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Our YouTube Viking journey

We always aim to create videos shorter than 10 minutes on our YouTube channel, Yourway2Norway, as we heard you should do so.  

When we visited the Viking Ship Museum the duration exploded.

Could a lengthy video survive YouTube? 

This is the story about how we were forced to give it a try. 

For a long time ... 

we had wanted to create a video about Vikings. As we have had some prior success with lists, we went for the idea «10 Viking Myths Busted».

After the research tour to The Viking Museum of Oslo, we soon realized this film was going to be one of our longer ones.

- Even more than 8 min, maybe 9. Max 10!

Here you see the host, still optimistic, running his intro. In the background, the fantastic Oseberg Ship.

The take on 

the narrative, was to interview visitors about the biggest myths.
The most obvious number 10 of 10 was «Vikings had helmets with horns».
The host asked; «If I was a Viking, how would I dress? What is missing? ».
Everyone said, «You need a helmet with horns, BIIG horns»

The Twist

was our appointment with one of Norway’s greatest experts on Vikings, an archaeologist from the National Norwegian Cultural Museum. She waited inside, eager and bloodthirsty to bust myths. Thankyou, Ellen, that you blew up our duration limit. 

Needless to say,

Ellen killed the long living myths about horns instantly. 

At our first segment, we realized that with this storyteller, our allotted YouTube time would be in danger of burst. 

Ellen is incredibly visual and skilled. 

Just listening to her dispelling a myth about helmets, could fill an entire movie.

Did you know

that there have only been found one Viking helmet in the whole world? One!

In the video Ellen explains why.  The whole segment took time, but how can one turn down interesting and new facts, when told that interesting?

We hoped the next 9 myths would take less time to kill ...

If the stone touches the wall, Ragnarok will break loose

The big stone leaning against the wall of this church comes with a frightening spell. 

King Hakon Håkonsson gave permission to build Avaldsnes church, which was completed in 1320. It was then the fourth largest in Norway and was dedicated to St. Olav and received the title of Royal Chapel of Hakon Magnusson. Avaldsnes was a center of power in the historical period and the Viking Age. 

The big bauta was one of many raised nearby. This one, called "Mary’s sewing needle" is placed very close to the church, leaning towards it. If it touches the wall, we will all die, according to the old sagas. 

The stone stands just outside the north wall of the nave. It is currently 7.2 meters high. But much of the top is removed over time.

The legend says that doomsday comes when this memorial stone touches the church wall. During centuries, the the priests at Avaldsnes, could go out in the cover of darkness and carve pieces of the top. Thus they saved the world from destruction.

One can imagine the scene with the priests, in their robes, sneaking around the corner after closing hours, climb up the stone and then cut off pieces. Anything to save the world from going under.

The stone have yet to touch the church wall. Perhaps priests today still sneak out in the night to ensure the Earth's survival?

The tale of judgement day may have roots back to the ancient Christian period before churches were built, as it was customary to devote such pagan cult places to the archangel Michael. And Michael is the archangel who will blow the souls out for doomsday and weigh who will go to heaven and who are perishing. Also Hakon Håkonsson had respect for this stone: The church wall was in fact inclined to prevent contact with the monument.

Let’s hope that the priest working in the church today will continue their predecessors and go out in the night and savie the world.