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The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 9, 1924

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whoever wrote this paper has the funniest phrasing possible

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happy turtle bit off a cop’s toe in the hudson river day for those who celebrate

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100 years!

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1991, Jenny Holzer

Hopefully I'm up to par to post here lol

#viking #submission

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Designing Robin Hood - When it comes to the most iconic archer of all time, Robin Earl of Loxley, Robin of Sherwood, Robin Hood, it is hard to be original. For hundreds of years this English folk hero had been imagined and reimagined by artists, authors and historians. When we decided to take our turn we had a few principles in mind: 1. We wanted a close-to-historical perspective. Our Arthurian world is placed in the late 12th Century A.D., in England with a few mythic twists. So we wanted to employ the sort of arms and armor worn at the time. 2. We also wanted him to have the classic Robin Hood look. We wanted Robin to make a dramatic entrence and for the viewer to instantly recognize him. To accomplish the first goal, we chose the arms and equipment of a 12th century knight. In our larger story, Robin starts and an Earl and Knight. So we wanted a full knightly kit. But then as he transitioned to outlaw, he would modify that kit slightly. He went from a blue to green surcoat, and that surcoat went from merely decorative, to more of a sleeveless woolen coat. We also gave him an arrow bag at his waist rather than a back quiver. Although back quivers were worn occasionally, as an archer with a military background, an arrow bag was the natural choice. For the second goal, I wanted to harken back to the classic Robin Hood books I grew up with by the likes of Howard Pyle and Paul Creswick with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth and others. The classic golden hair and pointed beard, green vest and chainmail all can be found in our final design. - If you have not watched The Fox & The Dragon, click the link in our bio! Check back as we discuss more costume design details from the film in future posts! (at Sherwood Forest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZazn2Bwg8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oox09ci8x8l1

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black and asian vikings 100% definitely existed (also, saami vikings)

you know how far you can get into eurasia and africa by sailing up rivers from the baltic and mediterranean seas? pretty fucking far, and that’s what vikings liked to do to trade

then, you know, people are people, so love happens, business happens, and so ppl get married and take spouses back home to the frozen hellscape that is scandinavia (upon which i’m guessing the horrorstruck new spouses went “WHAT THE FUCK??? FUCKING GIVE ME YOUR JACKET???????”)

and sometimes vikings bought thralls and brought them home as well, and i mean, when your indentured service is up after however many years and you’re a free person again, maaaaaaaaaaaaybe it’s a bit hard to get all the way home across the continent, so you make the best out of the situation and you probably get married and raise a gaggle kids

so yeah

viking kingdoms/communities were not uniformly pure white aryan fantasy paradises, so pls stop using my cultural history and ethnic background to excuse your racist discomfort with black ppl playing heimdall and valkyrie

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Also we KNOW they got to Asia and Africa.

Why?

Because Asians, Africans, and Vikings TOLD US SO.

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Also, we know there was significant mercantile trade between Scandinavia and parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, Kashmir, North and Eastern Africa because there is evidence in burial sites.

Check that out: the goods Vikings and Scandinavians were getting from their trade with the rest of the world was so important they buried themselves with it, as part of their treasure hordes.

We KNOW this.

There’s a reason you can still see many of the trade routes from the ancient world etched into the very earth.

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Plus, we know that some Scandinavian cultures that participated in Viking raids had established minority communities of ethnically Mongolian folks living among them during the periods when such raids were common, and it’s difficult to credit that none of them would have signed on.

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Islamic Ring in Viking Grave

Vikings in Persia

Black Vikings

Vikings in North Africa

Buddha statue in Viking hoard

Vikings brought Native American woman to Europe

Unflattering texts in Arabic about Vikings

Original text by Ahmad ibn-Fadlan

More about the Islamic World and Vikings (some Vikings converted to Islam! sort of sketchy site tho)

Viking technology came from Afghanistan

More on trade route determination via metallurgy

… is that enough? :)

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Yet another on the pile of reasons why it monumentally honks me off when pusillanimous, pseudointellectual white supremacist scum try to use Scandinavian culture as a crutch for their arguments and act like Norse mythology agrees with their biases. No it fucking doesn’t, bitch. Odin would personally kick you in the dick for being a witless coward and then send your ass to the Realm of the Dishonored Dead.

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I don’t usually reblog stuff, but this thread makes me so happy. See, I love the Viking aesthetic – I love the fusion of organic and geometric in its designs, I love the natural colors, the complexity of textures you get from juxtaposing metal/leather/cloth/fur–

–and I hate how the entire subculture has been so thoroughly co-opted by white supremacists. To the point where I, a person who likes viking stuff, am deeply and immediately suspect of anyone else who likes viking stuff, guilty until proven innocent, cuz that’s what the odds are these days.

Anyway.

As far as I’m concerned, anyone can be a viking, and thus I am so, so pleased to find that the historical record backs me up.

(And amused that Arab intellectual Ahmad ibn Fadlan was so thirsty for vikings.)

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reclaim vikings from racists 2kForever

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Thank, I thought I was gonna have to add some things, but I’m pretty satisfied. Atleast one Roman dude I know of has been dug out of a viking grave being buried with stuff that both labelled him clearly as of roman ancestry, aswell as integrated into viking life. Muslim coins were found in Sweden. Just. Lots. There’s so much proof of actual logical and interesting stuff. Imagine a society that shut out every other cultural infuence and remain uhhh… “pure”? How boring?? How unrealistic??