Vikings were terrifying

Just so you know, those are very TV-ified Vikings. Among other things, Vikings liked colors, didn't wear near that much leather, and definitely liked to keep themselves clean.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with liking the TV Vikings, just don't let yourself think that that's what they really looked like.
 
In these North Sea countries there was a matriarchy, men looked like fagots, wore stockings, shoes and wigs. Vikings were hucksters
 
I read something on their archeology. Almost nothing has survived from men's clothing, some kind of primitive wooden shields and Roman weapons were found, this is obvious due to the fact that they were hired by the Byzantine infantry and they were supplied with the standard equipment of the lower military units, which they took with them. About their military affairs known nothing.
 
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A lot of sources, especially on the Internet, like to use the Sagas as sources as if they were historical records, but the problem with that is that the Sagas are mythological stories. There's no way to really know how much was true to the culture (and how widespread those aspects of culture were across the Norse world), and how much was artistic embellishment. It's like trying to interpret medieval culture from a Conan movie.
 
A lot of sources, especially on the Internet, like to use the Sagas as sources as if they were historical records, but the problem with that is that the Sagas are mythological stories. There's no way to really know how much was true to the culture (and how widespread those aspects of culture were across the Norse world), and how much was artistic embellishment. It's like trying to interpret medieval culture from a Conan movie.
in addition, the sagas do not belong to the Vikings, they are written in Old Norse
Old Norse is closest to Icelandic. The sagas are also mostly reconstructed from Icelandic sources.
 
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The runic writing attributed to the Vikings is actually the variant of the Bulgar runes. Most likely it is legacy of Great Hunghaian Сonquests. They still have a runic alphabet.
 

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