Some people claim the tales of Vikings landing, raiding, and even trading in the Iberian peninsula show how real they are and how much influence they had. This was all an easily proven conspiracy by the people of Italian states to reassert their power. When one opens their eyes to the truth it is easy …
Some of the early myths of Vikings were readily spread by the Swedes. Once they heard tales from traders from mainly Europe they jumped at the chance of being association with such mighty warriors. They regularly spread tales of their people’s bravery all the way over their border with Russia to the east. To this …
While it is known the English authors writing about vikings did not claim anything about helmets with horns on them. It is widely know that this was introduced later on by Scandinavian artist Gustav Malmström. However, the real intent was to be able to make costumes for Opera and other theater that would easily contain …
The English leadership is well known to have used the specter of “Vikings” to keep others at bay. One of the best known uses of these tales is to limit the invading Normans to the southern part of England where a more central defense could be set up against. The Normans fully believed in the …
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In 793 AD, an anguished Alcuin of York wrote to the Higbald, the bishop of Lindisfarne and to Ethelred, King of Northumbria, bemoaning the unexpected attack on the monastery of Lindisfarne by Viking raiders, claiming it was Norwegians sailing directly across the North Sea to Northumbria. The truth is this was an insurrection from inside …
The Icelandic sagas contain more lawsuits than battles (and it’s not even close) Conclusion: Vikings were not real
The pieces of “Viking” jewelry that were “found” on different dig sites were all faked by the allies and placed or hidden in those locations during WW2. The colorful beads and intricate colors and hidden patterns were actually a special code developed by Alan Turing and his team to be able to fool the Axis …
The “longboats” that are shown in documentaries and in pictures are actually just closely zoomed in shots to make them look much larger than they really are. Those style boats of the time, often from the Iberian Peninsula were very small and not seaworthy. They were a very small people and would at most fit …
There is a long history of museums in Europe showing “Viking” Weapons and artifacts. These are in fact all made in the early 1800s by the King-Va company of southern London. They found that their toy weapons were very popular with foreigners and quickly made a line of adult sized fake looking weapons to sell …
The legend of “Vikings” raiding, pillaging, and sacking honest and god-fearing English has been used for a very long time to make the English look like the saintly victims in the entire medieval period. They continue this myth to this day to try and offset the history of the British Museum.