/Karelians and were mostly trading partners, not enemies. There was more benefits being friendly with Finns because they got most of the fur stocks from Finnish tribes by trading and the locals knowledge of further connections was important too. Vikings were aggressive towards Baltics, but with a Finnic people it was quite the opposite, most likely because they saw them so useful 🙂 Furs were expensive valuables on south where vikings sold them to muslim silver. Finns and Norse even had common settlements on Finnish shores and especially on Karelia/Lake Ladogan area. Finns went also trading to Sweden in Mälaren and Sigtuna areas. Viking route to Novgorod and far south to muslim areas went alongside side of the Finnish shores through Karelian isthmus and Lake Ladoga was like a main gate to Olkhov (Nevajoki) river what lead to Novgorod and south. Edit: Forgot to mention that vikings accually needed Finns/Karelians help and knowledge when they were searching new lands on the east/south. Locals knew the river routes and connections, but they also helped as an translators between vikings and slavic people. Vikings also changed their longboats to smaller Karelians river boats at Staraja Ladoga (Laatokanlinna), because rivers past that are shallow and narrow at many points. Im happy to see respectful Norwegian who doesn't overlook Finns and Finnish history and claim how "vikings were superior to others".

@janelarson7065

Жыл бұрын

@@trumpjongun8831 Well, thanks! That's some great info there! My Finnish historian friend had studied the Vikings a lot, too, because, she said, the 2 cultures have such an intertwined history. She told me in the sagas, many of the "Finns" are probably the Norwegian Sami in Finmark. "Finn" in Old Norse appears to have referred to any Fenno-Urgaric person.

@Skognisse

Жыл бұрын

@@janelarson7065 Well we Norwegians also used big bonfires on top of the fjords to alert of incoming enemies, so I guess we share that with the Finns

Slavic chronicles described the Baltic Finns as tall, beautiful and light-eyed.

@Meskarune

Жыл бұрын

Finnish people are actually quite short. The people in the other nordic countries are much taller.

@joonasskaffari8349

Жыл бұрын

@@Meskarune Average male height: Iceland 182,1 cm, Denmark 181,9 cm, Finland 180,6 cm, Sweden 180,5 cm, Norway 180,5 cm. (Wikipedia)

I’m Finnish and have no idea about all of this. Thank you so much for such an interesting video! Torille!!

Great Video! Please do make the content you mentioned at the end. I'm of Finn heritage, far removed though. The more I learn about my culture the more perspective I have on the challenges I have faced (and become fortified against future ones). Thank you for the sweat equity you've put in.

I want to add to that Origin part, when you say nobody really know where Finno-Uralic people came from, the N1c Haplogroup is believed to Originate from Indo-China about 15,000-20,000 Years ago. There are some maps showing even the immigration route. From Indo-China, to Machuko, and from Siberia to the Urals and from Urals to baltics and then to Nordics. also i wouldn't say Finns were weaker and easy targets for Vikingr raids. >9th Centry Kvens raid Sweden. Story of Norma-Gest tells of raids done by Kvens to Sweden. Ohthere of Halogaland tells of skirmishes between Finns and Norwegians. (Finnic Victory) >1228, Finns make campagin against Novhgorod. Finns make a campaign to lagoda with over 2000 men (Karelian Finnic Victory) >1226 Karelians make annother expedition to Norway with Novgorod. Karelians make another expedition against Norwegian settlements in Northern Scanndivania withNovgorod (Finnic Victory) >1253 Karelians make a raid againsnt Germans, Karelians raid against Germans in the area of Narca (Finnic Karelian Victory) >1257 Karelians make expedition to Sweden, Karelians make a devastating campagin to Sweden whgich lead King Valdemar to equest Pope Alexander IV to commence a crusade against them. (Finnic Victory) >1284 Germans make campaign to Karelia. German warlord Trunda makes campaign by boats and ships to Karelia via river neva. His goal was the taxation of Karelians. Truda and his men are defeated at the mouth of the river by Novogrodians with the men of Staraya Lagoda on the 9th of September. (Finnic Victory) >1241 Karelians ally with Novgorod against Germans in Koprye. Kareliasn, Ingrians and men from Straya Lagoda participate in campaign lead by Laexander Nevsky against Germans in the castle of Koporye. (Finnic Victory) >1229 Finns proper fight to eradicate Christianity from their lands. Pope Gregory IX condems Gothland in his letter on 16. February for provoking Finns propher with weaponsm horses, ships and supplies which they use in their battle to eradicate Christian faith from their lands. (Finnic Victory) >1189 Pillage of Sigtuna. Karelians (or Estonians) pillager the city on 12 july. The bishop of Uppsala and the Yarl are killed. (Finnic Victory) >1008 Battle of Herdaler. Olaf II of Norway is defeated by Finns somewhere in Uusimaa. (Finnic Victory). So it is safe to say that it was no easy raids and wars against Finnic tribes. Which by the way were very developed on human warfare, since being at war all the time with each others. + Finnish Pagans (some call them Baltic Vikings) attacked the Swedish capital of Sigtuna in 1187 and burned the city to the ground. This is the reason why the capital of Sweden moved further south to the small fishing village "Stockholmen", which later became Stockholm.

@zinsanez

Жыл бұрын

Citation needed. I would like to learn more abt these events

@jorgosgustavus3183

Жыл бұрын

@@zinsanez if you are looking up the battles, use your search engine, they aren't hidden. Though not all of them are in English. If you are looking for the origin of N haplogroup well.. use your search engine. You can as plus search up the immigration routes of that haplogroup.

'Finnish people look more swedish than swedish people today' 💀

@supernimo739gaming7

6 күн бұрын

Its true sadly

yes please continue.

THIS WAS EPICCCC!!!

This is my favourite part of the Viking Saga: "The Finlanders conjured up in the night, by their witchcraft, a dreadful storm and bad weather on the sea" (Battle of Herdaler)

Thank you for this! As a Finnish pagan woman this made my heart sing. 🤩

@jussikankinen9409

5 ай бұрын

City people dont make u pagan

Love your vids, brother Keep up the good work :) Skål, år og fred

Greetings from Estonian/Latilvian American...love your videos!

Thank you for the very interesting video. Few points though. On genetics, we also have to remember the mixing of Scandinavians. The recent genetics study of Scandinavia showed that a) during the Viking Age both Sweden and Norway were "danisized", genetically, for example Viking Age Gotlanders and Uplanders were in many respect closer to modern Finns than modern day Swedes. I think the reason for this is the ancient pan-Scandinavian hunter gatherer cultures' genes; and b) Scandinavians have been heavily mixed by central Europeans, especially Germans, in the Middle Ages. This I understood to have been strongest in Sweden Also, on the West Coast of Finland there lived people speaking proto-Germanic and Germanic languages but they changed their language to Finnic languages 1500-2500 years ago. Thus, there were strong genetic and cultural ties between these regions regardless of difference in languages. The most recent research considers that the language shift to have had bigger impact than the migration. However, also many Sami people shifted their language (and lifestyle) to Finnish, especially after Viking Age, so that admixture is more recent. In any case it is hard if not impossible to distinguish a sami from a Finn living in the same region. I guess it is the same in Northern Norway.

Such an interesting video. My hair is semi blonde on top, dark on the sides and my beard is black. Dark eyebrows. Family roots are in the lost part of Karelia that is Russia today. Exactly the same fate as Herson and other cities in Ukraine have met right now. Greetings from Finnish Karelia (Eastern Finland).

Wow this so interesting I just love it!!!

This was interesting. Please continue on Finnish history!

I would like to see a video about the Kalevala

Thorir Hundr, his mother was Sapmi. He knew how to use the shamans mushroom (fly agaric) to adjust his bodies' vibratory frequency. He wasn't just a good warrior chieftain he was also a shaman, of sorts. I dream of him, it used to be often when I was younger. My family is from north of Tromso, they were Sapmi/Norse mix, which is common.

Thank you so much for this “cousin”. 😂 Am largely Finnish and have been sadly lacking in my connection to the biggest part of my ancestry. But this explains so much! 🖤🖤🖤

well... thanks for doing this video. A lot of stuff missing but there is only so much time after all. The islandic sagas have great info on the subject as well as the english priests.

@klpuhelin2816

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean by English priests? That's something I haven't heard before so it would be nice to find out more. Oho, tuli vahingossa runo.

Finland have the second most amount of Ulfberht swords. More than 30 genuine ones. Norway have +40. This is very very interesting fact.