Holy shit imagine meeting your kid in the afterlife and explaining that you spared his killer because he wrote a banger of a poem.

So skilled that you can make a king forget that you killed his son; Real life application of the Pen being mightier than the sword.

“Having even been said to kill his own brothers to get the throne” Every Chinese ruler ever: hello

Eric: “you killed my son!” Viking: “check out these bars bro” Eric: “dam that shit was fire”🔥

"How the little piglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar suffered." If you know, you know...

"I am sorry I killed your son, I made you a poem, I hope you like it :)"

As an Icelander, with direct ancestry from all over Scandinavia, I can trace my lineage directly to many of these people. Quite a neat thing tbh.

Trivia: The sea shanty "My mother told me" is based on a poem by Egil Skallagrimsson about what his mother said after he killed the boy who cheated in the game.

0:21 "Egil, was an ugly child." I felt that on a molecular level.

"Meet The Viking Who Couldn't be Killed" *has been dead for over 1,000, years* Checkmate.

honestly this is one of my favorite channels just because your so so good at story telling and providing history in such a fun way.

Ragnar really is legendary even having his story featured in Assassin's Creed Valhalla which may be a fictional game but still holds strongly to real Viking lore and history

Thoughty2: "They all sound rather lovely" "Sigurd snake-in-the-eye" sounds like the guy she tells you not to worry about

"You are sentenced to die." ~I wrote this poem about the event. *skims poem* "Holy shit dude. This poem is amazing. You're free to go obviously."

Poetry was actually seen as quite a virtuous activity in old Ásatrú. You might not think it but skalds and poets were very respected and important in Viking culture. And lots of them were able to get plenty of experience raiding and pillaging just as much as any other Vikings because raid leaders and chieftains would use their songs to help the rowers keep beat and keep spirits up

"No doubt keen to ensure the genetic material of everyone who ever crossed him was deleted from the genealogy of the human race." -Probably one of the best lines ever constructed

Two things made the Vikings fearless and unstoppable. They absolutely believed in Valhalla and they also believed that the moment of their death was fated and unavoidable.

The Viking sagas have an impressive humouristic touch, I´m sure Snorri and the other writers from the time are happy with your storytelling!

One thing I know about the viking soldiers fasting when they got the plague. Fasting causes autophagy which causes the body to eat itself for calories. During this process all tumors, parasites, and viruses would be metabolized. Curing them of their disease or at least saving the ones who weren't fully stricken yet.

wait...how did you find out about me???

Dude is still getting roasted about his looks centuries later lol

Just found this channel. I’m enjoying my time here, keep ‘em coming bro

I just found you… I love a great story especially from someone who knows what their doing… You tell a great story my friend! I search for stories online and so far you are my favorite. You're not only well versed on how to tell a story with a dash of humour but yours are very informative... Keep up the great work! :)

"i could only assume nobody had mentioned Egil's tendency to delete people who pissed him off" hahahahaha

"I want to be famous like Ragnar" ~Everyone in vikings

This is by far my Fav narration you've done thoughty 2 ur killing it like a good ole fashion berserk lmao I think u would have been a great at it.mad kudos bro .

fun fact :the poem Egill wrote was called "Höfuðlausn" and it means Head's ransom

"How cunning? As Cunning as a Fox Who's Just Been Appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University" I understood that Blackadder reference

every video you do, i have enjoyed. well done and thanks for all the hard work and humour, great stuff!

The production of this video is incredible. Very easy to watch and a good mix of footage and narrator footage. Definitely done by many people who are a master in their craft and I appreciate that. I wish you and all your people health happiness and abundance for creating this cool content, this was a great refresh on a complex and fascinating topic. Thanks again🤙✌😎

Ragnarr Loðbrók was the son of another legendary viking - Sigurd Ring (or Sigurðr Hringr in old Norse). Sigurd Ring was granted the province of Uppland by his uncle, the king of Denmark. Later, Sigurd would overthrow his uncle and become the king of Denmark himself (according to the sagas, Odin himself killed Sigurd's uncle in the final battle between those two). We don't know when it happened, if before or after Sigurd took the Danish crown, but he also managed to unify the Swedish tribes into one kingdom.

A lot of you hated history class in your high school years and look at you now

Well done. Quite pro cutting and editing skills you are mastering nowadays

I think all cultures had some kind of berserker type front loopy soldiers. The ancient Welsh had men naked drunk and mushroomed up, they called it sky clad. The druids would whip them up into a rage, they would rush naked into their enemies, as a blitzkrieg type of thing.

“Father! I’ve waited years in the afterlife for you! What of the man who killed me?” “Well, son, he was a good poet..”

Random Viking: Ragnar I think we are surrounded on both sides of the river Ragnar: good now there is no way we can miss. Random Viking: I have several questions?

"Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red Who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade As he told of bold battles and gold he had made But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red When he met the shieldmaiden, Matilda, who said: "Oh you talk, and you lie, and you drink all our mead Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed" And so then came clashing and slashing of steel As the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor"

for anyone curious, this is the poem Egil wrote to the king (translated) By sun and moon I journeyed west, My sea-borne tune From Odin's breast My sing-ship packed With poet's art: It's word-keel cracked The frozen heart. And now I feed With an English King: So to the English mead I'll word-mead bring, Your praise my task, My song your fame, If you but ask I'll sound your name. These praises, King, Won't cost you dear That I shall sing If you will hear: Who beat and blazed Your trail of red, Till Odin gazed Upon the dead. The scream of swords, The clash of shields, These are true words On battlefields: Man sees his death Frozen in dreams, But Eirik's breath Frees battle-streams. The war-lord weaves His web of fear, Each man receives His fated share: A blood-red sun's The warrior's shield, The eagle scans The battlefield. As edges swing, Blades cut men down. Eirik the King Earns his renown. Break not the spell But silent be: To you I'll tell Their bravery: At clash of kings On carrion-field The red blade swings At blue-stained shield. When swords anoint What man is saved? Who gets this point Is deep engraved: And men like oak From Odin's tree, Few words they spoke At that iron-play. The edges swing, Blades cut men down. Eirik the King Earns his renown. The ravens dinned At this red fare, Blood on the wind, Death in the air; The Scotsmen's foes Fed wolves their meat, Death ends their woes As eagles eat. Carrion birds fly thick To the body stack, For eyes to pick And flesh to hack: The raven's beak Is crimson-red, The wolf goes seek His daily bread. The sea-wolves lie And take their ease, But feast the sly Wolf overseas. Valkyries keep The troops awake, There's little sleep When shield-walls shake, When arrows fly The taut bow-string, To bite or lie With broken wing. The peace is torn By flying spears, When bows are drawn Wolves prick their ears, The yew-bow shrills, The edges bite, The warrior wills His men to fight His arrows fly Like swarms of bees To feast the sly Wolf overseas. I praise the King Throughout his land, And keenly sing His open hand, His hand so free With golden spoil: But vice-like, he Grips his own soil. Bracelets of gold He breaks in two And, uncontrolled, Pours gifts on you: The lavish King Loads you with treasure, And everything Is for your pleasure. On his golden arm The bright shield swings: To his foes, harm: To his friends, rings; His fame's a feast Of glorious war, His name sounds east, From shore to shore. And now my lord, You've listened long As word on word I built this song: Your source is war, Your streams are blood, But my springs pour Great Odin's flood. The praise my lord This tight mouth broke, The word-floods poured, The still tongue spoke, From my poet's-breast These words took wing: Now all the rest May learn to sing.

Absolutely love listening to you while I work!

“You should forget about poetry and develop some *real life* skills.” Unless you’re so skilled that you can make a king forget that you killed his son.

"I welcome the valkyries to summon me home"

it's interesting to hear where the show got it's historical inspirations such as the armies separated by a river and the raiding of city by a dead man

GAD-Man, your content is thought-provoking!! Thank You!

'How the little piggies will grunt, when they hear how the old boar suffered'

Anytime someone says bones or artifacts were "lost".. I automatically jump to the Smithsonian stealing and hiding them. Smh

The sacking of Luna is one of the many overlooked viking leader stories.. Its pure brilliant... The stretcher the carried hastein into Luna on was made by spears and swords.. its really a kind of trojan horse they let inside the city gates.

I love this mans channel! Informative, and funny!

Egil at 3: "writes great poems" Me at 3: "... T.f was i doing at 3??

"Who was the greatest viking in history?" "Meet the viking that couldn't be killed" "Vikatin King"

Love your historical stories bro thanks for tbem

Hilariously informative, extremely entertaining....great channel...!!! Thank you Thoughty2.

"oh how the little piggies will squeal as they learn how their old boar suffered"

Can we take a minute to enjoy the fact how much work the editor put into this

I think I would have been seen as a berserker as a child. I was unruly, always in trouble, terrible temper that got me constantly kicked out of school, and was enough to even scare my mom, I fought everyone who gave me a reason, I joined a gang at 13, and was carrying a gun and a knife by 14. I got my first charge of assault at 14, and was institutionalized for the better part of 11 to 17 years old. Twice i was beaten within hours of death, in which (with my skull broken and two black eyes, and broken teeth, I got up walked to the car got in, and when the driver said im taking you to the hospital, I said no, take me to the liquor store then take me home, mind you i could barely see cause my eyes were so swollen. I also at 14 got jumped and they tried to kill me with brick to the skull, and i got up,, walked all the way home,, where it took me 3 days to heal up.. I went in the military, got honorably dischargged after 4 mths, and went home. Started getting right back into trouble with gang stuff, and from 18 to 25 spent most of time in and out of jail, and courts and I was homeless for 6 years. It wasnt until my second child that I calmed down. Im 38 now, have a big house, nice car, make 75k a year, and I am covered in viking tattoos, from head and face to my shins. I am a single father of 3 kids, who are very well behaved and my two girls are military. The part i left out: I was sexually abused for years, abandoned and abused by my mother for most of my life, and abandoned by my father, and locked up. I was abused while I was locked up as well, and I also lost my first child. My ancestors (vikings) are close to my heart, cause I have been through so much pain in my life, discovering who I am saved my life, I am a descendant of warriors, and their blood still course through my veins. I am a descendant of a warrior Skarphéðinn Njálsson. May they forever stay with me and protect me on my journey. SKÁL

I appreciate the Blackadder reference with the fox 'Professor of cunning' remark. One of the all time great comedy series'.

This is an awesome tale! How was I never subscribed to you?

"absolutely deleting people" had me dying for like 5 minutes man 🤣

Snake-in-the-eye is probably the weirdest and coolest viking name ever XD

This is fast becoming one of my favourite channels.

His other bones are probably in a museum as part of a t-rex

See. And here I'd just grown to like my name after 35 years.

As a Norwegian we learn about Egil as kids and study his poems at school, however most of his “accomplishment” are legends and impossible to confirm

Damn bro...... That's some good stuff forty two, thank you for that .

Thank you for existing and continuing to teach me about our history as humans your heavily appreciated

i can't help but notice that the waterfall clip at 2:08 or so is in reverse. I can't unsee it

The blood eagle isn't *that* disputed, since they found evidence of more than one person's skeletal remains that fit the description of what was done. And if you want a more graphic description (yes, this is a trigger warning): The ribcage is severed along the spinal column and broken open, revealing the lungs. The lungs are filleted, carefully sliced open for maximum surface area to the air. Basically, it's not the cutting open that kills you. The air hits your lungs and keeps you alive for a fair bit of time (we don't know how long). What kills you is the dessication of the lungs, leading to slowly suffocating because of blood interfering with the alveoli. It was said the process could take up to 3 days, all the while you're gasping for air that you can't fill your lungs with, yet which has enough exposure to keep you alive. But we just don't know. It's not like anyone does this today. And I have to say, I'm pretty thankful for that. What bothers me most about this is wondering how many times this was tried before someone got it "right", as they didn't know as much about physiology as we do today.

Awesome video bud!

Being a massive fan of Viking history, (and Vinland Saga) I found this very interesting and entertaining to listen to

Egill Skallagrímsson... his story is tought in kids schools here in Iceland🤟

I love when native English speakers try saying Nordic names

As my Uncle so often told me, "put aside the madness; resist the 'call-of-the-wild'-in-us, and harken instead to the poet, the poetic-warrior, the warrior-philosopher, the warrior-priest! I have tried, my whole life, to abide by that, and, to honour all my heritage, without ever violating, the rights nor persons of others; so far, so good!(But, of course, the inner-struggle continues!) Tuatha-de-D' Naan, 'Thoughty2'!!

I’ve been avoiding this vid bc it looked rlly good. Just randomly decided tonight was the night

The Viking of Stamford Bridge was the biggest badass of history, change my mind

I thought he was going to talk about Bjorn “Since no sword and no axe couldn’t touch my son today, he will be known as Bjorn Ironside”

Just want to add this bit of info about Egil: The poem is called "Höfuðlausn" e: "Head-ransom" (could also translate as "Main-ransom") and he did NOT write it, he composed it in his head as the vikings of his age were illiterate and everything was memorized. It is 20 stanzas and each stanza is 8 verses. You can check it out here: www.ljod.is/index.php/ljod/view_poem/5006

Love you buddy bro man, You probably the coolest teacher I've ever had😉

Vikings and their culture are so fascinating to me, kinda obsessed with it. I love Viking lore and their rituals

Title history: Who's the greatest viking in the world Meet The Viking Who Couldn't be Killed

Rasputin: FINNALY A WORTHY OPPONENT! OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!

Really cool learning about our history, wasn’t expecting to learn about Erik Blodøks, who i’m related to

This is where Klingons come from? Large ridged skulls, fierce warriors that use handheld weapons, writes love poems...

This is one of the best-looking videos you've ever done, wow! Nice work.

Great Episode!

I love your narrating!❤️

"The 200 iq play" Ragnar: I'm gonna do what I call a pro gamer move

I'm so glad I found this channel! I am about to binge everything. EVERYTHING!!!

WOW a game taught me about a important person before anyone else. Thanks Rise of Kingdoms for your newish Viking update.

apparently your videos are the best history documentary vidoes I have ever seen on youtube

Despite of me already knowing both the stories you told, your narration was amazing and i couldnt stop watching the video.

Funfact: York was named «jorvik» by the Norsemen. It later got simplified by the british to York, so «New York» is basicly the british copying the Vikings. The English Word «Bag» comes from the word «Baggur», the word «baggur» is no longer used in Norway, but the word bag has become a new «slang» that we’ve learned from the English language.

This probably sounds like bs, but I can trace my lineage back to Egil on my grandmothers side in Iceland. This is due to the brilliant Icelandic recordkeeping, and their surname system.

That show Vikings on Hulu, is awesome. It tells the story of Ragnar and his sons. They have an episode that plays out just how Thoughty 2 is describing.

Hey, 42 here Edit: One thing about berserkers is that they fought while tripping on mushrooms. So there's that, too.

This guy is legend. His response to cheating weasels at 2:45 is exactly what is sorely lacking today and why the world is saturated in scumbags and run by crooks.

2:05 the waterfall is moving backwards. I believe the snake pit Ragnar died in is slightly east of Jorvik (modern day York) which was ruled by halfdan ragnarsson around 10 years after his death during the Pictish war

As an Icelandic man, ican't stop laughing at how badly he butchered my boy Egill's name. As well as all the other Icelandic/Scandinavian names in this video.

They would take hemsbane (or i forget the name of the ointment). Basically, they were tripping balls. They were often used to break shield walls. It takes crazy courage to charge a shield wall.

I read a lot of comments about people's names,so I thought I'd add mine(the Norse one). I have two strong names. Both on my Father's side. One is the name my Father used,Kleinschmit. The other name Is Sewell,which I had traced back as far as there was record of. It goes to Macbeth,then to Macbeth's uncle,Siward.THEN,it goes further back,clean to Sigeweald,meaning 'sea victory/power'. Further back is Sivoldus,the meaning of the name is lost to history,other than it is Norse,with only one mention of Sivoldus III.

The "I dropped my croissant" got me. 🤣

Berserk translates roughly to bear shirt. The only reason they're called berserkers is because they wore bear pelts as tunics/shirts, which were called "sarks" (not sure of the spelling, but that's the pronunciation)