@davyjones21122 i always figured they were some last-remnant neanderthal population. they don't look like homo sapiens, and their culture appears vastly different from the vikings.
@JesusConvictScorpion - I haven't read the Michael Crichton novel (Eaters of the Dead) that the film was based on, but from what I can gather the book does suggest that Wendol are descended from a tribe of surviving Neanderthals. Neanderthals were physically far stronger and more robust than homo sapiens, so this might also explain how they are able to carry off their own dead with little difficulty following a battle.
@thegudgurl Lol. In my opinion, I think he didn't want the Arab to give away the fact that they were checking them out. Notice how they were casually just looking around.
i have enjoyed all your posts, no one slamming eachother or name calling, no one throwing insults about ethnic backgrounds. i love the sharing of info historical insight and sharing is points of view sure wish this type of conversing on youtube was more common. this is a rare find indeed by the way a great movie too have it on dvd.
WOW everyone that is posting comments on this give yourselves a pat on the back, i discussion about nationalities and ethnic groups without anyone getting all racist and ignorant, on Youtube wow, Mark this day on your calendar lol
Nordish,Slavic,Arab,Mameluc whatever, still the Hungarians were the best fighters in the 10th century...Interestingly the Vikings were satisfied with the Baltic sea and Scandinavia, they established their great merchant society there and sailed to many places and didn't come up against the Hungarians, it would have been a historical heavy weight match...
Our history whatever it's line back into hundreds or thousands years ago is very, very important to me, as I would assume it would be to a lot of people on this planet, but at the end of the day we are all from the same planet regardless of our anceistry..........I love this planet !!
Oh my, that is simple isn't it? Today's date has nohting to do with truth and reality. Truth stands the test of time.The truth is the Bible in is proven and continues to be validated through modern archaeology. All anyone needs to do is search . The information is there- if you wish to find it.
Remember how many people were sacrificed in the name of your God, Crusaders and Inquisition!!!, and what Kind of God asks someone to sacrifice his own son in His name and they he says ok haha april fools I was just kidding don't kill him, mockery of gods???
love the songs! and the movie... hehe its pretty funny in the beginning of the film when the lady with the bones talks becuse alot of you guys dont understand no offnce guys =)
impressive how a child of that age knew enough to head to the centre of the colony after being attacked. historians say that ppl of this and similar eras are vulgar, and unintelligent but i hav to disagree strongly since all our tech was inspired these ppl
"Russia" or "Russian" is taken from the nordic "Rus" which means "red". your russian kin before the first millenium would have met the vikings and the vikings noted their red hair. Russias proximity to the east and to the north shows combined arabic-nordic influence. This is shown in medieval russian armour - particularly boyar armour. The russians prefered to use axes like the Bardiarche - a nordic trait, but were also known to be very skilled horse archers, an nomad/arabic trait.
@RussianBoxer84 There is a russian family living not far from me, when we celebrate midsummer.. all familys around here eat and drink together, and i was checking in there oldest daughter in there family ( cus she was hot ) and i didnt know they were foreign at all till the mother opend her mouth and started speaking Russian to her children.. so russians indeed melts in perfectly with swedes.
Your are right for the most part, but horse archery was not hugely common among Arabs, it was more favoured by the steppe nomads and turks. One did find horse archers in Arab armies, but not as widely.
It's funny how some films try really hard to frighten you and just go down like a lead balloon (Blair Witch, anyone?).
And yet this film, which is a blend between the writings of ibn Fahdlan and the Beowulf story, actually succeeds in giving me the chills whenever I watch it. The music, shadows, fire and fog...effective combination.
it's almost like a blend of mystic, detective, thriller, history, action film genre's. it just make's it so unique and genuine, standing out from any other alike. Hats down to the director and the producer's!
@fatman267 just so you knwo practically all the tactics that wre use today have been around for hundreads of years just that we now have better technology.. but the basics are the same. even guerilla warfare was around LONG TIME ago
viking means raiding/trading, they went to the americas, and they are rumoured to have gone south too. perhaps the armour is roman or such? or maybe its a fucking story :P
In what way do your previous comments appear to be a jest or sarcasm? It really isn`t obvious old boy, but thankyou for saying I`m a dick, obviously this helps your comments to be understood.
@cwood4ever try Skyrim to appease your nord gaming thirst :)
BranMcNobre 5 days ago
am from norway
DRESHCO84 2 months ago
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Jelubaful 2 months ago
Thanks for the upload this movie kicks ass
mrbobsshow 3 months ago
0:23 predator hahaha
DH12C 3 months ago 3
Well, you know, those flesh eating goddess worshipers...
worldbeyondmirrors 4 months ago
its a movie kidds
MrJasonBkn 5 months ago
The lady said it was a farmstead... why is there no farm?
zz13x 6 months ago
@zz13x
Ever heard of mushroom harvesting?
Vovk3 2 months ago in playlist More videos from KyoNanashi
@zz13x there is fences and stables, guess that counts as a farmstead during that time and place... ?=)
sendetta 2 weeks ago
the vangol. neanderthal or stone age man? they seem pretty tough . they can rip your head off. i want to know what they are..
davyjones21122 6 months ago
@davyjones21122 i always figured they were some last-remnant neanderthal population. they don't look like homo sapiens, and their culture appears vastly different from the vikings.
JesusConvictScorpion 5 months ago
@JesusConvictScorpion - I haven't read the Michael Crichton novel (Eaters of the Dead) that the film was based on, but from what I can gather the book does suggest that Wendol are descended from a tribe of surviving Neanderthals. Neanderthals were physically far stronger and more robust than homo sapiens, so this might also explain how they are able to carry off their own dead with little difficulty following a battle.
Sangrenegra9 2 weeks ago in playlist 13th Warrior
Holy shit this pt is the best just because for once the comments arent.
"muslims are dumb" "No Christians are dumb" "no muzzies are dumb" "No dhimmis are dumb" etc etc ad nauseum
rexthebarker 8 months ago
2:48 What are they?
99whatever99 10 months ago
@99whatever99
Wendol
rencrow 8 months ago
I want the costume and weapons of the Wendol leader (the dude who's seen hiding in the bushes on 2:25 and 3:31). They're fucking bad-ass!!!!!!
pierreg666 11 months ago
Why am I seeing a thumbnail of Jessica alba next to this video?!?!?!
aey20 11 months ago 7
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One of the warriors is the actor who will play the vampire Marcus... in Underworld... Just noticed him now... <3
swissaunty 11 months ago
One of the warriors is the actor who will play the vampire Marcus... in Unterworld... Just noticed him now... <3
swissaunty 11 months ago
They should make a Warriors game for this. Truly epic
ongbakpinoyninja 1 year ago
@ongbakpinoyninja It would suck, most games that are made from movies suck hard core
cwood4ever 1 year ago
@cwood4ever with the exception of star wars
RadCuntington 1 year ago
3:03 epic DRITSEK!
PalerLaze 1 year ago
IT IS SAID...
TEHY EAT THE DEADS
AMENAZAwarriorbear 1 year ago
The bearded guy is totally a Ranger from Dungeons and Dragons. Tracker, fights with 2 swords.
tehkao 1 year ago
@tehkao, IMO, this is the perfect DnD campaign.
McBrannon1000 1 year ago 2
y did he told the arab to put his hand down?
thegudgurl 1 year ago
@thegudgurl Lol. In my opinion, I think he didn't want the Arab to give away the fact that they were checking them out. Notice how they were casually just looking around.
KindlyKickRocks 1 year ago
@KindlyKickRocks i thought so too, just want to confirm my opinion lol. thank u :)
thegudgurl 1 year ago
When Ahmad ibn Fadlan was looking at the carnage, I couldn't help but giggle.
Wendol = Reaver
I'm such a nerd. ^_^
RocktheSocks 1 year ago
so what is the movie really about
DRIFTFACTOR3 1 year ago
@DRIFTFACTOR3
Apparently it is a re-writing of Beowulf.
Chrichton who wrote the book did it to show that the Beowulf story wasn't boring.
The book is actually kind of cool. It's partially written as a historical thesis. :)
The "sources" ath the end of the book is fun reading in itself with some tongue-in-cheek references.
Wolfogre 1 year ago
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Roybott87 1 year ago
no sir there is but they stop by ArAb in spain
ahmeed0550606307 1 year ago
viking r thery who's kicked their ass by muslim in spain hahaha
ahmeed0550606307 1 year ago
@ahmeed0550606307
there were no vikings in spain.....
rencrow 1 year ago
I donth know why but thise film has some off the best commenth's
and dialog's fore getting more knowledge
sorry fore dyslektiv SwedAngloAmerikan
tjallew 1 year ago
@mstrdk he says "wendol". This is the name author Michael Crichton gave to them in his book (that provided the basis for the movie.
GregC2412 1 year ago
what does the viking say at 2:47 to 2:50 "it was not man...it was mando" whats a mando? what does he say after "it was not man"?
mstrdk 1 year ago
@mstrdk a bit later he says something like " the mother of the wendigo" i think
syougtubes 1 year ago
groan. I wish I hadn't been eating my supper in this scene
islandsylph 1 year ago
the little statue they have found is called Vestonicka Venuse/Vestonic Venus/ back home...and is in reallity an historical artefact..
sokarev 2 years ago 9
This Movie Rocks......Don't know how I found it but I love it.
ridiculousnoble 2 years ago 21
@ridiculousnoble
me to I never thougt any mowie creator from hollywod would get thise close
Ambassador Ahmad Ibn Fadlan kronika off Vajar -Viking's from Skandinavia on
Russian river's
tjallew 2 months ago
at 0:26 you can hear one of the main characters from another movie by McTiernan......
MellenBerger 2 years ago 3
What?
MattBeckstrom 2 years ago
Are those intestines at 1:42?
Fluto6531 2 years ago
@Fluto6531, nah man, hot dogs.
McBrannon1000 1 year ago
i have enjoyed all your posts, no one slamming eachother or name calling, no one throwing insults about ethnic backgrounds. i love the sharing of info historical insight and sharing is points of view sure wish this type of conversing on youtube was more common. this is a rare find indeed by the way a great movie too have it on dvd.
blessed be to all here. take care
hanno21664 2 years ago 7
WOW everyone that is posting comments on this give yourselves a pat on the back, i discussion about nationalities and ethnic groups without anyone getting all racist and ignorant, on Youtube wow, Mark this day on your calendar lol
MisterTownsend 2 years ago 8
maybe dumbs do not watch this sort of movies:)
Makharbal 2 years ago 12
Nordish,Slavic,Arab,Mameluc whatever, still the Hungarians were the best fighters in the 10th century...Interestingly the Vikings were satisfied with the Baltic sea and Scandinavia, they established their great merchant society there and sailed to many places and didn't come up against the Hungarians, it would have been a historical heavy weight match...
Vadpecsenye 2 years ago 3
@Vadpecsenye
not that strange the only viking king who getting close was
Erik Segersäll from Uppsala after defitting Styvbjörn hi's nice and
Vladimir the great's allied
He marced down on the Danich, Saxien and gut in allien's with
Mitckin the first (married with hungerian prinsses?) against
Wladimir the great
the deal seald by'e marring Mickin dougther lather Storråda
tjallew 1 year ago
Our history whatever it's line back into hundreds or thousands years ago is very, very important to me, as I would assume it would be to a lot of people on this planet, but at the end of the day we are all from the same planet regardless of our anceistry..........I love this planet !!
PEPSIRUNNER 2 years ago
Come on, you don't really believe the whole Noah and Adam fairy tale. I mean, it's 2009...
ToastyMcGrath 2 years ago
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Oh my, that is simple isn't it? Today's date has nohting to do with truth and reality. Truth stands the test of time.The truth is the Bible in is proven and continues to be validated through modern archaeology. All anyone needs to do is search . The information is there- if you wish to find it.
waveone44 2 years ago
Long Live Paganism!!!!!
Zodomir 2 years ago 5
hell yeah dude !!!!!!
AMENAZAwarriorbear 2 years ago
lol!
DDuncanLima 2 years ago
Remember how many people were sacrificed in the name of your God, Crusaders and Inquisition!!!, and what Kind of God asks someone to sacrifice his own son in His name and they he says ok haha april fools I was just kidding don't kill him, mockery of gods???
Zodomir 2 years ago
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You all came from Noah, who ultimately came from Adam. but all europeans came from Noah's son Japeth.
Anaksbane2 2 years ago
love the songs! and the movie... hehe its pretty funny in the beginning of the film when the lady with the bones talks becuse alot of you guys dont understand no offnce guys =)
giranto 2 years ago
yeah I only understanded valkyrie
sorry for my spelling...
Fetrenberger 2 years ago
Uneducated doesn't mean unintelligent. Just because people couldn't read or write doesn't mean they didn't have any common sense.
OneEyedJack1970 3 years ago 85
impressive how a child of that age knew enough to head to the centre of the colony after being attacked. historians say that ppl of this and similar eras are vulgar, and unintelligent but i hav to disagree strongly since all our tech was inspired these ppl
s6v6d6 3 years ago
I think basic human instinct would dictate that when you're in trouble you head to a safe area.
Common sense.
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1990bl 3 years ago
these Vikings are our "ancestors" kinda.
RussianBoxer84 3 years ago 4
"Russia" or "Russian" is taken from the nordic "Rus" which means "red". your russian kin before the first millenium would have met the vikings and the vikings noted their red hair. Russias proximity to the east and to the north shows combined arabic-nordic influence. This is shown in medieval russian armour - particularly boyar armour. The russians prefered to use axes like the Bardiarche - a nordic trait, but were also known to be very skilled horse archers, an nomad/arabic trait.
MxTach 2 years ago 6
not sure about the Arabic part.
because the only people in Russia that got influenced by Arabs and Persians were people living in the mountains of Caucasus.
RussianBoxer84 2 years ago 5
and yet i don't agree with you. because Russian Y-dna has too much Nordic and Finn Features. i made my own research thru genebase . com
try it. i got my results that i have a common dna with the people living in Denmark,
RussianBoxer84 2 years ago 5
ohh yes and by the way.
in Finnish language even till today they call Sweds Rootsi(Type), Sounds like Ruusi. and every Finnish or Swedish will agree on that :)
RussianBoxer84 2 years ago 3
"ohh yes and by the way.
in Finnish language even till today they call Sweds Rootsi(Type), Sounds like Ruusi. and every Finnish or Swedish will agree on that :)"
I didn't fully understand but Finns calls Sweden as Ruotsi (Ru-o-zi (<--trying to write how english speaking should spell it =D ))
CamelBoots78 2 years ago 3
*pronounce
CamelBoots78 2 years ago
@RussianBoxer84 There is a russian family living not far from me, when we celebrate midsummer.. all familys around here eat and drink together, and i was checking in there oldest daughter in there family ( cus she was hot ) and i didnt know they were foreign at all till the mother opend her mouth and started speaking Russian to her children.. so russians indeed melts in perfectly with swedes.
VladimirovichViktor 1 year ago
@VladimirovichViktor hehehe - cause they love drinking as much as you do ...:-D
CapitanoGUC 1 year ago
Your are right for the most part, but horse archery was not hugely common among Arabs, it was more favoured by the steppe nomads and turks. One did find horse archers in Arab armies, but not as widely.
TheMetalPenguin 2 years ago
during the first crusade it was a real issue.
88Thyra 2 years ago 2
3:18 predator snorting in the backround? lol..
comes to think of it, the woods part resembles greatly the part in the predator when they found severed corpses
MiquRyuhi 3 years ago 5
horse
vincentruther 3 years ago
So this movie is based on the Thule Culture taking out the Viking Colony that lasted a little less than 200 years? who were these Thule people?
DragonToes13 3 years ago
It's funny how some films try really hard to frighten you and just go down like a lead balloon (Blair Witch, anyone?).
And yet this film, which is a blend between the writings of ibn Fahdlan and the Beowulf story, actually succeeds in giving me the chills whenever I watch it. The music, shadows, fire and fog...effective combination.
Sangrenegra9 3 years ago 14
it's almost like a blend of mystic, detective, thriller, history, action film genre's. it just make's it so unique and genuine, standing out from any other alike. Hats down to the director and the producer's!
Awsome job!
magsik7 3 years ago 14
lolol
hai ibn fadlan I see problum as well. not good the selfish eurob make evil piktur or Mohammad. Salami and Ham brotha keep da piss
ConcernedInquirer 3 years ago
those guys are using some very good small unit tactics when they make entry into the hut, almost like SWAT.
fatman267 3 years ago 50
@fatman267 They're well trained and experienced warriors. Except Ahmad, of course, he's a poet!
NCWC2 1 year ago 3
That is nothing new.
tremelay1 1 year ago
@fatman267 just so you knwo practically all the tactics that wre use today have been around for hundreads of years just that we now have better technology.. but the basics are the same. even guerilla warfare was around LONG TIME ago
goku21060 1 year ago
Fine, I'm sorry sheesh.
BloodElf19 3 years ago
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hi ibn fadlan was my great grand father
he fight for life of all eurub
but look naw euronations make bad drwings of his prophet
is that how to bay afavour
thnx eurob
samhoke311 3 years ago
Cool film, strange having full armour though
rpienne 4 years ago 3
Very strange indeed.
SwingingRingaDing 3 years ago
3:03 ..what was that Skeld said? does anybody know??
RavnDream 4 years ago
creatsaaid!
no clue.
welinor 4 years ago
Quit saying it.
CarcosanNoble 4 years ago
HE said "Drittsek" Which means arsehole in Norwegian
philster61 2 years ago 5
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Cannibal Neanderthals?! Vikings in Conquistador armor?! What kind of movie IS this?!!?
BloodElf19 4 years ago
viking means raiding/trading, they went to the americas, and they are rumoured to have gone south too. perhaps the armour is roman or such? or maybe its a fucking story :P
metric1983 4 years ago 7
what is an conquistador?
MortredMaul 4 years ago
spanish troops that conquored the colonies I believe
basically people who were much further forward in time.
however their armour was loosly based on gladiator armour from roman times and its know the vikings did know romans/greeks/arabs if only rarely.
meh some people don`t see it as a story but as a documentary and start whinging.
metric1983 4 years ago
ty, so they just gave him that dress because it looked good
i also thought that the helmet of that big guy looks like one of a gladiator which will be the same case i think
MortredMaul 4 years ago
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Maybe your just a dick who can't take a joke, eh metric?
BloodElf19 3 years ago
In what way do your previous comments appear to be a jest or sarcasm? It really isn`t obvious old boy, but thankyou for saying I`m a dick, obviously this helps your comments to be understood.
metric1983 3 years ago
This way: pointing out small inacuracies in an exagerated manner. And YES, I know it's just a story. It's also a really good movie.
BloodElf19 3 years ago
They probably killed the original owners.
CarcosanNoble 4 years ago
You guys apperently don't get sarcasm, or jokes for that matter.
BloodElf19 4 years ago
freaky
polpiv4tifi 4 years ago