I am half way through season 4 and have found out lots of things I never knew about the Vikings and England at that time

Nearly all women were Shield Maidens
Viking men regularly shared their wives and girlfriends with other men
Lots of the women were bisexual. Astrid, Lagertha, Tovi to name but a few.
You could sleep with lots of different people in the same village but no one ever finds out.
Vikings used chariots (Ivar)
You could murder someone's relative and be friends with them at the same time
You could betray your countrymen repeatedly and they would always forgive you (Rollo)
There were lots of snakes in Britain at the time both constrictors such as pythons and poisonous ones as well.

Yep, mostly that sounds like Norfolk - with the possible exception of the snakes, they're probably just a bit of licence.

I'll just assume the shield maidens are Essex ex pats, otherwise they seem to have nailed it for once!

I'm waiting for a certain member of the forum to make a comment about poisonous snakes. 

Cheers - Phil.

Also noted:

Under no circumstances would a Viking wear or possess a helmet.

The Saxons at this time differentiated themselves by wearing different helmet styles, wearing different armour styles, carrying different styles of shields, thus each kingdom presented a uniform appearance.

The kingdom of Wessex invented the C16th burgonet in the mid-C9th.

Ah well, we can but hope.

Quote from: Techno on 19 March 2017, 09:15:33 AM
I'm waiting for a certain member of the forum to make a comment about poisonous snakes. 

Cheers - Phil.

Asp and you will receive!

I'm still waiting.....Perhaps I've put him off. 

Cheers - Phil

Perhaps he's changing his vindscreen vipers?

They didn't do their research. Here are some proper Vikings showing how Viking really act and dress.

100% Authentic.

I have one to add .. er
.................... here's one of Phil in his Viking suit.

That's what you call sculpting!

 

Cheers - Someone with a lot more hair (on top), no beard or moustache.......and about half that chap's weight......(Unless he's only 2 feet tall). 

Quote from: fsn on 19 March 2017, 01:21:25 PM
They didn't do their research. Here are some proper Vikings showing how Viking really act and dress.

100% Authentic.

And here was me thinking the only song viking's sang was "My Mother Told Me"

This poisonous snake thing sounds like a load of old cobras to me.

I love both  Vikings and Techno-Vikings. Affect over reality man, affect over reality! :p

Talk about bl**dy spoilers! I'm only on the fourth episode of Series 1 -now that it's on Freeview- so now all my fun has been spoilt by you lot! You could have put a warning label up first.

Yours

MickS (A disappointed Vikings watcher).