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    Viking myths

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    • there is only one literary source in Scandinavian literature that points to this deadly game of "catching" children.
      Did Vikings really "catch" and kill babies on the tips of their spears?
      Tales of Viking cruelty are not rare – from the "blood eagle" execution method to disregard for war ethics. But did the Vikings really kill infants by throwing them in the air and "catching" them on the tips of their spears?
      1 year ago — Legacy
    • Bengtsson's log-rolling story remains part of popular imagery and memory, as well as popular culture.
      Did Vikings really roll their ships on loose logs between rivers and strips?
      The image of Vikings transporting their ships between rivers or strips by rolling them on loose logs has become somewhat commonplace in popular culture and the collective imagination. However, is it actually true?
      1 year ago — Legacy
    • The barbarity and ghastly hygiene attributed to Vikings were often misreported.
      Were Vikings really dirty and ultraviolent brutes?
      Popular culture often tends to depict Vikings as dirty brutes - not doing the warriors of old justice. 
      1 year ago — Legacy
    • The myth is based on a 17th-century mistranslation of a passage of the skaldic poem Krákumál.
      Did Vikings really drink from skulls? 
      While the myth makes for great fear-inducing movie scenes, there is no actual evidence that Vikings drank beverages out of the skulls of the enemies that they defeated and killed. 
      1 year ago — Legacy
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