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Law known TV series "Blkadr step forward" cruel and biting parody of the British Army in World War I, gives a glimpse of the prevailing Western image of the Vikings: pirates stupid, hairy and not very smart. Our cultural imagination, is portrayed as a warrior Viking tall and muscular, with blond hair, horned helmet and battle ax. But who were actually Vikings, seafarers them cast the Hittm northern Europe? Were with, or ethnic group? Are all the people who lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark of today the ninth century to the end of the 11th century were "Vikings"? What does the word "Viking"? And do they really wore horned helmets?
In fact, we do not know about them too. Our data sources for the Vikings limited scope. Their victims, mostly monks and writers Chronicles of England and France, wrote in horror battle of the bulbs about those bandits appear from the seas or estuaries, massacre, murder and rape all they come across. Because the Vikings were not only thieves but also traders and settlers, the kingdoms which had been left in contact with their testimonies. Vikings sailed Volga and established the first state, Bruce precursors of modern Russia. They sailed across the North Sea, and established colonies in Iceland, Grilnd and even America. They roamed the streets of Damascus battle of the bulbs and Baghdad, the glorified cities of the East, and came to Israel in Israel. Fascinating and detailed reports most of them were written, surprisingly, by travelers just Arabs and Jews from Spain and Mesopotamia.
What is actually "Viking"? Speculation arose between the original speech included the words "creek" (old Norse Vic) or "transient military battle of the bulbs camp" (Old English Wic). Anglo - Saxon of the eighth century, the meaning of the noun Wicingsceaoa was "piracy." Norse language of the Middle Ages, "Viking" was a journey robbery or war days, and robbers or seafaring warriors were Vikingr. Ancient runes engraved battle of the bulbs on a rock in Sweden in the 11th century, battle of the bulbs states that "Tolle placed this stone in memory of her son Gayer, good and brave man that fell during the Viking." Sources We also see many other alternative names. Anglo - Saxon also called them "discussing", Franks called them "Normans" (the North, hence the name given to the homestead France, Normandy). Arabic are called battle of the bulbs "Russians", the name of the Kingdom of Ross founded, and ancient Irish "Gauls" battle of the bulbs (foreigners).
Travel robbery even painful with completely battle of the bulbs desert, have been associated with the Norwegian translator imagination Vikings. This means, the Vikings were professionals - bandits, battle of the bulbs pirates often. Sometimes also the term used to describe just "punks" pagans or Christians who deviated from the right path. Vikings were not necessarily Scandinavian - many of them were probably Slavs, ballets or other peoples. For example, battle of the bulbs at the Swedish 13th century:
That is, not only Vikings were Estonians, but whose victims, in this case, were Swedes. Not all Scandinavians, then, were the Vikings. Not even all the sailors Scandinavians. However, because many Vikings were Scandinavians yet entered into the consciousness of the word to future generations.
Anyone who has seen armed Vikings, battle of the bulbs a battle quickly approaching battle of the bulbs its shore, he realized that he was very bad, to say the least. When reached for robbery, and trafficking or settlement, they were often rape, burn and kill, and those who hijacked (especially women) all sold as slaves in the markets of the world. The church has tended to see them as a natural disaster sinners God sent his believers. For example, battle of the bulbs a chronicle battle of the bulbs written in English monks late eighth century AD:
793 "for the Lord: The year came warnings ominous to Israel Hnort'mbrim and filled the hearts of the horror: battle of the bulbs flashes of light goats coming battle of the bulbs in the air, whirlpools, and dragons fire breathing passed over the flames. Immediately after the signs these fear came a great famine, and shortly after, swarms Swarms of pagans which they destroyed the Church of God Holy Island, rape and massacre. "
In fact, despite the terrifying image, most Vikings were not full time robbers but mainly traders, fishermen battle of the bulbs or farmers. Occasionally, especially in the summer, they gathered around a charismatic leader and went on a trade, robbery or settlement worldwide. First and foremost they were adventurers, battle of the bulbs or in the words of Professor Stephen Mitchell, a researcher at Harvard University Vikings, "opportunistic battle of the bulbs businessmen." We know they believed the Old Norse religion, faint echoes of it came to us through a few manuscripts battle of the bulbs from Iceland that connect the Christian battle of the bulbs Middle battle of the bulbs Ages. God Odin, the passenger one-eyed and father of the gods, who sacrifices himself to himself in order to gain knowledge, Tor, bully gods waving all over the gavel, Huelkiriot, fairy hovering over the battlefield and decide who will enliven and who dies, and a giant frost terrifying: All these belong to the world fairy rich left behind Viking battle of the bulbs warriors. Scandinavian mythology, as expressed Bada Bada poetic and prosaic, love and revenge saga and Songo Sigurd the dragon slayer and other fairy tales, literary works influenced countless modern era, including the Ring cycle of Wagner's Minister of the Rings JRR Tolkien.
We do not know, in fact, how these legends were expressed in religious rituals of everyday life. Interestingly, battle of the bulbs except we know, by the way, is the fact that the famous horned let helmets, not used by the Vikings battle battle of the bulbs - but dance ritual in honor of the god Odin.
Rare and fascinating window into the world of those bold and brutal warriors, opened through the writings of Ahmad ibn Fdlan, an Arab diplomatic courier and tenth-century traveler, who visited the Vikings Bruce (Russia today) and has extensively documented the customs. He writes in describing his journey:
"I've never seen people with a body as perfect as they have. They are similar to