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When someone says the word viking today, there is probably a specific image that comes to mind: a burly warrior clad in a metal helmet with horns on each side who won't stop until he has laid waste to an unsuspecting village. In today's episode, we attempt to parse out a realistic picture of the Scandinavian farmer standing behind the mythic Viking warrior.
By The History BitWhen someone says the word viking today, there is probably a specific image that comes to mind: a burly warrior clad in a metal helmet with horns on each side who won't stop until he has laid waste to an unsuspecting village. In today's episode, we attempt to parse out a realistic picture of the Scandinavian farmer standing behind the mythic Viking warrior.