Short version: they looked a lot more like HEYAYA than yes-chad . Most accounts of Vikings that are contemporary of the centuries where shield-Danes and spear-Danes went "a-Viking" describe distinctly hygenic people that bathed and took care of their hair (and wore it long).

EDIT: I thought I could have a little fun with a very loosely associated Beowulf reference to Danes (and even more loose associations with Geats therein too) but I got the reddit-logo berdly-actually experience for doing so. ok

They didn't have Hitler Youth fades with lazy and sloppy beard fusions. Period. Full stop. Stop doing that. Looking right the fuck at you too, P R E S T I G E T V. disgost

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    1 year ago

    The Northman, for some of its other weird choices, does actually feature rich viking guys dressing like rich guys would, in nice fabrics and such.

    Also the Danish comic book series "Valhall" features all the gods dressed up as basically normal lords and rich people for the most part, a lot of the tone of the mythology is adapted into more of a comedic childrens book vibe but its still my all time favorite representation of all those tales.