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new to the boards this week, really like this show, if you all want more and enjoy reading, pick up Bernard Cornwell's Alfred the Great series, it tells a story from the English point of view in the 1100's for Alfred, the English king who united England, but told through a Dane's eyes who was once part of the raiding...there is a lot messed up in Vikings though.
First being the name Vikings, viking meant to go raiding and they never called themselves that, they were Danes, or some other name, and it was later that Scandinavians were called vikings.
Ragnar had sons, Ubba and Ivar the Boneless (see the Cornwell stories) who were major chieftains in England...supposedly Lagertha was indeed real and kickass warrior in her own right. She had two daughters and a son with Ragnar according the tales, but who knows what is real and what is not from the late 900s.
They were not called Earles, but Jarls (Yarls)...Really doubtful that anyone would take on the name of a god though, especially Loki. Uppsalla was indeed a real place in Sweden dedicated to the gods.
I wish they would tell more about those aspects so folks understand why they were doing what they were doing. They did have tattoos but Rollo's one looks way too much like an Alaskan north Pacific than Danish.
Kathryn Winnick is hot though and this series is finally something good to watch. Now I do see that you don't like Pickers or Pawn Stars but what about Duck Dynasty? Old Si just cracks me up.
First being the name Vikings, viking meant to go raiding and they never called themselves that, they were Danes, or some other name, and it was later that Scandinavians were called vikings.
Ragnar had sons, Ubba and Ivar the Boneless (see the Cornwell stories) who were major chieftains in England...supposedly Lagertha was indeed real and kickass warrior in her own right. She had two daughters and a son with Ragnar according the tales, but who knows what is real and what is not from the late 900s.
They were not called Earles, but Jarls (Yarls)...Really doubtful that anyone would take on the name of a god though, especially Loki. Uppsalla was indeed a real place in Sweden dedicated to the gods.
I wish they would tell more about those aspects so folks understand why they were doing what they were doing. They did have tattoos but Rollo's one looks way too much like an Alaskan north Pacific than Danish.
Kathryn Winnick is hot though and this series is finally something good to watch. Now I do see that you don't like Pickers or Pawn Stars but what about Duck Dynasty? Old Si just cracks me up.
Just maps and the little history I know about how the borders constantly changed especially between the Danes and Swedes. 
Really I'm just spit-ballin'.
