The Battle at lake Vänern

In the Battle on the Ice, the combatants are described as fighting on horseback, although the later Vikings and Anglo-Saxons who told of this battle in their legends would often fight on foot. Likewise, Onela's helmet is called the battle-boar although the boar-crested helmets were long out of use by the time records of the event were written down.

According to Snorri Sturluson, Eadgils was buried in one of the royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala, and he is believed to be buried in Adils' Mound (also known as the Western mound or Thor's mound) one of the largest mounds at Uppsala. An excavation in this mound showed that a man was buried there c. 575 on a bear skin with two dogs and rich grave offerings. There were luxurious weapons and other objects, both domestic and imported,
show that the buried man was very powerful. These remains include a Frankish sword adorned with gold and garnets and a board game with Roman pawns of ivory. He was dressed in a costly suit made of Frankish cloth with golden threads, and he wore a belt with a costly buckle. There were four cameos from the Middle East which were probably part of a casket. The finds show the distant contacts of the House of Yngling in the 6th century.

Snorri's account that Adils had the best horses of his days, and the Gothic historian Jordanes' account that the Swedes of the 6th century were famed for their horses find support in archaeology.
This time was the beginning of the Vendel Age, a time characterised by the appearance of stirrups and a powerful mounted warrior elite in Sweden, which rich graves in for instance Valsgärde and Vendel.

The Skjöldunga saga (c. 1180-1200) was a Norse saga on the legendary Danish dynasty of the Skjöldungs, the same dynasty featured in the Old English poem Beowulf.
The saga is lost in its original form but Arngrímur Jónsson paraphrased parts of it into Latin, and parts of it are thought to be preserved in other sagas, including Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta and Ragnarssona þáttr. It may relate to Saxo Grammaticus and contain a version of the story that ultimately inspired the lost Ur-Hamlet and ultimately William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Music: Hans Zimmer

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[NefeliDanai]

Great video ! Tack för en underbar presenation som SVT skulle göra men vågar aldrig.

[BirkaViking]

@NefeliDanai Oh ok I see :)

Well thanks again for your nice words :)

Cheers from Sweden

[tordengud]

@BirkaViking Jeg skal ta en titt på den ;)

[BirkaViking]

@tordengud Haha lol jag trodde du menade skillnader :)

Ja vi ska dock inte glömma bort runstenarna som faktist beskriver en del de också.

Du kan ju ta dig en titt på min Rökstens video :)

Ja det finns inte allt för många källor osv men Jordanes beskrivning stämmer väldigt bra faktist.

[tordengud]

@BirkaViking Haha, for prova at skriva på svenska. Jag sa inte als noget om kulturen. Hvad jag sa var at det tuvär inte finnas tilstrekeligt med monga kilder om de germanska stammarna i Norden. Bara nogre få som av Jordanes och lignande. Samt det vi har av arkeologisk material. Men kildane e ikke monga. Folkvandrings tiden e jo mycket interessant. Håppas du kan lesa min svenska =P

[BirkaViking]

@tordengud Nu förstår jag inte riktigt vad du menar?

De Germanska stammarna i skandinavien har en väldigt indentisk kultur för (nord germansk kultur) och det är väll inget dåligt i det?

[tordengud]

@BirkaViking Det er synd det er så lite historiske kilder på de germanske stammene i Skandinavia. Noen kilder er det jo, men ikke tilstrekkelig.

[BirkaViking]

@tordengud Haha ja säg det lol

[tordengud]

@BirkaViking And among them i guess Thor Heyerdahl is one of them. He dosent claim Odin was greek, but that Odins ancestors were of Troy. Ill check out your link. Why the hell do we write in english? :P

[BirkaViking]

@tordengud There are some that think that Odin was a Greek that settled here in Sweden.

For more info about this you can see :

The Story of Odin

Here at youtube. Cheers

[tordengud]

@joonte1010 According to Snorre, Odin and his people was driven away from their homelands by the Romans. Thor Heyerdahl has written a book based upon Snorre´s theory. And he find it likely that Azerbaijan was Odins homeland. Azer - Æser...and so on. There are many similarities. This is of course a theory, and he is no historian. But his book is very interesting. He also conects Odin and his people to old Troy, and that after it fell they settled in Azerbaijan.