Discover interesting facts about Vikings

With the big and aggressive warriors that have become legendary, the Vikings once dominated a large Nordic region. Not only that, the 'Northern Pirates' also recorded in human history by Scandinavian civilization itself.

In fact, in the Viking era, Scandinavian countries, which we still know today, do not exist. At this time, the Northern European tribes often dispersed into small scattered tribes. In addition, the word 'Viking' is not the proper name of a ethnic group, but only means 'pirate' , in an ancient language called 'Old Norse'.

Passing the current time, almost everything we know about the Vikings, passed through the 'history' stones they left.Specifically, these famous Northern warriors have retained history, as well as stories of their lives by carving on large stones.It is estimated that archaeologists have found 2500 such stones in Sweden, and a large number are scattered throughout Scandinavian countries.

When they lived, the Vikings attached their lives to the voyages , and at the time of their loss they sent their bodies back to the water, through a very special burial rite.Accordingly, a Viking after death will be put on a boat and float along the river or the sea.Sometimes, this boat will also be burned as a cremation rite.Besides, another burial method is quite popular among Vikings, which is to put the body in a boat and bury it in the ground.It is known that in this boat there is often to add tools, weapons and even the dead bodies of enemies that they have killed, while alive, to serve their lives in their afterlife. .

The society of the Vikings was divided into three classes: 'Jarls', 'Karls' and 'Thralls'. In it, 'Jarls ' is the nobles, who have the highest status in this society; 'Karls' are workers who are mostly farmers; The least inferior is 'Thralls' , which can be understood as slaves or servants of two higher classes. According to scientists, the majority of 'Thralls' originated from robberies that Vikings performed outside the territory.

Even though the tribes were alone, with this life in the future, the Vikings still had a rather "advanced" ruling government, compared to the time. Their government is called 'Thing'. According to experts, regardless of whether a free Viking can rely on 'Thing' to settle disputes, vote for leaders or set terms on trade deals. Even at the present time, parliaments of Nordic countries such as Iceland, Denmark, Norway . still have the word 'Thing' in its own name.