The Cruellest Female Viking | Freydís Eiríksdóttir | Vikings Valhalla
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In this video I will be taking you to the latter half of the 10th century and beginning of the 11th century. We will be exploring a new land known as Vinland, but today we know this as North America. This was a time full of bloodshed and death, but also opportunity as the world was full of mystery with the maps of men were filled with an endless ocean and no one knew what lied beyond. Freydis Eiriksoddir was the sister of Leif Erikson the famous Norse explorer, but her character was far from normal from your typical Icelandic woman. This is her story.
Sources: The Saga of the Greenlanders - The Saga of Erik the Red
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I'm pretty sure I dated one of her descendants.
looooool! Thank you so much for watching Jared! I hope you enjoyed the video!
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I think we all have. 😂😂
Lol 👌
Me too. She had silver blonde hair and green eyes. Mean as a snake
Viking culture and history is always so fascinating to me.
Have you been to Jorvik in York ?
@@Michelle-qd9gm virgin Jorvik vs Chad Eoforwic
You should check out a channel named Norse Magic and beliefs.
I love fiesty women!
Growing up in Quebec we all knew that the Vikings were there before the French and the English. I have been enlightened about Freydis. Never knew about her. Thanks Ollie for your research and excellent narration. 🗺🧭🗺🧭🗺
Thank you so much for watching Ayape!
Ayape dear hope your ok😘and all thought Columbus discovered America and he came from Italy,but of course now we know Vikings were the first😁
true. but do you know that a high percentage of us English have Viking blood ? I come from the Southeast of England in what was part of the Dane-law, a area that was rules by the Vikings for several 100 years. They did not bring many woman with them so took local wives. As such many of us have as much viking blood as English :)
Same way with Maine
Newfoundland isn't Québec, L'Anse aux Meadows is in Terre Neuve not Québec.
It's going to be interesting when Vikings Valhalla gets to this story. The girl who is playing Freiydas is doing a very good job. Same with the guys who are playing Leif Ericson and Harold Sigurson. Can't wait for them to start becoming brutal!
I hope that they continue the series until they sail to Vinland. They could do a complete series on just that
I'm my Mothers in this case my Fathers savege daughter the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones,i'm my Mothers savage daughter i won't cut my hair i won't lower my voice😁great song
Its Irish.
@@Boudicaisback I know 😁👍
I'm so grateful for all your videos! And i love Vikings histories so much! Thank you Ollie!♡
Thank you so much for watching Elke! Your comment means a lot to me!!
@@historyprofiles You're welcome! And your videos means a lot to me! Thank you
She was evil, conniving, scheming, and extremely cunning, not deranged. It was said that with a man, you can always expect that he will strike back and get even when someone picks a fight, but when it came to women, one must always be careful since you can never read their minds, or predict how far they would go to get revenge, and what they wanted.
Hardly. There is nothing cunning about it...in fact it's a frequent occurrence that a woman lies to men about what other men have done so they beat them/kill them for the womans own benefit. Happens in court regularly these days for example I wouldn't call it ruthless either, just cold and sociopathic. In other words, mad / deranged. This video is excessively generous to her with that generosity unfounded in fact..so far as the sagas can be considered fact. You can predict it too by the way...you just can't if you presume them to act as men. Poison is a womans weapon as they say...and often that poison is of the mind. Conniving perhaps but cunning absolutely not. Deranged absolutely. She was a sociopath which IS deranged. Evil perhaps but imo more akin to deranged than evil.
@@chrisallum9044 It could go either way. She could have been cunning, or deranged, or both. But I respect your opinion, and your views, don't worry. Regarding women lying through their teeth, I'm unfortunately acquainted with more than one of those kind who are good at making themselves look like the victims, even if I'm also a female.
You've met my wife then!!🤣
@@roywalker2649 My older sister happens to be like that; she and your wife would definitely get along.
@@CuteDwarf11 My God,that's a scary thought! 😨
Excellent post, thank you for sharing.
cool vid Ollie loved it anything viking is awesome looking forward to the next one mate
Thank you so much Jamie! Your comment means a lot to me!
I wish someone would do a show on Haki and Hekja...Leif Erikson's two Scottish slaves/ scouts.
Outstanding video I am so glad I came across your KZhead page
Great Video again. I knew nothing about Freydís Eiríksdóttir
That is why women's stories need to be told. This is a well done video although the conclusion is not what I had hoped.
Sagas are real gold..big collection of the historic facts packed in amazing stories and legends
Sagas are real gold..big collection of strikethrough* the historic facts packed in *strikethrough amazing stories and legends.
mmm facts?🤣😭
Norse fairytales
Another great video
I learned and enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Enjoyed the video very much, thanks.
Happy birthday Oli from History Profiles..many happy returns of the day !
Thanks Olli realy enjoy listening to your storys
I feel we going down that very path with the TV show Freydis, there is just something off about her, one moment she is this loving person then the next she is cold and distant, especially towards Harald.
You can also see that she is a lair and schemer. She claims to have been raped by a specific person but then we see her to hook up with the first male she meets and when she's supposed to take her revenge she kills some random guy
Is she the main character. Your talking about Viking Valhalla’s correct?
Sounds just like a typical woman
She was not cold, she was just going her own way which doesn't mean you cannot do it while you still love the person. It was an example of a great sense of freedom
Never heard any of this history except *Leif Erikson* so this was interesting ... THX
I totallly agree with you on her character. I sure glad I wasn't around when she was.
There is no shortage of these women today. Just have a look through some family courts.
@@chrisallum9044 you got that right.
@@chrisallum9044 Who grab a sword while surrounded by barbarians and want them to fight, nah.
This video was so cool. I'm that much more excited to watch Vikings Valhalla now. I feel like Freidis is the new Ivar. We'll see
I'm watching it for entertainment but I am tired of the PC brigade trying to "rewrite" history. Heaven knows only way ppl learn about this stuff now is via TV shows and they are only somewhat accurate on certain points.
I watched it! It was sooooo gooood!!!
Never heard of her🤔 thank you so much dear Ollie,😊 you are great💕💞 i learned so much from you 😘❤🖤‼
Ty for sharing .
Thank you so much for watching Mary!!
Thanks Ollie ~ love the Viking videos ✅😊❤️
Thank you so much Donna! Your comment means a lot to me!
History is often written by the victors. In some instances, it is written hundreds of years after the fact by people who would have taken great issue with the actions of any strong willed woman. Given her lineage I expect she was ambitious and cunning, but certainly not one dimensional. As a woman, she would have been a convenient scapegoat at a time when heathen practices were fading as Christianity took over and women's places in the social order changed with it.
Lets just pick and choose the parts we like and discard the ones we dont as false
@@bigpapa2195 I question any history written centuries after the fact, including the Bible.
You are quite right! Freydis undoubtedly WAS, (by today's standards, if nothing else) both ruthless and cunning. Considering just easily people died in those days (women especially) she HAD to be. One did not survive, let alone thrive, unless said person was the meanest, most brutal of the bunch! People like Eric and Leif could afford to be ~somewhat~ magnanimous; Both were MORE than capable of slaughtering anyone that crossed them. Freydis, as a women in a time Christianity was fast rising, had to be even more so. As you say, she made for a convenient scapegoat. And I daresay she adapted quite well! (No doubt she'd have given Lagertha a run for her money...)
You defending her just because she is a woman like yourself shows you r jus a base level chimp trying to uphold things that you relate with. A fool
Smart women!
You say mad I'll say strong! We pluck at the Saga and Old tales without knowing them fully there's sadness in that I feel!
Great story Ollie 😁👍
Thank you for watching Marina!!!
This actually strikes me as probably roughly what happened, since, if someone in those days wanted to smear a woman, they would probably accuse her of promiscuity.
Being a Celtic Viking descendant so proud of Eric daughter
Thank you so much for this amazing video and for the research behind! It made me think about a book I read not that long ago, from a French writer. This is an uchrony in which Freydis would have finally left Vinland with her men after her battle with the Canadian tribes, and arrived in the Caribbean. After a long journey through the islands and the north of South America, spreading diseases among the inhabitants, getting bounced from place to place after a short period of time, they would finally have stopped in Cuba. The locals would gradually become immune to European diseases and Freydis would marry the local king. This would change human history for good, because in the book, when the Spanish came centuries later to colonise the continent, the people were prepared and not decimated by unknown diseases. I really wonder how she died in real life!!!
Bonjour Marine, est-ce que tu pourrais me dire le nom de ce livre s'il te plait? Je ne savais pas qu'il y avait d'autres livres référant à Freydis!
@@gspm23 oui le titre c’est « civilisations » de Laurent binet
@@marineb8629 Grand merci :)
There is an old Norse proverb which describes Freydis : Beware the counsel of women, for it is cold.
It's interesting that throughout history Women and Men of questionable character ethics and morals can and do obtain power and leadership and are remembered throughout history while the men and women of greater deeds and contributions to history are forgotten.
Great video!! Remember my Germanic Celtic and Pagan brothers and sisters " what we do in live echoes in eternity ".. Words of Maximus Decimus Meridius.
Too bad Netflix fucked up the show. Could have made so much with that story but they prefer to change facts so the show is more "diverse".
Part of the whole, let's change history brigade!
One is living in a fool's paradise if one expects quality from Netflix and their woke ilk.
@@mr.x6313What is Woke?
The painting of the Oxbow captures the Connecticut River between Hadley and Northampton, MA. How the story of Freydis Ericsdottir could bring this illustration in is beyond me. Like so many other "B-roll" films used in television and movies, the use of this Hudson School painting doesn't help the video. I'm pretty familiar with the area where the Oxbow is. I was born in Northampton and my family lived just in Hadley just a few miles north of the Oxbow.
Didn't know Her Story. Thanks dear Ollie 💚💙💛🧡💜⚔🛡⚔💜🧡💛💙💚
Here we meet again sweet Nancy! I'm later one hour to listen to Ollie's video, just got back from Dr's. Sorry couldn't reply to you before, I was busy to get there.. will check later, I feel so tired! Much love Sis🌻👭🌻
Hi Nancy me too,never heard of her🤷♀️😁.But nie thanks Ollie we learned something 😘❤
Thank you so much for watching Nancy! I hope you enjoyed the video! Your comment really means a lot to me!
@@ELKE- 👑hi princess 👑 I just woke up. It caught up finally. And, I'm still tired. Talk to you later
@@marinakaiser7639 Hi Marina😄✌🏼 We learned + Enjoyed. Wish they did this in school. 💙💚💛🧡💜💙💚💛🧡💜
It's not that she frightened the native Americans it's that there were a lot more matriarchal tribes back then a woman fighting like that got a lot of respect most of the matriarchal tribes had women warriors
You’re 💯 right; in fact I’ll go one better; the American tribes were mostly Matriarchal and had women warriors-especially the successful ones. Think about it logically, what tribe wouldn’t send their weakest members who didn’t have the benefit of birth control, or tampons, to fight for the lives of their men. You go guurl.
And also when she exposed her breasts, the men stopped to stare (as men do even now) and started to argue if the were lopsided or better than their wives !!
A MAN who is at a disadvantage but still fights: what courage, he is so BRAVE. A man who is behind a massacre : he is RUTHLESS A WOMAN at a disadvantage (ie pregnant) but manages to scare away the enemies: she must be CRAZY A woman behind a massacre: Ok, she is just CRAZY
So basically you posted this to push more social justice bs and act like everyone thinks badly of women huh? gfys.
She was awesome! So true, what you said.
@@jannyhawkins7135They felt sorry for her being a woman. Apaches do that - they treat their women with reverence
@@garethwilliams4467 the Apaches were never anywhere near the Vikings. LOL
@@garethwilliams4467 There was only one or two tribe inhabiting the areas around the vikings Vinland. Please look up their territories during that time.
Like a lot of people in the sagas, I’m often baffled when they do something we would consider underhanded or insane. Taking that into account, she was pretty cool but she’s no Lagertha.
Thank you😊
Thank you so much for watching Carmen! I hope you enjoyed the video!!
@@historyprofiles i sure do its always very interesting to me anyways😊🙋♀️
Good morning Ollie it is only 30 degrees and snowing outside here
Hello Robert! Thank you so much for watching!! It really means a lot !!
The man of old would make her sound as ruthless as they are. I believe there’s many more stories of her braveness and compassion just like her father. The first story I believe is false. Nobody would have told the story because they would be dead , elaborated story.
Im happy to see that our history has become known allover the world, allthough the "Vikings" in the modern movies is far from the original Vikings,names,storys, many names and persons in the Viking series didn´t exist at the same era of time at all. Alot of the Swedish Vikinghistory got lost during the fire of the castle "Tre kronor" built 1200 century but burned down to the ground in the 1500 century. Maybe the most famous ( what we know without the lost documents) was king Rurik who united the tribes and ppl in todays Ukraine. The Varjag ( Väröingar) from the island of Värö in the archepelago of Stockholm was famous and also wanted due to their skills in battle. Many of them travelled to the far east to become bodyguards of some sultan. Harald Hårdråde ( Hes name ws NOT Hardrada) became a leader of the Varjags later on. Btw...Hårdråde means "Harshruler" ish. And....it´s NOT Valhalla, it´s Valhöll or Valhall in old Norse which use to be the language spoken allover Scandinavia by that time.
Thank you so very much for this. I'm very curious about their true characters. Not Netflix version. So thank you.
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Netflix uses the right names, but their story usually isn't even close to what really happened. I also wish they would try to the correct story as much as possible
She was not deranged at all. Had she been, she wouldn’t have been able to concoct the plan to have her brothers murdered in such a way that avoided her any actual punishment. She wasn’t mad in the slightest, but just cunning and ruthless. Sorry, had to repost the comment to get rid of some ignoble replies.
Times were hard back in them.days but i enoyed listening to this very intresting
Enjoyed
As always with historical documents we must remember the biases of the author. Here the author of the two sagas are Christian monks. They are not known of their support of the individuality of women. Especially not ones that stepped outside of what the so called christian values proscribe. As such I raise huge doubts onto many of these so called evil deeds described. But who knows. She may really have been an evil conniving woman.
Very good point
I haven't watched the video yet but I imagine some men have done worse and are called heros in history🤷♀️
@@Sacredearthling Most certainly. Many of the various conquerors for one. Or the various knights in middle age Europe. Say Richard the Lionheart, at Acre with his massacre.
Agreed.
As it’s said, history is written by the winners or the scorned.
I want to know more about the Indians rock throwing device, any more references to it anywhere?
Greetings Ollie. It’s that time again. HP.
Thank you so much for watching Ayape!!
This story is based on ONE maybe TWO accounts written hundreds of years after the events, likely by biased Christian men. So, take it with a grain of salt. Freydis was raised with 3 brothers in a rough Viking house. Her father murdered neighbors and she did what she had to in a cruel, harsh environment to thrive. If she was a man, these polemics would not even be used.
Odd how she gets the same 'review' as Queen Bodicca in history even by her own ppl. None of us were there to prove or disprove any of the facts,
Boudicca doesn't get any -ve discourse at all. AFAIK, Romans simply mention her as a tribal leader who they crushed.
Thank you! She looks VERY spooky!
She was very cruel indeed! Thank you for watching Dee!
Thank you dear Ollie. I love the viking stories. I think she was mad. 🍎💃🤗❤️
I don't think the male heroes in the sagas were less "evil". Anyway we should always remember the source and the christians saw the norse as barbarians and it's easy to presume they were even more biased towards their women since they were different from christian women.
Drawn of History brought me here.
Wonder what that ballista-like weapon was?
The video is messed up for me. I have this problem with many FB video as well. Other YT videos seem to be working fine. I really want to see your videos
Are you watching thru the app or web browser?
@@earthmama9597 web browser - chrome. I can watch some videos from this channel but not any of the lastest ones
It's interesting to know one.
wow that is an easy translation of her name as Freydis, daughter of Erik.
That sounded like Sikelgaita, the Lombard princess, and wife of Robert Guiscard.
One tough woman i like that . Being a dane i like this . I think i Will pick Up the sagas myself
Lol I love how they call her crazy when she literally just acted like a man??
Iv just started watching vikings valhalla I know in TV shows they have to make changes but in history men can ruffles but are heroes but woman do not get that in very early stages of history so we do have take grain of salt with this
....and therefore the daughter of Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red).
Who told you that Freydis was a "viking"? It is somehow funny. Neither she, nor her associates were vikings. Vikings is a kind of pirate, it not a nationality. Not all Norsemen were vikings.
So let me get this straight. She committed suicide while she was pregnant? I didn't understand that part. Can someone explain this confusion to me, please?
Not surprised I never learned about this in school.🤬
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Loved this. Well done Female Berserker? Crazy? Scary...
I'm thinking madness. Many facts
Why freydis whyyyy 😢
The problem with these stories is that you have to take them with a grain of salt we don't have very good sources for these.
Try reading about Guđriđur Þorbjarnarđottir instead. She and her husband were there, but sailed further south, to America. Setteling next to the natives. Exchanging goods and learning. Having a son. (The first European born in today's US). Trouble only arose when she served the lactose intolerant native people cow's milk. (The Norse settlers did bring livestock in their ships). People got sick, and thought Guđriđur tried to poison them... The Norse had to leave, and sailed back to Greenland and Iceland. Guđriđur's nickname is "The far travelled". She even went to Rome. To see the Pope. Love from Norway 🇳🇴
Goals
Showing a picture of her in armor and axe is a bit misleading. She wore nothing such but conned others to do her bidding.
Pretty j ish to have the either/or of “evil or brave”
isn't she A delightful woman
Save her from Netflix Adaptation
She was so Savage Warrior
Netflix lied to me
Just curious, do we know if she had red-hair? Asking for a friend. Lol
I wouldn’t expect her to, most of the eirikchildren had blonde or brown hair
@@Tostito422 How do you know ? These people lived a thousand years ago...
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 that’s how the eddas described them from what I remember
I'm Icelandic and I'm related to her and of course Leifur Eiríksson.
Mybe the Chichimeca didn't kill woman, as well was some Viks dishonorable moves 🤪😜
She wasn't evil NOR brave, she was ruthless. The end! A warrior.
Very well said:)
You have to be brave to be ruthless and a warrior.
Sounds nuts
Love her
Cruel is cruel no matter the gender. Freyda was evil, Leif was good.
Like Olaf Vikings Valhalla is making drastic changes to her story. Lol
Yeah the only character whos story is somewhat accurate but not really is Horald
So Vikings Valhalla is an alternate universe and not even close to true earth 616 history?
Damn she was good!!! I want to be such a warrior!!!
You mean a liar and murderer?
My problem with the way they wrote her character in the show was she was dangerously close to being a "Mary Sue". Made the character kind of boring and unrealistic.
shed going to become more crazy and power hungry as time goes on. Honestly, I think you could see that in that Upsala thing where she thinks she's destined. Wonder how it will play out with Harald
Easy answer: she is gonna use him to gain even more power and his gonna screw up in the the battle of stomford, leading to the end of Viking Era!
her decedents were not cursed. atleast i dont believe im cursed.
1:41 bald? damn
ofc men would call her demented.. lol. #malefragility
#femalefragility
Excuse mwe but North America was discovered by an Irish monk who sailed there alone in a tiny wooden tub and I will fight the face of any man who says otherwise
skraelings
Somebody crossed your channel, was excited by the title and then your microphone sucks sorry I can't watch this video hope you get a better mic someday I'll come back
Please, use pictures that actualy looks like the vikings. No horned helmets, no 1800 pictures. Please.
And I her cousin
evil or brave ? BOTH
but no one knows how many children she had and if they lived, who are they and how she died. you just wet our throats