The Germanic pagan temple at Uppåkra

[alarik36]

The fortresstown, probably known as Lund until it 960 AD, was burnt down by Eigil Skallagrimsson and hi´s men, described by him in the poem 'Ekkjur LundaR', "the widows of Lund". For me is this one of the main real reasons behind the seabattle of Svolder. The intelligent 'Skjoldungar' needed to find a fitting political scenery in Scandinavia before carrying out the revenge against nowegians..

[alarik36]

Uppåkra IS Hrothgar´s village, the scene where the main events in Beowulf is taking place. The pagan temple or the 50 m longhouse from the 5th c, could be Heorot. All the important objects described in Beowulf AND Widsith have been found there. The local legends talks about a once magnificent burrough situated there.

[RmxRmxRmx1]

Det må have været et enestående sted. Tak for videoen!

[BirkaViking]

@RmxRmxRmx1 Tack att du gillade videon :)

Skål

[hsmissviking]

This is lovely! You always post such interesting videos! :)

[BirkaViking]

@hsmissviking Thanks for your nice words :)

Cheers

[shadelcassian66]

I like this very much my friend. What is the music called? I would love to know so that I can download onto my phone for a ringtone :)

[BirkaViking]

@shadelcassian66 Thanks that you liked the video, I send you more info about the music.

Cheers

[ssnakessnake2]

Interesting building...

[WolfWotN]

I do always enjoy your videos my friend! :) Thanks for sharing.

[BirkaViking]

@WolfWotN Thanks for the kind words :)

Cheers

[joonte1010]

Nice video!

[BirkaViking]

@joonte1010 Thanks man :)

[steverid]

Great post. It would be a beautiful building if it were still around.

Hej då,

Steve

[BirkaViking]

@steverid Thanks man :)

[beowulfsword08]

Thanks for sending this Birka, Thunor's blessings!

[BirkaViking]

@beowulfsword08 Thanks for the nice words :)

[BirkaViking]

@EagleTalon1970 Well they praid to their gods, and the western christans monks that wrote much about the vikings attacks was hardly neutral in their descriptions about the viking attacks. The monks were the news paper of that time. They did never mention that the west christans waged a brutal war against the Danes for and example, that may have trigged the whole viking invasion period.

Cheers

[Zloboid]

Interesting video!

[BirkaViking]

@Zloboid Thanks man :)

[Nortrix87]

Great! =) This is the first norse temole i have heard of=)

[BirkaViking]

@Nortrix87 Thanks man :) Well there should be a bigger temple located somewhere around Uppsala also.

[joonte1010]

@Nortrix87 Havent you heard about Uppsala tempel? That one was even bigger accourding to the Monks who saw it and survived their stay :P

[Nortrix87]

@joonte1010 Yeah remeber we tallked about that, was burnt down by geats was it not?

[joonte1010]

@Nortrix87 No, The christians burnt it down during a civil war or something.

[Nortrix87]

@joonte1010 Christianety usch!

Search up a Vid called Biorn, or see my fetured vid on the channel.

Poor old viking haha =P

[alarik36]

@joonte1010 Se ovanstående.. Vi ses!

[joonte1010]

@alarik36 Vadå?

[kvicken2000]

Nice video as always :)

[BirkaViking]

@kvicken2000 Thanks man that you liked the video :)