Fantastic movie in every respect. The portrayal of Norse mysticism as metaphorical, metaphysical, existing on a different plane which reflects/is reflected by the physical world I felt was extremely powerful and more representative of my own meagre understanding. The subconscious and the spirit realm are the same thing, which makes it no less real, it's just not literal. Too much for a lot of people, but too bad.

@deanmandel2710

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

This is by far the best viking movie I ever seen. It has everything I love about vikings. And it’s really history accurate. Way better than every viking tv show out there.

I absolutely loved this movie. It was a true spectacle for a history nerd like me.

Saw the film last night. Loved it - great to see something completely raw and savage as opposed to the Hollyweird bollocks we’re usually fed!

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

And who owns and runs Hollyweird?

"Keep her arms white and her hair long." Best quote of the movie. - The Northman

@Mr.Skeleton.

Жыл бұрын

based af too. thats his way of speaking to his people in the modern world to WAKE UP

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Skeleton. Indeed! I've been helping to wake up anyone I come in contact with. Most have no clue what is going on or why. It is an attack on Europeans. They despise us. It is time to return to our warrior status. Fury of the Teutons aka Furor Teutonicus!!!

Amleth: 2 wives, three kingdoms, vengeance obtained? Yeah, I'd call that a total Nordic victory.

Right now, a couple are planning to name their first born “Amhlet” in honour of this movie.

Have you thought about starting a podcast? I would listen nonstop! Can’t get enough of the data/info you give! Also the movie was so good. I’ve seen it twice already. The first time I was so visually taken aback (in a good way) there was no much I haven’t seen accurately depicted before. The mysticism, rituals, the costuming, etc. My husband said I had crazy Norwegian eyes after bc i was so hyped 😂lol. The second time I was able to listen to everything more carefully. Worth a few watches, if I say so myself. Thanks for making some videos on this! And on the “real” Northman. Love your videos!

@michiellugthart7452

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more about the podcast comment!

Would you consider making a video on Viking tattoos, what's real and what's fake? And their true meaning? Love your content!

@Radial-K

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up with the vids!!! BTW- The origin of the Amleth mythology stems way back into classic Persia and potentially is even older. Check out The book Hamlet's Mill...

@heidihaytattoo7373

2 жыл бұрын

The Arabian traveler and business man “Ibn Al Fadlan” wrote about his meeting with the Vikings in Russia in the 900 and described them as heavily tattooed! His boat was parked next too their longship and he witnessed their morning toilet and bare skin, decorated with viking ornaments.

@jeremysears4263

2 жыл бұрын

@@heidihaytattoo7373 Thank you for dropping this knowledge. I wondered this as well.

@Mr.Skeleton.

Жыл бұрын

hey dude just a heads up he made a video on tattoos last week in case you didnt catch it anyways have a good day

I went and saw this movie tonight and when I came out you could just posted this video about an hour ago. I loved this movie. It would be great if we saw more movies or series like this.

You are a very talented narrator and 1 hell of a lecturer. Really appreciate the history and the references to read. Thanks

Without looking back through your catalogue of videos, I remember hearing this story before and I'm almost positive it was your video about it that I watched months ago. Highly entertaining and it has a good gut punch of vengeance as well.

There is a movie called (Prince of Jutland or Royal deciet) which is by far most accurate movie adaptation of historical Amleth story.

There’s no such thing as too much nerdiness. Just saying. Another great video. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

I saw it today!! Absolutely loved it, except the ending! But I thought about you and your videos while watching it!

Damn can’t wait to see this movie! Also great video as always I’m learning so much from your content, thank you!

Saw it last night, it was amazing. Thanks for the breakdown and info

Great video! Thanks for this

Great video bro keep it up

I think they did a good job with the spirituality aspect in this movie, however I was wondering if they would have believed in reincarnation at this time?

Thanks for your information you shared in this video 👍🏻⚔️

Lion King is actually the African story of Sunjata Keita who was the founder of the Mali Empire in the early 13th century. His story is identical to that of Amelyth. But his final confrontation with his Uncle was in a huge battle near Timbuktu. According to legend he fired an arrow with the talon of a chicken to kill his uncle “ who was apparently a warlock” . Medieval battles in Africa were very musical as well because each army would have witches and priests singing encantation for their armies to win.

It was amazing!! I absolutely loved it.

Great film. Saw your review and... Couldn't agree more!!

I just discovered that Fjolnir was also a name for Odin in disguise. It translates to "concealer" and "much-wise" according to Neil Price's book The Viking Way. I wonder if Fjolnir in this movie was meant to be Odin? I wonder if that would even make any sense, as Amleth followed Odin and shouldn't want to kill him, but we know Odin is always up to his tricks.

Thanks for the book tips. Haven't seen the movie yet (everydaylife got in the way). But tonight I am going to the theater togheter with my daughter to watch it.👍

God Morgen I purchased The Northman on Amazon video and have watched it entirely 5 times. Why? As with any movie I tend to focus on specific things absorbing them absolutely. Typically I'll watch a movie like The Northman the first time and 'scan' it; I may focus on the scenery and the sounds. I may focus on the music and how it enhances certain segments. I may focus on the characters specifically and their clothing. I'll focus assuredly on the animals, birds and such. I may focus on what is being said and body language. ( I know, it's just a movie however GOOD ACTING makes it all the more authentic ) I also watch it with the subtitles on, you'd be surprised what is missed. There comes a point when I've observed and absorbed enough that I can sit down comfortably and watch the movie without interruption putting it all together. As a kid, 11 years old and onward I hiked in the woods almost everyday from spring to fall. I could never take it all in on one trek so .......... often I would sit down on large rocks and just observe. I would return again and again usually as a person from the ancient past pretending I was them. Or was I pretending? It's time for a hike, hav en god dag og pas på ~

If I recall the story he references os the basis for Beowulf as well

How accurate were the ritual scenes?

Wonder would you consider making a video about valhalla rising and the meaning behind it??

Thank you!

You couldn't ruin this movie with a Spoiler Alert ! The movie spoiled itself ! The best part of the movie was the Trailer that intrigued most people into thinking it would be entertaining !

@Scoob505

2 жыл бұрын

Are you ok?

great video as usual. parts of your comment remind me of the nibelungen, a tale set in the 5 century, where siegfried or sigurd sails to icelnd to whoo brunhild for his king and brother in law. interesting coincidence ...

Your summary reminds me of Hamlet. Maybe Shakespeare grew up hearing a version of this

The history is fascinating do you trust any of the ancestry-type sites to give proper knowledge about personal history? Enjoy the channel keep up the great work.

Your awesome bro

seeing it tomorrow :D ♥ soo excited :D

@sugewhitejacoby8654

2 жыл бұрын

Great movie! You will love it!

@zemimsky

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugewhitejacoby8654 I was just sharing a screenshot from my facebook from December of last year when the trailer dropped mentioning that i'll need at least 100 panties on with Ethan Hawke in a Viking movie xD pray for my soul tomorrow xD lool - i know it'l be great. All my movie loving friends rave about it :D

I really want to see this, my cousin subscribes to Medieval Irish History he did an awesome job with this

Try this book too "Den sorte viking" by Bergsveinn Birgissons it's about the viking Geirmund Helskind

Great! Can you make one about vikings wars with curonians and oselians and prussians?

Loved the movie, the end of the movie reminded me of a popular Star Wars scene lol

I loved this little lesson as I haven’t read that yet. I looked up the scholar you recommend though and I can see I’ll have to buy some of her works, thank you for that. Sidebar: I suspect “England” in that original story, assuming the 500s is the setting, is probably Northumbria or even that northern part that was a separate kingdom before being merged fully into Northumbria as we typically know it. I can’t remember that minor kingdom’s name off hand. That would explain why they’d be dealing with the “Scots” who would’ve been Gaels at the time. The politics of that period were so rich and mixed with who was dealing with who, I hate the oversimplified versions most movies and TV present.

For someone wanting to read the Icelandic Saga’s which book would you recommend starting with?

Thank you for the info! Do you happen to know of any historically accurate patterns for Viking clothing?

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

You can seek out Viking Age (VA) historical reenactors and check how strict they are. Some have few rules and the people look like LARPers. Many have stricter rules where their people are only allowed to wear things that have previously been found in the archaeological record, so you know what they're wearing is as close to what was worn 1000+ years ago. I prefer groups like these to learn from. You also learn what types of linen and wool were used in the Viking Age, and also which stitches and sewing patterns were used, so what you recreate comes out looking exactly like what would've been worn back then. If you need more help, just let me know. If you want to buy things already made by other people, I do a lot of my shopping on Etsy from the Jelling Dragon. There is also a channel on youtube I used to follow of a Welsh archaeologist who had plenty of vids on accurate and authentic VA clothing. I stopped following because of his liberal wokeism agenda BS, but if you can tolerate that, he's a good source for clothing. His channel is here: kzread.infovideos

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

If I try to send you any non-youtube links, youtube automatically removes my replies. If there is another way to communicate with you, I can send you the websites I've found.

@kasiar1540

2 жыл бұрын

@@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger ooh thank you so much! can you put spaces in the link and I can piece it back together?

@kasiar1540

2 жыл бұрын

@@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger thank you for the info! I much prefer historical info

The story behind the story the movie was (loosely) based on is fascinating.

@hannahorin

2 жыл бұрын

I loved the ending! It reminded me of a Greek myth in the sense it was somewhat of a “tragedy”

I like how Kievan Rus/medieval Slavs were pictured in the movie The Northman.

Can you please make a video of how a follower of the Old Gods discovers their fate? Do you need to go to a seer? It would be a very interesting topic! Thanks

I read the Neil Gaiman's book of Norse mythology, is that a good reference point or should I read some other books? Please help me

GREAT movie.

dO you know anything about the Valon? the Walloon?> I read they were Belgian workers who come from roman colonists who moved to Sweden in the 1600's under dutch businessmen. My family I think carries this line. EDIT: i read they were iron workers

Aur in Romanian coresponds to gold, in french also oro is gold when depiction of old romanian of yellow like light in old romanian texts rather than yellow or any other ...

Badass movie,need more

Mr. Norse magic and beliefs I have a very small question have you seen the Pagan KZreadr Ocean keltoi and if you have what do you think of his content

i loved the film

Oh I remembered something about the Sundance ritual yes I know the name duh, besides also besides the skulls to the waist they inserted skewed the chest of the young meant the area with the buffalo skull and again hoisted them up and they just stayed there with the skulls hanging.

I’m from America and I’m going say hello in my version of Icelandic-“Hyoygen Buygen” my brother.

I just saw this movie and it was pretty good....

I like the shows the Vikings and the last kingdom etc even though I know they're not historically accurate but it has a good base of the way they lived back then (at least on part) like some of the customs, etc. Or at least I think so but being an American and loving on the modern age I could be terribly wrong. It's at the very least good entertainment like the marvel Thor. I know he wasn't blonde and a lot of other problems I could go on for ages but it's just something entertaining to watch and kill time when there's nothing else I want to do. I don't always want to read or play video games or workout or listen to music, etc.

Him playing a dumb-ass in the story is kind of reflected in the movie where olga tells him to act not cunning, as to not reveal himself. I could be wrong.

Why does the evil uncles sword look foreign? Like it’s single edged!

@Akkolon

2 жыл бұрын

It´s a seax - a quite common form of long knife or sword with just one edge.

@youthinasia4103

2 жыл бұрын

@@Akkolon I thought those were like just longer knives?

@Akkolon

2 жыл бұрын

@@youthinasia4103 They came in all lengths all the way up to sword length. Here is a link to a guy from Skåne who makes replicas of historical swords and seaxes: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGhlwdypetLcXbA.html And here an English blacksmiths Seax: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4x9j7qCfqzdirA.html

@IaMaPh1991

2 жыл бұрын

Single edged Viking/Migration era swords have been recovered. They are the precursors to the falcion.

I wonder how heavy viking warhammers were? 5-10 lbs?

This story sounds exactly like hamlet of shakspear

@charlesghannoumlb2959

2 жыл бұрын

Shakspeare * sirry for the misspelling

@MichaelRCarlson

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesghannoumlb2959 You're right on

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

Shakespeare "stole" his story from Amleth. He took the H and moved it to the beginning of the word to make Hamlet. It's the exact same story. Only this one was the original that inspired Shakespeare.

0:22 and 0:24 twice the Lion king ?! lol 🦁

Open Question for anyone to answer: You mention that those early Roman/Protestant Christian’s rewrite historical gods as mere humans & you mentioned Odin as possibly one of these rewrites ..but I remember a video of yours about Odin having been a real man. If Odin himself was based on an actual man, would that not make us retest both theories from scratch, to redetermine who was & was not man or actual gods? Even the Roman Saturn (Utzu of Kupatitzia) was accounted to be a human king that was deified during his reign, which gave us Saturnalia which the RCC later disguised as Christmas. But that’s not to suggest that a lot of gods were in fact actually gods. Even the biblical Thanatos (Greek) is the Hebrew ‘Angel of Death’ as Hebrew Angels are merely seen as gods to other cultures. So I agree that some gods were gods.

@contentstarved991

2 жыл бұрын

Euhemerization (stories of gods as real people) was its own genre during antiquity. These stories were called Sacred Scripture and claimed to be found documents hidden in temples.

What is you knowledge and history about your ancestors meeting my ancestors Native Americans? Would really like those stories...

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Geruth sounds more like german Gertrud, maybe origins of this story comes also somewhere from north Germany?

In other words, all evidence, both old and new, tells quite concretely that you are Danes (Danish) Vikings, it is Danish Vikings who have founded your country and it is quite obvious that in this way there can be doubts about whether you can allow to call the Vikings the Norwegians, and the Danes, as it is in fact Danish Vikings who have been looking for their own land that they could cultivate and live on, just as we the Danish Vikings also did in England, Estonia, Germany and France. Norsmen as the Vikings were also called in Europe was a term for people from the north, not a jot to do with the Norwegians, as they were the Danes and that was where Norway got its name with time, due to disagreements between Danish Vikings and a Danish Viking founded his own kingdom (Norway) the Swedes' DNA is not from the Danes but a mix of some different former societies the Baltic countries and Finland etc. Sorry but you as a Norwegian are descendants of one of the 4-5 little kings who ruled the land of the Danes during the Viking Age where the name Norway still does not exist it came later, when one of the Danish Vikings put in internal strife and established an area he ruled in , therefore Norway got its name, and it was after what is called the Viking Age.

North American tribes say don't mess with skraelings! I'm like friends who haven't met me yet. Any words on this?

what are you talking about?????? Saxo did not wright the book for the king ( valdemar sejr ) but for the bishop Absalon. Yes he was christian and wrote from a christian perspective, but he uses the same sources as Snoore did in the islandic sagas. the biggest different being that Saxo was educatet in latin and classic history ( roman historians ) so he wrote his book in the style of those roman historians, snorre didn't. so if you have this knowledge, you can get a much fact out of saxo grammaticus as you can from the eddas. all other sources, written during the viking age, are from christian monks in other countries ( the frankis chronicels, the anglosaxen chronicles and other. I think that the bad reputation saxos work have got is mostly because it was lost and not discovered again in the 1500. but other than that I agree that saxo and snorres work are written some 200 years later and are based on folktales as the skjalds told them and therefor to be taken with a grain of salt

VELKOMMEN ALLE SAMMEN

Yee Yee 😎

Dude, Venus is a planet not a star. Just saying.

kind of like how most of what paul the deacon wrote about the lombards was biased horse shit. speaking of... would you do a video on my family? (the lombards) you are honest and do good research, so i believe you would do a great job sharing the truth.

close one, thanks for the spoiler warning😆

father inlaw past ask for a viking funeral looks like I'm stealing a boat and some of his ashes. How accurate are thous funerals to history or is that just move BS. p.s. people don't tell me sorry he will be reborn it's a good thing.

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

My Father got a burial at sea, though not a Viking one, but a US Naval one. He was in the Navy when he was younger, and I was in the Navy when he died. His ashes are out in the Atlantic somewhere. I might join him one day. I know I will be cremated. But I might have my ashes spread on my land if we still live here then. All of my dogs and wolfdog (Beowulf) are buried here. And I'm building my heath/sacred grove we call Northland. There are 3 dead/dying Norwegian spruce in Northland that I will carve into giant godpoles for Odinn, Tyr, and Thor. I also have a large standing rock that was inserted at the end of the drive way that I will move to Northland and use as a runestone. There is another stone here in front of the house that is the biggest on the property and is flat, so that will be moved and become my horgr/stone altar in Northland. I've been planting pine and spruce trees all around the outskirts of Northland to enlarge it and also for added privacy so I can be out there with firepit, shaman drums, and mead/ale and be able to relax in peace where neighbors cannot see me. We are out in the country so we don't have many neighbors, but I've always said I want to live somewhere where I could walk around nude if I wanted to and no one would know. LOL! So maybe I will be spread across Northland when I pass.

Skraelings are not a fun bunch! Native Americans will testify! What the heck happened!

Ive become a troglodyte .....From warrior to cave dweller. Men of the West, no longer shall we be incited to hate ourselves and our own kind. No longer shall we be driven to the hills and to the caves. Men and Women of the west we are the 8% of the worlds population yet we are told it is we who over populate the earth... Men of the West: It is hard times that create strong men and yet good times that create soft weak men . I ask you what time do you think we are in now?

@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

2 жыл бұрын

The woke are becoming awake. I once sought equality for all. Then I realized those I was helping now want to rule over me. They do not seek equality. They seek supremacy. I've maintained a warrior mentality all my life in my fight for equality. I spent 20 years in the military and travelled all over the world experiencing and learning from other cultures. Now I've embraced my own ethnic culture and religion (Germanic/Nordic Heathenry) and have come home. I have finally found my own tribe, my People. And while I will always see all men as equal, I will never see myself as less than others no matter how violent they become seeking their reparations. Havamal 38 and 127 are what I live by. I am always ready to die for my people and my culture. I will go down fighting and will see you in Hel!

Read Hamlets Mill...this is myth not history

Hei mann, It just looks super gay! With the muscular naked guys with spray on abs etc. 300 style. I don't mind gays by any means, but also, why so gay? Hvis du skjønner hva jeg mener? Kanskje bare sånn 2022 er... Oh well.

One of the worst movies i ever seen. The story is boring and barely even there, theres like 1 reveal which is so heavily hinted its no surprise at all. I was yawning and laughing at the fakeness of the vikings portrayed. Especially the berserkers who apparently were morons going into combat without armor or shields and scaling a defended palisade by hand which makes you wonder why did everyone in the world bother building fortifications or armoring themselves. Apparently going in but naked is better! A big fat Zero for historical acuracy and a 1/10 for the story. 3/10 the cinematography and scenery. Very poor shots obscuring the empty sets with darkness that makes no sense ( a roaring open firepit half by a meter long doesnt light a wall 2 meters away from it. A sheep farm with no sheep. Guards but no walls. Which didnt stop the protagonist from being an idiot instead of assasinating the bad guy one night when he went for a piss... which would be the logical action of any person with a brain in their skull. Whcih reminds me again of how unrealistic and inhuman the behavior of the characters was. I heard the original saga of Amleth which is nothing like this movie. It would be a pretty good story for a movie but it would require set pieces, more than 10 actors, battle scenes and a writer who isnt an idiot.