tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post8397244222906107183..comments2024-01-25T12:11:48.167+00:00Comments on The Triskele and the Dragon: Understanding the Viking ConsciousnessThomas Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666150454652215104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-40254452211933356382016-04-10T05:15:30.969+01:002016-04-10T05:15:30.969+01:00AuthenicityDiverse,,I don't know man, I read t...AuthenicityDiverse,,I don't know man, I read through it and it didn't seem so far off.<br />I think his viewpoint is different than yours, and obviously your sources of history and those perspectives are different as well. Neither one of you were there or your great great grandfathers either so some interpretation is expected and some general education on the principals of human migration can be applied, somewhat. Given that the Vikings weren't real super big on documentation, all stories should be taken with some grain of salt to a degree which does leave some grey areas. Not everything pieces together a perfect picture in any regard so all best guesses, and hopefully educated guesses, are appreciated as not all is written in runestone. Catch my drift? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375341494139509936.post-74625388211120601792015-12-04T20:04:11.954+00:002015-12-04T20:04:11.954+00:00What a load of bull.
"...looked at the mig...What a load of bull. <br /> "...looked at the mighty forests around them and came to a monumental decision. Within and among the pagan gods of the great forests of Scandinavian, residing deep with within the lower poles of their cognition, they beheld their own salvation from the Christians; they would begin to built ships. Long ships."<br /> "The Vikings, a people who had up until late AD 700s, a very limited sea-faring technology and culture"<br />What about the tons of evidence for a continuation of Nordic boat building technology that dates from the Bronze Age right up to the Viking Age?<br /><br />"These monastic institutions were vital strategic intelligence gathering, propaganda disseminating and military supply bases for Christian knights."<br />Interesting to hear your sources on this. The rise of Monasticism in Ireland is due to the unique, fragmentary political nature of the island which meant the usual urban organisation of the Christian Church could not easily be implemented. I have never heard of them being referred to as "supply bases" though local lords and Kings would use them for housing treasure. Many of the monasteries in England would have been the same. Part of the reason that they were good targets is that they were soft targets. Lots of loot for little risk. <br /><br />"A well-documented and reliable history of locals siding with the invading Vikings is that of the Norwegian Vikings who were welcomed into Dublin and remained in the city for three hundred years. This arrangement was due initially to local Irish Gaelic chieftains having an ambition to team up with the Vikings in order to attack the same monastic institutions which both sides considered as oppressive foreign military bases."<br />Yet again I would love to hear your sources on this. The Vikings were very good at insinuating themselves into the buffer zones between kingdoms in Ireland. Both sides would think that they have an advantage if the other kingdom attacked as they could hire the Vikings as mercenaries. Using them to attack monasteries for loot maybe. Using them to attack a monastery to weaken a political rival that had familial ties to the monastery probably. To take out an "oppressive foreign military base?" I don't think so. <br /><br />So please stop making up some silly stories for some pro neopagan bull. I'm not saying that Christianity is great. I'm just questioning your interpretation of what happened as you have made some glaringly obvious false statements. AuthenticityQuestionednoreply@blogger.com