I recommend just eloping; it's easier and cheaper.
@jaqenhgar
Жыл бұрын
so true
@V1ktorvaugn
6 ай бұрын
v stressful stuff for no reason.
@mollymae91
9 ай бұрын
I unintentionally planned a Viking wedding for us 😂. We rented a large airbnb to host about 10 of our closest friends and family. I have a simple but beautiful dress and the headpiece should be delivered soon. We’re exchanging axes (axe throwing was our first date) along with our rings on a mountain. We are doing a hand fasting ritual and we’ll have a BBQ feast for the reception with special Celtic cups for hubby and me. I cannot wait for April to come and I get to marry my best friend
@MaraJadeSkky
8 ай бұрын
I hope it's as epic as it sounds. My husband of 8 years and I went very simple as well, it seemed so much better than the massive, expensive, theatrical wedding we see happen regularly. Congrats to yall both!
@BlayreAilean
7 ай бұрын
soooo....any grave robbing included? 🤣🤣
@matty_daddy
3 ай бұрын
I wish I had a best friend like that
@DanCooper404
Жыл бұрын
Mead and ale aren't the same thing. The mead lasted a month, hence the origin of the term "honeymoon."
@BergenDev
Жыл бұрын
Mead is also made from honey, not grain.
@chadmensa
Жыл бұрын
Damn, you beat me to it.
@binderweihnachtsmann6251
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't only the dans, it were all Germans, who lived in Scandinavia and the northsee coust. Like Saxony, friesian Norwegians Swedish etc...
@stacyakarockheadtaterorpit8052
Жыл бұрын
Yup, those in European "low countries" also served mead, ales & beers... Every drink creation depended what was available! The "woman" of the house made the ales & beers. The various grades, like dark, light & medium, were all based on how long they fermented. Mead is unlike the regular ales & 🍻 beers. Instead of grains to fermented the brews Mead is made with honey! Wines, of course, are created using grape juices of specialty types of grapes like Merlots w/ red & Chardonnay w/ white...
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't that debunked as a Victorian era invention?
@patriotlady8616
Жыл бұрын
The led zeppelin reference got me
@NegaHumanX
Жыл бұрын
That last one must have made things really awkward for Baldr. With how loved he was, he was probably a witness at a lot of weddings. They must have appreciated how much dirt he had but never used on any of them.
@andiestewart7423
Жыл бұрын
Will you please give us information on Native American and Alaskans weddings?
@jenniferlonnes7420
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see that too! 👍
@The7Reaper
Жыл бұрын
This is a topic I never thought about and honestly didn't think I'd care about it but damn this is actually pretty interesting
@user-bl6vb3vk5q
28 күн бұрын
Weird history made it interesting 😊❤
@Heather-xm9ul
Жыл бұрын
I kinda wish we'd still marry with business in mind. I'm not saying that love shouldn't be a factor! I just think that love shouldn't be the ONLY factor. A healthy marriage doesn't survive on feelings alone, so they shouldn't be entered with only feelings in mind. If we enter a marriage with a set of goals, then we make those goals our business, not just a pleasurable dream, and we would likely be much more successful.
@jeanneann3545
Жыл бұрын
those rich people still do it, its pretty common for them. we peasants marry only for love, what wealth do we have to pass on?
@kingstoney29
Жыл бұрын
@@jeanneann3545 damn that actually makes sense
@Heather-xm9ul
Жыл бұрын
@@jeanneann3545 pretty sure it's too late for a lot of kids, but we really should be trying to reprogram the way our kids think of marriage and romance.
@jeanneann3545
Жыл бұрын
@@Heather-xm9ul i think arranged marriage is still pretty common in India or maybe South Asia too...? You should ask them if they're good with it. I dont know what factors they consider for the arranged marriage, but i do heard about how some of them are having hard time to accept each other because they aren't even close. I also think just a month or two ago two chaebols (very rich people) from Korea married each other, if I recall, both of their parents own two very big companies. So its definitely a marriage with business in mind. It's definitely interesting! With how low birth rate are in all over the world nowadays, I can see arranged marriage being brought back.
@kingstoney29
Жыл бұрын
@Lee Kenyon what's the context behind this comment is what I'm wondering💀
@StacyL.
Жыл бұрын
Love the Led Zepplin reference 😆
@SadButTrue273
Жыл бұрын
as you are a history channel… i just wanted to point out a few things -horned helmets were never worn (nor would they have been effective) but were created for theatrical effect for an opera by richard wagner (from which you might know the song “ride of the valkyries”. which i can say almost everyone knows they just don’t know the name or origin) -vikings were only the “pirates” of the tribe or village, and the “viking age” was from the 8th-11th century approximately however these traditions pre-date the viking age in many cases and post-date it in others. -the term “viking culture” doesn’t really mean anything, while “viking-age norse culture” (or medieval norse culture” would make more sense. you can call it petty to point this out, but we don’t call medieval british culture “knight culture” - I won’t get into the religious inaccuracies or mispronunciations since those are to be somewhat expected from a modern american who hasn’t researched this deeply. I write this comment not to be an asshole, only to educate.
@Jerepasaurus
Жыл бұрын
YES! THIS. I just called over my Norwegian friend to watch these vids and tell us what all is inaccurate about these vids. I'm stunned how so few people know Viking was basically a CAREER, not the name of a people.
@SugarandSarcasm
Жыл бұрын
Should petition to rename it “knight culture”. I am never really comfortable trying to pronounce other languages (out loud), unless I know how to pronounce it correctly. It is cringey to hear others butcher them on KZitem.
@pchkid
Жыл бұрын
Awesome glad to hear the reg voice again, couldn't finish the last video with the other voice 😅
@andrewweaver2517
Жыл бұрын
No hate, I loved the content. But when you click on weird history videos. Whether it be food, or history or whatever, you expect to hear THE VOICE. I mean. It's weird. But, he is the brand. I mean, if you went to a Chicago Bulls game in the early 90s and Mike was on the bench you probably ask for your money back. Or like when you pick up your cup of tea and 😮 surprise it's Pepsi. Feel me? We love the team, but we needs the voice. (~);}
@SweetieTarian
Жыл бұрын
Found out via KZitem comments his name is Tom Blank and the channel also has rotating narrators I think he will be in and out for awhile. I gave yesterdays video a rewatch. It’s good content either way.
@JBTriple8
Жыл бұрын
Thor dressed as Bride to get his Hammer still one of my favorite stories from the Eddas
@anitainglis2005
Жыл бұрын
Hi there My late husband and I were in a viking reenactment group and we were married into the pagon faith by getting married, we had the cake and ail ceremony and it was something very special to us both My husband has passed on but I'm still of the pagon faith.
@anonymoose9315
Жыл бұрын
Did you have your guests “witness” the sealing of the vows? 😂
@SadButTrue273
Жыл бұрын
pagon? You mean pagan, the umbrella term for anything around before Christianity? And which Norse pagan faith? Loyal to the aesir, the vanir, the giants?
@KingRumar
Жыл бұрын
“They didnt marry for love” Freyja totally wasnt worshiped for love. Not every marriage was business
@PerkulatorBenny
Жыл бұрын
And not every modern marriage is about love, some people still marry for other reasons. Just because exceptions to it exist, doesn't mean the rule isn't, well, the rule. And all of that is beside the point anyway, since the video is about things we might find weird with how different their customs were compared to ours, and some slight hyperbole to prove the point isn't meant to be taken as statements of absolute truth.
@Rhaenarys
Жыл бұрын
Women also had a say in who they married. It wasn't like the father could force her to marry, and even if he did, she could easily divorce if she felt like it.
@jeremyharris9766
Жыл бұрын
@@Rhaenarys some did. But most people of that Era did what their parents wanted
@steveschu
Жыл бұрын
@@PerkulatorBennyThank you. The burden of explaining obvious information most of of already knew to the little brains.
@corvus9289
Жыл бұрын
Ale isn't mead, and all mead is "honey mead". Honey as the sugar source for the yeast is literally what makes it Mead.
@einezcrespo2107
Жыл бұрын
Very informative and witty narration. Swords as presents and honey wine? Cool!
@breezer723
Жыл бұрын
Best narrator ever!!!
@kimberlypatton205
6 ай бұрын
He is witty and wonderful! Been subbed to this channel for years now and it is always SO good!
@kimberlyholt2241
Жыл бұрын
I would like to know more about the 'Clans' of Scotland in the 1700's
@user-bl6vb3vk5q
28 күн бұрын
The best channel if I don't want to watch something boring I come to weird history. Comedy and history just like Josh Gates
@thetayz72
Жыл бұрын
The strangest ritual of our time is straining a new union by immediately taking on tens of thousands of dollars of debt to host a lavish wedding. Heck these guys got PAID to get laid.
@craftywitch4431
Жыл бұрын
Love this! As a former pro wedding photographer, Id love to see more videos from Weird History about wedding ceremonies from across time & cultures please?
@brianaalimov4287
Жыл бұрын
Do an episode on Mardi Gras! ☺️
@christydethlefs9850
Жыл бұрын
I think that’s very cool. I was surprised how much we still do some of these things.
@studiosinger
Жыл бұрын
Except now the wife is the bread winner who gives him children only for the guy to suddenly get the chainsaw and cut off her body parts placing her in trash bins. It’s a trend in American culture now, the latest being Walsh.
@bugmeep
Жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin reference 😎
@magnusio
Жыл бұрын
Love the homage to Led Zeppelin at 2:42!
@sphincter3132
Жыл бұрын
I felt like the Chris Prat surprised gif when I heard it too.
@CymonTempler
Жыл бұрын
How the Hel did that slip by me? (see what I did there 🤭)
@cadillacdeville5828
Жыл бұрын
I just need him to teach classes about various subjects because of his narration and voice style.
@MrCombatmedic00
Жыл бұрын
According to some recently surfaces scriptures, they indeed, did use rubber duckies
@btetschner
10 ай бұрын
A+ video! LOVE IT! So fascinating!
@jlshel42
Жыл бұрын
Nice day for a…Vike wedding…!
@jasonjerusalem
Жыл бұрын
In the midnight hour, she cried Thor, Thor, Thor
@cryptdirt
Жыл бұрын
do some videos of other continents like south america or africa!
@datheamore6395
Жыл бұрын
It is also just as possible that documents detailing such wedding ceremonies were destroyed by Christians too... that was fairly common. That and killing sages and priests of the old ways to claim authority over those they wanted to force conversion upon. It wasn't always a gradual or friendly progression toward the rise of Christianity.
@Rhaenarys
Жыл бұрын
With vikings it tended to be more so than not. Peaceful, that is. Or I should say the Nordic. They were superior in warfare and were much more of a threat. It was easier to convert them by playing nice and pretending their gods were real...but Christians saw them as angels and saints. And to let them keep many of their practices such as the Xmas tree...
@sueblankenship9441
Жыл бұрын
Since I'm only 1 percent Scandinavian, I'll choose 1 percent of the ritual. That bridal ale sounds pretty good.
@gailpendarvis9767
Жыл бұрын
Heck, I'm here to listen to your great storytelling voice..and no I wouldn't have a Viking wedding.
@cherryblossoms85
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if that's why the man carries the woman over the threshold today? Did we get it from the Vikings or perhaps somewhere else? I think a video on where we got these traditions today would be cool.
@kentjensen4939
Жыл бұрын
There's another video about wedding traditions that explains that one.
@crazyluggage
Жыл бұрын
They really loved Thor…
@KattMurr
Жыл бұрын
Love the song lyrics....
@theinnerlight1716
Жыл бұрын
I love that at 2:42 there's a Led Zep reference!!!!
@lenminthangkipgen980
Жыл бұрын
Can u please explain..paths to modernisation class 11 _chapter 11
@Daniel-kx4sy
Жыл бұрын
At 1:00 How about “There’s nothing more amorous than having your lawyer buy you a bride (for political reasons)”
@TheMormonSorceress
Жыл бұрын
This will help my story as I'm making one about a modern-day girl that lost everything and finds her self in the times of the Vikings and gets married to one after she saved a family member of his.
@Jerepasaurus
Жыл бұрын
It would benefit you greatly to make friends with some modern Norwegian, Scandinavian, or Icelandic peoples. I have a Norwegian friend that gets really exhausted by people that think "Viking" was the name of a peoples, when in fact it was a type of career.
@erikasz.8980
Жыл бұрын
I would love to read it!
@ike0072
Жыл бұрын
honeymoon origins got me shook! Great learning this afternoon!
@flareinc7413
Жыл бұрын
Viking weddings sound so fragging cool. Would attend 5/5 and even have for myself.
@janemary8339
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't you mind having people watch you have sex on your wedding night?🤔
@flareinc7413
Жыл бұрын
@@janemary8339 first of all,If they wanna watch Me,kudos. :D Second,after all that happiness and partying and mead,wouldn't probably even notice them bc I have more important things to focus at
@Clemence.cecil2010
2 ай бұрын
Can you please make about ancient egypt marriage also assyrian
@tylerhackner9731
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@scottdiamond7133
Жыл бұрын
Love the Led Zeppelin reference
@KFCuser
Жыл бұрын
If you're going to teach us viking history, make sure you don't keep showing us images of folks wearing horned helmets, cause most real historians will tell you that vikings never did that. It certainly looks cool and I'm aware that many people firmly believe that they wore threatening headgear to battle, but it never actually was the case.
@briansullivan5908
Жыл бұрын
They may have never worn horned helmets, but they should have.
@johnnyjohnnyjohnny11
Жыл бұрын
imagine getting angry at pictures and paintings. They know that and they make a video about it.
@vicooo1498
Жыл бұрын
yea, most of them were poor as duck peasants. no helmets, no chainmail, no fancy weapond- only axes and clubs.
@KFCuser
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnyjohnnyjohnny11 No anger, only truth.
@PositivelyPlaying
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnyjohnnyjohnny11 Its historical fiction. They didnt wear horned helmets. Period. People get upset because it's actively hurting the history of something. People STILL to this day believe a lot of false historical information because people trying to teach history peddle it as facts. When this happens to a culture or mythology based on a culture that was oppressed or non-white, people get very upset about it. It shouldn't be any different with this. I like Weird History but they are constantly wrong about shit and it's honestly kind of irritating at this point.
@BNT1985
Жыл бұрын
excellent
@darthlardian566
17 күн бұрын
I did have a viking wedding 😂. Well I mixed viking and celtic and it turned out wonderful!
@auntvesuvi3872
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! 🐲 #WeirdHistory #Viking #WeddingTraditions
@TheBlindPhotographer
Жыл бұрын
Yay! New upload 😍 Deus benedicat tibi🙏🏻
@jocelynprior1874
4 ай бұрын
Well, im glad it was water that came out of my nose. Nicely placed zeppelin reference lol
@JustMe-vk4fn
Жыл бұрын
:) I wonder if Weird History has ever wondered where the tradition of the "hand shake" came from?
@bjetkabathory5185
Жыл бұрын
That is a very, very ancient gesture popular among most European nations. Because shaking the right hands means neither of the couple can hold a dagger or sword at that moment. Very useful in those dangerous days ;-)
@JustMe-vk4fn
Жыл бұрын
@@bjetkabathory5185 :D
@deedeskin2439
11 ай бұрын
There are ancient egyptian paintings 3 or 4 thousand years old that show people shaking hands, but the custom may be far older than that. Egyptians also exchanged wedding rings in ancient times too.
@lulahbelb.3670
Жыл бұрын
How do we know this information?
@peehandshihtzu
Жыл бұрын
The crown sounds a lot like a Christmas tree topper. Nice! :)
@annetteolson2428
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking a tiara.
@peehandshihtzu
Жыл бұрын
@@annetteolson2428 I can see that too. :)
@feresmourali5783
Жыл бұрын
Please make a video about Emma Goldman! Also, nice move to sneak in some Led Zeppelin into the narration!
@NewMessage
Жыл бұрын
Just because they haven't found rubber duckies doesn't mean there weren't any rubber duckies.
@steev6946
Жыл бұрын
Dinner and a show..... Vikings knew how to party
@steev6946
Жыл бұрын
@leekenyon8705 WTF??
@IntrepidFraidyCat
Жыл бұрын
Viking baby showers...baby's first sword, teething sword and highchair...made of swords! ⚔⚔⚔😳😆
@girlnextdoorgrooming
Жыл бұрын
A Game of Thrones style high chair.
@TheGenericavatar
Жыл бұрын
Thank Frieda it's Friday.
@brishtidey2507
Жыл бұрын
Y'all should have a podcast
@titijijo1047
Жыл бұрын
Who recognized the Led Zeppelin reference?
@maeday6
Жыл бұрын
Could we get a video about the US during the medieval period or before? I feel like theres so much history abt Europe, middle east, asia etc during that time but not much is mentioned abt the native Americans during that period.
@kari-gs4eq
Жыл бұрын
Check out Ancient Americas
@matteofabbris7877
Жыл бұрын
a led zeppelin episode. About Vikings, sex, and vikings having sex
@maryhildreth754
Жыл бұрын
You're back!
@Feral_Bog_Witch
Жыл бұрын
2:41 I enjoyed that reference to Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
@jenniferlonnes7420
Жыл бұрын
Performance anxiety, to be watched by a bunch of people the first time.
@florenmage
Жыл бұрын
Imagine you are newly married and your entire family is watching you and your wife or husband go at it in bed. That would make things awkward. XD
@allwhatilove914
Жыл бұрын
Yes. All the rest is fine but that. Hell no! I'm no pornstar. 😅😅
@florenmage
Жыл бұрын
@@allwhatilove914 I am honestly not sure I would be able to preform if I knew grandma was staring at my ass cheeks. Hahaha
@particular101
10 ай бұрын
We do, actually. But you forgot the handfasting ceremony. Somewhere around june next year we will get married in medieval Norse style, in our own backyard.
@LisaRichards_123
Жыл бұрын
I love the writing of the videos. The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands. To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming.
@MrsShocoTaco
Жыл бұрын
This is nearly verbatim an article on ranker
@btetschner
10 ай бұрын
2:41 Awesome "Immigrant Song" reference!
@dat_boii
Жыл бұрын
Horn helmet? Man, I thought everyone had already learned that vikings didn't have horns on their helmets, and I mean it's fine if some people haven't got the memo yet but I don't think those particular people have an excuse when they've put themselves in the position of educating people.
@oatisjr.8137
Жыл бұрын
Neat
@raymondevans205
Жыл бұрын
Would love one on life on a WW-II Submarine.
@aura1298
Жыл бұрын
Nice use of lyrics, there.😉
@noahgonzalez5589
Жыл бұрын
5:58 does anyone know the title of this song?
@Pirateman1984
Жыл бұрын
@11:03 Swastika
@aeaopermvd4149
Жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin reference there.
@user-lw9rq7wx6c
Күн бұрын
Personally I don't think passed history is so weird. I think the more we have gone on the weirder we get.
@Dream-bebe
Жыл бұрын
Viking weddings were serious😊!
@kirbymarchbarcena
Жыл бұрын
Fun times, I guess.
@pamelamays4186
Жыл бұрын
If I get married again, me and my groom are going to crack open a couple of cold ones after we say "I do". With this Bud, I thee wed. 🍺
@briansullivan5908
Жыл бұрын
i would definitely do a Viking wedding, sans sacrifice and consummation witnesses.
@abysscallstoabyss55
Жыл бұрын
Thank god it’s this narrator because I probably wouldn’t have watched it. Sorry, I need consistency. 🍻
@haritham1060
Жыл бұрын
the sword thing was there in Bundelkhand India in olden times
@HabrenOdinsdottir
Жыл бұрын
I don't like people referencing my religion as "myth." Or legend. My Gods are real.
@wesgunton238
Жыл бұрын
Hello, performance anxiety. I couldn't imagine an audience watching me. Although there those exhibitionist who enjoy an audience.
@lianefehrle9921
Жыл бұрын
No way would I do that
@kristinreid5033
Жыл бұрын
Nice Led Zeppelin ref 😉
@JDWanko
Жыл бұрын
How about Viking weapons?
@kentjensen4939
Жыл бұрын
It's fun to imagine taking a trip back in time and bring a Viking woman back as a wife.
@chadmensa
Жыл бұрын
She'd kick your ass and smell worse than a barn animal. Besides, none of us would be manly enough for a Norse woman... unless you're a psychopath. Our values are too different, but I admit that the fantasy is fun.
@jamiehernandez57
Жыл бұрын
Was it true that new brides were gifted cats as a wedding present?
@pawwalker3492
Жыл бұрын
I heard that too. Cats were associated with the goddess of love, Freyja, who rode a cart drawn by a team of cats. It's believed that kittens were a common wedding gift for the bride in order for her to be able to set up her new household. Vikings loved cats. They brought their large, longhaired cats on their sea journey to North America. This is why our Maine Coon Cats - Vikings had settlements in that area - look so much like their Forest Cats.
@RiverSprite30
Жыл бұрын
If a woman married a man, but had a son from a previous marriage, the son would be forced to witness the consumation of the marriage. I wonder if the step fathers got off on it.
@courtneycollis6911
Жыл бұрын
Are you fucking serious? Did they really?
@ella17734
Жыл бұрын
I love how the visual for a bride taking a cleansing bath is a woman with a glass of wine in a luxurious bath and the visual of the groom bathing is a guy who is taking a shower, without a shower head even,😂 in a stall that kind of looks like a gym shower. Not sure why, but that cracked me up.
@krisgill3877
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
@alexrusso6503
Жыл бұрын
Honestly their weddings sound very similar to ours legal stuff bachlor and bachelorette parties the ceremony then reception/dinner and then sex and the honeymoon just with a lot more grave robbing swords and invoking the gods blessings repeatedly like animal scrafices hammers on the bride and such.
@citizenVader
14 күн бұрын
Wooden duckies definitely
@EarnestBunbury
Жыл бұрын
I’ve learned previo, that Friday is named after the Norse god freir, not frigg 🤔
@mattyt1961
Жыл бұрын
Freya is also called Frigg and the day is named after her. Freyr (freir as you spell it) is the brother of Freya (Freyja). The pronunciation of Freyr & Freya can be very similar and if you don't catch the A on Freya then it can be very easy to confuse the two when spoken, at least it was for me. even written they can be easily confused with the highly anglicised versions (Freyr & Freya) being so similar.
@EarnestBunbury
Жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed. But I was explicitly referring to Freir. He was one of the highest Wanen, the fruitily gods, that got worshiped prior the crimson Asen (Odin, Thor…). It is a beautiful example of cultural change. After the Norse culture started raiding, they required gods that care about fighting and a glorious afterlife for the warriors. The previous farmers cared more about fruitily and short winters. You’ve mentioned Freya, Freir’s sister. Her marriage to Odin symbolizes the merger of two cultures
@Dream-bebe
Жыл бұрын
😊
@pjengland286
Жыл бұрын
“Control sexuality” more like, have boundaries that are healthy, like sex is for exclusive couples.
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