Vikings Are Not As Giant As We Assumed
Many people thought that Vikings had a large and robust build that could kill and destroy everything on its path. They could carry a giant ax, and with one swing, it could kill enemies. It was an exaggerated story that other people thought it was true. If we believed that Vikings look like Rollo from the History Channel show Vikings Or Chris Hemsworth in Thor, it was a piece of false information. The truth was Vikings were shorter than we thought, their average height was 5 feet and 7 inches while they were slimmer than the actors on the movie. There was an explanation of why they had a shorter size and lesser weight than we knew. It was because of the summer season in their era. In their year, they lack good weather that affected their resources. That was the reason why Vikings were raiding different villages to get some food, clothes, and other more resources to use in their daily life. On the images that we saw, they exaggerated the painting were Vikings were wearing a horned helmet, large and bulky build, and a barbarian, to make them look terrifying as they were scaring other people.
Vikings Are Not As Giant As We Assumed
The Viking Afterlife
On this day, some religions believed in different forms of heaven and hell. However, Vikings had a different perception whey they go to the afterlife. The Vikings were thinking that what they were doing while they would dictate what would happen in their afterlife. The Vikings did not believe that there was heaven and hell. Only they think on the Valhalla. It was the best place that they were hoping to go into that place when their life would end. Valhalla was the place for the warriors that faced different battles and died on the battlefield. While the Helgafiell was another place that the Vikings wanted to be. It was the place where an honorable people died while living with a satisfying life. However, Helheim was the place for a dishonorable people who died in vain. It includes that they would die contented when they grow old.
The Viking Afterlife
