If you know Ash, you know she likes to keep it weird. After watching Norsemen on Netflix (10 out of 10 highly fucking recommend- if you enjoy dry humor) she became slightly obsessed with Viking culture and felt the need to share their wild history with you. Blood eagles, senicide, "berserk" warriors, blood sacrifices and so much more! They were also very advanced, and women had quite a few rights which was super cool for back then, and even today.
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-Sources:
- https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vikings-history
- https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/vikings-history-facts/
- https://www.history.co.uk/articles/harald-hardrada-the-last-viking
- https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-vikings-honor-their-dead#:~:text=Alamy%20Stock%20Photo)-,Most%20Vikings%20were%20sent%20to%20the%20afterlife%20in%20one%20of,the%20deceased%20to%20their%20afterlife
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/blood-eagle
- https://abbeymedievalfestival.com/2018/07/holmgang/
- https://historycollection.com/16-facts-about-the-brutality-of-viking-life/16/
- https://viking-wiki.com/blogs/viking-history/ubbe-ragnarsson
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A4ttestupa
- https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/valhalla/
- https://www.history.com/news/viking-slavery-raids-evidence
- https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-viking-rituals/lyra-radford