The Acceptance Of The Vikings In Today's Society

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The Vikings were conquerors. They were thought to be savage and unfeeling, but they had close families and communities and afforded their women the most basic rights that were often denied to women in other civilizations. Vikings have been a popular subject for hundreds of years. People are intrigued with the idea of a horned helmet wearing, savage, sea traveling race that did nothing but eat turkey legs, pillage, and drink mead. It has been thought for a long time that the women of the race had no rights and were almost slaves to the men. These are just some of the myths that have been proven untrue in the past years.
In today’s society Vikings have become a fixture for fascination, from children to adults. The History channel has the Vikings, a show that depicts the life of Ragnar, a fixture from Viking lore. Children have loved the How to Train Your Dragon series. …show more content…
When excavating Viking burial grounds, people have found razors, combs, tweezers, and even a spoon that is used to clean out their ears. When the Vikings settled in England, they were called clean freaks. Anglo Saxons only took a bath once or twice a year. The Vikings would bath every Saturday, with the meaning of the Scandinavian word Saturday meaning Washing Day. It is thought that their constant bathing rituals were used to make them more attractive to the women of the country they were invading. They used bathing for personal reasons and as a way to undermine their enemies. The Vikings also made a soap that was very strong. They used it to clean but they also used to it bleach their hair. Blonde hair was one of the most attractive things in a Viking. Vikings were not only very clean people, which were considered weird in their time, but they also used their cleanliness to make effect on the people that they were invading or settling
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