Quotes from the Viking Sagas

Quotes from the Icelandic Sagas.

-Saga of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga)
-Vinland Sagas (Eirik the Red's Saga & Graenlendinga Saga)
-Orkneyinga Saga (The Saga of the People of Orkney)
-Laxdaela Saga (Laxardal Saga, the Saga of the People of Salmon-River Dale)
-Njal's Saga (The Saga of Burnt Njal)
-Egil's Saga (The Saga of Egil Skallagrimson)
-The Saga of Grettir the Strong
-Gisli Sursson's Saga, and the Saga of the People of Bolli
-Eyrbyggja Saga
-Hrafnkel Saga
-The Prose Edda
-The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
-King Harald's Saga (The Saga of Harald Hardrada of Norway) Viking saga movie battle myth odin thor amon medieval barbarian

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[jettbugg]

Nice video...thanks for posting useful information!

[theydontlikeitupem]

You're welcome. Hope you check out the links!

[kenzbt]

Studying the Vikings, would be to exhalt white/Europeans and they are only to be scorned at universities. They are too busy building a false history of the "noble" third worlders!!

[ColonelSanders666]

I cannot understate how incredible these people were. No one can dare to say that the 'Vikings' were uncultured or less important that Western Europeans of the early Middle Ages. Why do universities not study them more often? Look at those maps, how accurate they are. The Althing was the only example of Medieval democracy! North, East, South, West are the names of the four dwarves that hold the corners of the earth. From Vinland to Byzantine, the Nordic people became immortal and immeasurable.

[hempenasphalt]

actually the (christian) monks made it a point not to behave this way. you know, the ones the vikings pillaged. well yes the vikings kicked ass, true... and they wd have kicked your ass and mine in a heartbeat. to me they are noble like nietzsches blond beast brute force animalistic noble & beatiful, but the weak woman in me makes me realize it wd suck to be around them as i am now. that is all.

[vulnaviadraco]

@hempenasphalt And the civilized Christians did not? Every society has deemed it acceptable to take from those not of the same culture and beliefs. As long as man clings to race, religion and language he will behave that way.

[vulnaviadraco]

I am very proud of my Fryslan/Danish heritage. The old Norse were a noble people who contributed a great deal to the world. I do wish there was someone near me who could teach me Halligen Frisian as that would be closest to the dialect spoken by my ancestors (who came from Strand shortly after the Burchardi flood).

[vault21lonewanderer]

@hempenasphalt so? they were smart AND kicked some ass. brutes? sure.....they still kicked ass lmao

[Vonzaku]

I'd like to started reading some of these Icelandic Sagas. Which one should I read first?

[blockrage8]

Odin bless Sverige!! :D

[Honey88Koonce]

Hail the Norse gods of war n truth! Hail the Aesir!

[hempenasphalt]

Honestly they were a bit uncultured... I mean every spring they would just go out and steal other people's stuff. Oh, and kill them. Yes then they would come home and have nice little Althings and be all lawabiding (sortof). But those terrified monks at various locales ought to clue you in that these people were quite often brutes. Not that they are much different from all people everywhere....but they were called vikings because they went viking.

[theTIck197]

Ha! nice! was not expecting ensiferum but excellent taste in music

[Nekhet]

It is something like this that makes me proud of being a Dane:)