Trivia :. Most of what we know about the Vikings comes from what was written by their enemies
This makes kind of sense when you read about the brutality of the individual heads Vikings. Perhaps the reason they are never saved anything was because they were too busy to spread their badassery throughout North Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and even the New World.
Here are some of the most ruthless Vikings of all time.
1. Eric Bloodaxe
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The favorite son Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, Eric earned his nickname gay trying to stop the tradition of his father to himself by killing two of his brothers. One brother remained, Hakon, led Eric on Norway, but Eric quickly found a new earth to reign as the king of Northumbria in what is now northern England and eastern Scotland.
2. Ragnar Lodbrok
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this warrior made a name for himself by conquering villages across England and France. A French king even paid Ragnar not plunder the land. It is also known to cause a lot of son with hilarious names, such as Ivar the Boneless, Bj? Rn Ironside, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. Unfortunately, it is probably best known for his last moment on Earth, during which the king? Tthe Northumbria threw him into a snake pit.
3. Berserkers
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it is said that there was a Viking fighting style called "berserk", which required soldiers to use the spiritual magic and work themselves into frenzy trances, making them impervious to injury. The berserkers, as they are now known, also ignored all common fighting tactics of the day, choosing instead to base their strategy on brute force, which usually ended favorably for them. Christians feared many Berserkers, and even characterized as satanic.
4. EIR Freyd? KSD? Ttir
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When Erik the Red's your father and Leif Eriksson is your stepbrother there is a lot of pressure to make a name for yourself. That said, it's hard to forget the name Freyd? S Eir? KSD? Ttir. During a trip to Vinland, she was caught in a battle between his friends and locals. While the inhabitants chased his group far the Freyd while pregnant? S grabbed one of the swords of his fallen comrades, exposed his chest, beat his chest, and gave a battle cry that sent the Vinlanders running. Ultimately, the Vikings have taken control of the village and Freyd? S killed all the children in the region.
5. Egill Skallagr? Msson
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There are not many people who can claim to be both a Viking warrior and poet but Egill Skallagr? msson was both. He wrote his first poem when he was three and made his first victim when he was seven. He killed many more people before finally being exiled from Norway to Northumbria, where Eric Bloodaxe ruled. Bloodaxe understandable wanted Egill death because Egill killed his son, but when Egill read one of his poems, Bloodaxe was so moved that he spared the life of the poet.
6. Ivar the Boneless
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creating Ivar the nickname "boneless" was his way of osteogenesis seem pretty badass. Despite the bones of a 80-year-old woman, Ivar conquered large parts of England and Ireland, and he did it with ferocious brutality. He took revenge on his famous father's killer ,? Tthe Northumbria, with a "Blood Eagle" on him. He did this by cutting open back, pulling his ribs away from the spine, forming "wings" with his lungs.
7. Erik the Red
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Perhaps the most famous Viking of all time, Eric the Red discovered Greenland primarily because it was a problem of murder. the guy liked to kill people. After his father was exiled from Norway for committing manslaughter, Erik took the mantle of the family in Iceland and killed two men who had killed his slaves. It is now banished from Iceland, which then inspired him to found Greenland.
But these are the warriors of the Viking people. the researchers say that people on average in the Nordic lands at that time were peaceful farmers and traders. Unfortunately, the bad apples Vikings were exceedingly bad.
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