Comment by jibal
1 day ago
Never trust the headline. From the article:
> And comparing DNA and archaeology at individual sites suggests that for some in the Viking bands, "Viking" was a job description, not a matter of heredity.
1 day ago
Never trust the headline. From the article:
> And comparing DNA and archaeology at individual sites suggests that for some in the Viking bands, "Viking" was a job description, not a matter of heredity.
The article is just really confused in its terminology. But historically, vikingr meant raider or pirate. It was only hereditary in the sense it might be a family tradition to go viking. But if you dont go raiding you are not a vikingr whatever your ancestry.
Yeah, and the Norse also called non-norse raiders Vikings. It was just a word meaning raider or pirate.