Legendary Vikings - 12 Intriguing Truths You Probably Didn't Know
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Legendary Vikings - 12 Intriguing Truths You Probably Didn't Know. The Vikings, best known as the Norse pirates, traveling warriors who with their mythology and bizarre customs brought fear and now curiosity to us. But there is a lot more about the Vikings than you know. Let’s explore their real stories and intriguing truths.
#12 Corsets, Fat and Rancid Butter
men would bleach their beards blond to conform to the standards of beauty and use rancid butter to style it, imagine what the women did. Contrary to popular beliefs, Vikings where criticized for being to clean.
#11 Better Than Sliced Bread
A stone called the Icelandic spar that could tell the exact location of the sun, even 40 minutes after it had set. The stone radiated light when pointed towards the sun, even on a cloudy day…
#10 Norse Afterlife Party
… Valkyrie’s flashing armor and their spears. Valkyries are Odin’s handmaidens who select the fallen to carry to Valhalla, that is also known as the hall of the fallen, its basically The Norse heaven for the most valiant warriors in Asgard.
#9 WORLD Collectors!
Christopher Columbus was not first to discover the Americas, it was a Viking. Leif Erikson led the Vikings
#8 Viking Wedding Registry
Cats were given to new brides because of their association to Freyja, the goddess of love. was the selling of narwhal tusks.
#7 The Viking Invasion Of The Louvre
the louvre wasn’t always a museum. It was actually built in 1190 to protect Paris from a potential Viking invasion.
#6 Ying & Yang Of Norse Mythology
Thor is the god of thunder is one of the most popular Norse gods who wields his trusty hammer Mjolnir, made by dwarf blacksmiths, used to defend the innocent and asgard. His adopted brother Loki on the other hand, is not as kind and courageous. In Norse mythology He is the god of…
#5 Onion Soup For The Soul
If you were a wounded Viking, you got onion soup. There was a very good reason for it… After eating the soup, a doctor could tell if you were going to make it or not. If the wound smelled like onions, then it meant there were abdominal injuries that could not be repaired.
#4 Viking King Bluetooth
The reason why Bluetooth is called that comes from the inspiring 10th century king of Denmark Harald Bluetooth. He united Norway and Denmark under Scandinavia, much like this short wireless technology united all the technological devises and systems together…
#3 The 8 legged “Reindeer”
Thor and Loki’s dad the All father Odin, is the ruler of Asgard. He is said to be the inspiration or better yet, the precursor to Santa Claus! Odin had a horse called a Sleipnir…
#2 Up-Helly Aa Celebration (TN)
#1 “The Art Of War”
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tdXLsgvazQEAQZ2FS8fQoC2_d5y93VzT
#12 Corsets, Fat and Rancid Butter
men would bleach their beards blond to conform to the standards of beauty and use rancid butter to style it, imagine what the women did. Contrary to popular beliefs, Vikings where criticized for being to clean.
#11 Better Than Sliced Bread
A stone called the Icelandic spar that could tell the exact location of the sun, even 40 minutes after it had set. The stone radiated light when pointed towards the sun, even on a cloudy day…
#10 Norse Afterlife Party
… Valkyrie’s flashing armor and their spears. Valkyries are Odin’s handmaidens who select the fallen to carry to Valhalla, that is also known as the hall of the fallen, its basically The Norse heaven for the most valiant warriors in Asgard.
#9 WORLD Collectors!
Christopher Columbus was not first to discover the Americas, it was a Viking. Leif Erikson led the Vikings
#8 Viking Wedding Registry
Cats were given to new brides because of their association to Freyja, the goddess of love. was the selling of narwhal tusks.
#7 The Viking Invasion Of The Louvre
the louvre wasn’t always a museum. It was actually built in 1190 to protect Paris from a potential Viking invasion.
#6 Ying & Yang Of Norse Mythology
Thor is the god of thunder is one of the most popular Norse gods who wields his trusty hammer Mjolnir, made by dwarf blacksmiths, used to defend the innocent and asgard. His adopted brother Loki on the other hand, is not as kind and courageous. In Norse mythology He is the god of…
#5 Onion Soup For The Soul
If you were a wounded Viking, you got onion soup. There was a very good reason for it… After eating the soup, a doctor could tell if you were going to make it or not. If the wound smelled like onions, then it meant there were abdominal injuries that could not be repaired.
#4 Viking King Bluetooth
The reason why Bluetooth is called that comes from the inspiring 10th century king of Denmark Harald Bluetooth. He united Norway and Denmark under Scandinavia, much like this short wireless technology united all the technological devises and systems together…
#3 The 8 legged “Reindeer”
Thor and Loki’s dad the All father Odin, is the ruler of Asgard. He is said to be the inspiration or better yet, the precursor to Santa Claus! Odin had a horse called a Sleipnir…
#2 Up-Helly Aa Celebration (TN)
#1 “The Art Of War”
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tdXLsgvazQEAQZ2FS8fQoC2_d5y93VzT