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

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I've always loved this story. I like how metaphysical these stories get, like Loki and Thor are fighting personifications of abstract concepts.

    I've also thought it's interesting how many stories there are of the Norse gods losing in battles, or getting tricked by something. Like when Thor meets the ferryman Hárbarðr, Thor doesn't defeat him, he sulks away in shame after getting insulted repeatedly.

    • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      "My name is Hárbarðr! I seldom lie about that."

      -Odin, lying about his name, like always.

      I love these stories lmao