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Ragnar Lothbrok

UKumkani Wokuqala

URagnar Lothbrok Wayengunyana wokumkani uSigurd waseSweden kunye nomntakwabo ukumkani uGottfried waseDenmark. Isiteketiso sibangelwa kukuba uRagnar wayenxibe ibhulukhwe yesikhumba eyenziwe ngumfazi wakhe uLagertha ecinga ukuba inethamsanqa. Ukususela ebusheni bakhe, uRagnar uthathe inxaxheba kumaphulo amaninzi emfazwe efumana igunya "lokumkani wolwandle" omkhulu. Wayengumdlali weViking wakudala. Indoda enemvelaphi ehloniphekileyo, iphumelele yonke into yedwa - ngenxa yezakhono zomkhosi kunye nesibindi somntu. Emva kokuba ekhuphe ubutyebi obuninzi kumaphulo emfazwe, uRagnar uye wahlanganisa ubukumkani bakhe, ethathele phantsi kolawulo lwakhe inxalenye yelizwe laseDenmark nelaseSweden. Noko ke, wahlala engumphangi entliziyweni.

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UKumkani uSami

UKumkani waseFinland

UKumkani uSami, iiLegends, wayenokuthetha neebhere (Karhu). UKumkani uSami wazibamba iintshaba zabo ngokumangalisayo kwaye nangona bengazange boyike uhlaselo lokuqala olwabangelwayo kwanele ukudanisa iintshaba zabo.
Inkcubeko uKumkani Sami azichasanga zombini ezi kuba ziyazazi Vikings kwaye bevela kumazwe nkqu, hayi kuphela kodwa amandla umhlaba, hayi amandla olwandle, ngoko ke ukuba isetyenziswe ngokuchanekileyo imikhosi yabo ngokulula ukuguqula umsinga nxamnye imikhosi Vikings.
UKumkani uSami wayekwazi ukungoyiswa emhlabeni, kodwa kungekhona elwandle, kodwa abantu baseSami babekwazi ukurhweba nge-branchfully, kwaye oku kwabanika ithuba lokuba bangabikho kwilizwe labo.

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IGorm endala

Ukumkani waseDenmark

IGorm endala. WayeyiViking yaseDanish, ilungu lephulo elithi "Grand Army" apho wafumana udumo olukhulu. IViking yemvelaphi engaziwayo, eyavuka ngobukrelekrele bakhe kunye neetalente zasemkhosini, yayiyindoda enengqondo nenengqiqo. Ngenxa yoko, waba ngukumkani waza walidla ilifa igunya. Igama lesidlaliso elithi "Old" linikwe kuye ngababhali-mbali banamhlanje ukuba bahluke komnye ukumkani wase-East Anglia, uGuthrum.

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UCnut Omkhulu

UKumkani woBukhosi boLwandle lwaseNyakatho

Cnut Sweynsson.  Oyena kumkani mkhulu weViking kwimbali, owadibanisa phantse yonke iScandinavia. Ekuphakameni kwamandla akhe, ilizwe lakhe lalingekho ngaphantsi koBukhosi obuNgcwele baseRoma. Kwakhona wadala i-tingled - iqela leentsapho ezihloniphekileyo, iSiseko se-chivalry. I-Knut Great idla ngokuchazwa njengomlawuli osisilumko kunye nophumeleleyo waseNgilani, nangona i-bigamy kunye nenkohlakalo eyahlukeneyo. Oku kunokwenzeka ukuba kungenxa yokuba ulwazi malunga nelo xesha lwafunyanwa ikakhulu kwimithombo ebhaliweyo yabameli beCawa, apho uKnut wayesoloko enobudlelwane obuhle.

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Sweyn Forkbeard

Ukumkani waseDenmark

USweyn Forkbeard Wayeyinkosi yokuqala yeViking kwitrone yaseBritane. Kulapho - ngenxa yendlela ekhethekileyo yokusika iindevu kunye namadevu - wafumana igama lesidlaliso elithi HARKBEARD. USven wayeligorha leViking eliqhelekileyo, wabhaptizwa kubuKristu, nangona isibakala sokubhaptizwa uSven waphathwa ngokusesikweni, esanqula izithixo zobuhedeni, kwaye ngamaxesha anzima wayebazisela imibingelelo yesisa.

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Iliso leNyoka likaSigurd

Ukumkani waseDenmark

Sigurd Snake emehlweni. USigurd wayengowesine unyana ka-Aslaug noRagnar. Igama lesiteketiso alifumeneyo lophawu olukhethekileyo kwiliso lakhe (riring ejikeleze umfundi). Yayiluphawu lwe-Ouroboros, inyoka yasentsomini yeeVikings. Wayeyintandokazi kaRagnar. Umphumi-mkhosi okhaliphileyo, waduma njengomnini-mhlaba okhutheleyo nendoda enentsapho elungileyo. Ekunye nabantakwabo naye waziphindezela kuyise. Ekubuyeni kwakhe eNgilani, uSigurd waxabana nokumkani u-Ernulf waza wabulawa kungquzulwano phakathi kwabantu.

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U-Earl Haraldson

Ukumkani waseKattegat

U-Earl Haraldson wayeyinkosi yeViking yendawo yaseKattegat phambi kukaRagnar Lothbrok. Wabandakanyeka kumzabalazo wegunya nozuko nelandela lakhe ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe.

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Visbur

Ukumkani waseUppsala

Visbur okanye Wisbur.  UVisburr walawula emva koyise uVanlande. Watshata intombi ka-Audi Rich waza wamnika intlawulelo - iiyadi ezintathu ezinkulu kunye nengqekembe yegolide. Babenoonyana ababini - uGisl noAndur. Kodwa uVisburr wamshiya waza watshata omnye umfazi, waza wabuyela kuyise noonyana bakhe. UVisburr wayenonyana ogama linguDomalde. Umama wesibini kaDomalde wamxelela ukuba enze ilishwa. Xa oonyana bakaVisbur babeneminyaka elishumi elinesibini elineshumi elinesithathu ubudala, beza eDomalde baza bafuna intlawulelo kamama wabo. Kodwa wala ukuhlawula. Emva koko bathi iGolden coin kanina yayiza kukufa kweyona ndoda ilungileyo yohlobo lwayo, bagoduka. Baphinda bajikela egqirheni bamcela ukuba enze ukuze babulale uyise. Kwaye igqwirha u-Hulda lathi aliyi kuyenza loo nto kuphela kodwa nokuba ukusukela ngoku ukubulawa kwesalamane kuya kwenziwa ngokungapheliyo endlwini yamaYnglings. Bavuma. Emva koko baqokelela abantu, bajikeleza indlu kaVisburr ebusuku, bamtshisa endlwini.  

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Sveigder

Ukumkani waseSweden

Sveigder okanye Sveider.  USveider waqala ukulawula emva koyise uFjolner. Wenza isibhambathiso sokufumana iNdlu yezithixo kunye ne-Odin endala. Wayehamba yedwa kulo lonke ihlabathi. Olo hambo lwathabatha iminyaka emihlanu. Emva koko wabuyela eSweden waza wahlala ekhaya kangangexesha elithile. Watshata nebhinqa elinguVana. Unyana wabo yayinguVanlande. USveider waphinda waya kukhangela iHousing of the Gods. EMpuma yeSweden, kukho indawo enkulu ebizwa ngokuba "NgeLitye". Kukho ilitye elikhulu njengendlu. Ngenye ingokuhlwa emva kokutshona kwelanga, njengoko uSveider wayephuma emthendelekweni esiya kwigumbi lakhe lokulala, wajonga eli litye waza wabona indoda encinane ihleli ecaleni kwalo. USveider namadoda akhe babenxile kakhulu. Babalekela etyeni. Lo mfana wema emnyango wabiza uSveider, ecela ukungena ukuba ufuna ukudibana no-Odin. U-Swagger wangena etyeni, lavalwa ngoko nangoko kwaye uSveider akazange aphume kulo.    

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Ingjald

Ukumkani waseSweden

Ingjald.  U-Ingjald wayengunyana kaKumkani wase-Uppsala Enund Road. Ikomkhulu lobukumkani be-Enand yayiyi-Old Uppsala, apho i-ting yonke i-sveys yahlanganisana kwaye yenza imibingelelo. Ngexesha elinye kwezi tings u-Ingjald wadlala noonyana bomnye ukumkani waza waphulukana nomdlalo. UIngjald wayenomsindo kangangokuba waqalisa ukulila. Emva koko umhlohli wakhe uSvipdag Blind wayalela ukuba intliziyo yengcuka yosiwe kwaye yondliwe ku-Ingjald. Oku kuchaza ukuba kutheni u-Ingjald wayengendawo kwaye ekhohlisa. Ngezenzo zakhe zobomi, u-Ingjald walithethelela ngokupheleleyo igama lesidlaliso elinikwe yena. Kwakukho ookumkani abaninzi abahlukeneyo eSweden ngelo xesha, kwaye nangona ookumkani base-Uppsala babegqalwa njengephakamileyo, yayibubuntloko obuqhelekileyo. Ookumkani babesandisa imimandla yabo, begawula amahlathi. Noko ke, uIngjald wathabatha ikhondo elahlukileyo. Wamema ookumkani basekuhlaleni abasixhenxe, kuquka uyisezala, kwisidlo sikayise.  Kwafika abathandathu kubo, yaye ukumkani wesixhenxe wahlala ekhaya, ekrokrela ukuba kukho undonakele. Ethekweni, u-Ingjald wangena ezihlangwini zikayise waza wathembisa ukuba uza kulandisa ilizwe ngesiqingatha. Kwathi ngokuhlwa, banxila bonke ookumkani, waphuma u-Ingjald engontsini, amadoda akhe atshisa ngomlilo. Bobathandathu ookumkani bafa, waza uIngjald wathabatha imihlaba yabo. 

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UHarald Hardrada

UKumkani waseNorway

UHarald Sigurdsson,  Wayemhle kwaye emhle, eneenwele eziblond, intshebe namadevu amade. Elinye lamashiya akhe laliphakame kancinci kunelinye. UHarald wayengumlawuli onamandla nowomeleleyo, owomeleleyo engqondweni; wonk’ ubani wayesithi akakho umlawuli kuMazwe aseMntla owayelingana naye ngokuba sengqiqweni kwezigqibo nobulumko bamacebiso anikelwayo. Wayeligorha elikhulu nelikhaliphileyo. UKumkani wayenamandla amakhulu kwaye esebenzisa izixhobo ngobuchule ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye. Waphumelela uthotho loloyiso kwiiDanes naseSweden. Wanyamekela uphuhliso lwezorhwebo kunye nemisebenzi yezandla, waseka i-Oslo kwaye ekugqibeleni waseka ubuKristu eNorway. Wayeyi "Viking yokugqibela", ubomi bakhe bufana nenoveli enomdla. Wayeyinkosi echubekileyo, kodwa uthando lohambo lwaluyeyona inamandla. 

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Hugleik

Ukumkani waseSweden

U-Hugleik, unyana ka-Alv, waba ngukumkani we-sveys emva kokufa kukayise nomalume wakhe, kuba oonyana bakaYngwie babengabantwana ngoko. UHugleik wayengathandi imfazwe kodwa wayekuthanda ukuhlala ngoxolo ekhaya. Wayesisityebi kakhulu kodwa enomona. Wayenabadlali abaninzi abadlala iihapu, iihapu kunye neevayolin enkundleni. Bekukho namagqwirha namagqwirha ngeendidi. Emva kokuba uBukumkani bukaHugelik buhlaselwe ngumkhosi wenkosi yaselwandle u-Haki. UHugelik waqokelela iiViking zakhe ukuze azikhusele. Le mikhosi mibini yadibana kwibala leFuries. Idabi lalishushu. Umkhosi kaHugleik walahlekelwa kakhulu. Emva koko ezimbini zeVikings zikaSvey, uSvipdag noGeigad, baphuthuma phambili, kodwa ngamnye kubo kwafika amaqhawe amathandathu kaHaki, kwaye babanjwa njengamabanjwa. U-Haki wangena eludongeni lwekhaka ukuya eHuglik waza wambulala kunye noonyana bakhe ababini. Emva koko, ii-sveys zabaleka, u-Haki wahlutha ilizwe waza waba ngukumkani we-sveys.

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UHarald Fairhair

UKumkani wokuqala waseNorway

Wayenamandla kwaye womelele ngaphezu kwakhe wonke umntu, emhle kakhulu, enzulu ngengqondo, elumkile kwaye ekhaliphile. UHarald wenza isibhambathiso sokuba akasayi kuzicheba okanye azikama iinwele zakhe de athabathe ubunikazi bayo yonke iNorway ngerhafu namandla phezu kwayo. Emva koloyiso, uHarald wazibhengeza njengokumkani wase-United Norway, wacheba iinwele zakhe kwaye wafumana isiteketiso awaziwa ngaso ngokubanzi - uFairhair. Ukumkani wokuqala waseScandinavia, onokuthelekiswa nookumkani baseNtshona Yurophu. Ngoko ke, walungiselela inkqubo yerhafu epheleleyo, leyo, ngendlela, yabangela ukuba abantu baseNorway abanganelisekanga babalekele eIceland. 

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Domar

Ukumkani waseSweden

Emva kwakhe kwalawula uDomar, unyana kaDomalde. Walawula ilizwe ixesha elide, kwaye ngexesha lakhe kwakukho isivuno esihle noxolo. Akukho nto ithethwayo ngaye, ngaphandle kokuba wafa ukufa kwemvelo e-Uppsala, kwaye wathwalwa kwi-Fields of Furies, waza watshiswa apho elunxwemeni lomlambo. Kukho amatye akhe engcwaba.

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Erik Red

Kumkani

U-Erik Thorvaldsson,  U-Erik  Ubomvu yenye yezona Vikings idumileyo. Wayeyaziwa ngobuntu bakhe basendle, iinwele ezibomvu kunye nomnqweno ongenakunqandwa wokuhlola amazwe amatsha. Ngokubanzi, sinokuthi u-Eric yiViking egqibeleleyo ekule ndlela sibamele ngayo-igorha elinoburhalarhume, igorha elinobuchule, umhedeni ongumhedeni nokhaliphileyo waselwandle. Kwaye ngaphandle kwakhe, imbali yeeVikings ayiyi kuba mnandi kakhulu.

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Harald Grey Coat

UKumkani waseNorway

UKumkani uHarald Greycloak (uHarald Grey Coat)  Ngokutsho kwenye inguqulelo, uHarald II wafumana igama lakhe lesidlaliso elithi Grey Coat ngokunceda umhlobo wakhe umrhwebi wase-Icelandic, owaya eHardanger, ukuthengisa zonke iimpahla zakhe - iigusha, ezazithengiswa kakhulu ekuqaleni. Phambi kwabantu bakhe, uHarald II wathenga isikhumba esinye, abanye balandela umzekelo wokumkani, kwaye iimpahla zathengiswa ngokukhawuleza. Kwaye umthengisi odumileyo wafumana ukususela ngoku ukuya phambili igama athe wehla ngalo kwimbali.

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Haakon Okuhle

UKumkani waseNorway

Haakon Haraldsson,  UHakon ushiye inkumbulo yakhe njengomlawuli ozimiseleyo kodwa onobubele nowayekhathalele umthetho kwaye ezama ukuseka ucwangco noxolo kwilizwe lakhe. U-Hakon wayenengqondo ephilileyo kwaye eyazi indlela yokulahla amabhongo akhe ukuze afumane iziphumo ezifunekayo. UHaakon, ewe, wayengumKristu kwaye wayefuna ukuzisa inkolo entsha kwilizwe lakhe. Noko ke, xa kwafumaniseka ukuba uninzi lwabantu bakhe aluvumelani nonqulo olutsha, ngoko nangoko wabuyela kwihlelo elidala. Igama lesidlaliso elithi "Okuhle" lithetha into, kwaye abalawuli abambalwa baye bakwazi ukuhla kwimbali phantsi kwelo gama, kwaye iHaakon yayifumana kwangoko ngokwaneleyo. Isithethe simnika uzuko lomdali wemithetho kunye nomkhuseli oligorha welizwe lakhe lokuzalwa.

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Horik

Ukumkani waseDenmark

UHorik - igorha elikhulu leVikings, iKing yayizidla ngemvelaphi yayo yaseScandinavia kwaye yayithembekile kakhulu kuThixo. Wayenembeko kumaqabane akhe, ethanda usapho lwakhe, eqinile edabini kwaye esoloko ephambili. Noko ke, icala lakhe elimnyama lalibonakala ngakumbi kunokukhanya kwakhe. UHorik wayezidla ngamandla akhe, esoloko efuna ukunyaniseka nokuthobela, kodwa akazange aqaphele oontanga bakhe, ebonisa indelelo enkulu kumaqabane akhe. UHorik naye wayelutshaba olunenzondelelo yempambano lwabantu baseNorway kwaye ingakumbi amaKristu awayewathiyile, ekholelwa ukuba unqulo lwabo lwalungahambelani noothixo baseNorse.  

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UKumkanikazi uLagertha Lothbrok

UKumkanikazi waseNorway

Ngokwentsomi uLagertha Lothbrok wayelilizwe elikhusela iViking kunye nomlawuli ovela kwindawo ngoku eyiNorway, kunye nowayesakuba ngumfazi weViking Ragnar edumileyo.

ULadgerta, owayenomoya ongenakuthelekiswa nanto nangona enefreyimu eethe-ethe, egutyungelwe bubukroti bakhe obubalaseleyo utyekelo lokuhexa kwamajoni. Yajikela ngasemva utshaba, yalurhola ngasemva utshaba, yaluphanzisa, lwayijikisa ingxokozelo yabalingane bayo emnqubeni yotshaba.

Ngokubhekiselele kwimpefumlelo yomlingiswa kaLagertha, ngokukodwa, enye ingcebiso elungileyo ethe yabekwa phambili kukuba uLagertha unokudityaniswa nesithixokazi samaNorse uThorgerd.

ULagertha wayeyinkokeli!

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UKumkanikazi waseSweden uSigrid oneqhayiya

UKumkanikazi waseSweden

 USigrid the Proud wayeyintombi entle kodwa enempindezelo kaSkogul-Tosti, inene elinamandla laseSweden. Kwi-sagas yaseNorse, iSigrid yadweliswa phakathi kwabasetyhini baseViking abanamandla. Wayengumhedeni ngegazi engafuni ukubhaptizwa kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni na. Wayemhle kodwa wayezidla ngaye kangangokuba wade wafumana igama elithi "Haughty". Nangona uSigrid wakhulela kwilizwe elilawulwa bubuKristu, wagqiba kwelokuba alandele indlela yakudala - yobuhedeni. USigrid wayenqula oothixo baseNorse kwaye ekholelwa kumandla abo aphezulu. Esikhundleni sokuhlala apho kwaye alinde iMini yoMgwebo, uSigrid waphila ubomi bakhe ngokupheleleyo ngokulandela indlela yakudala.

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UKumkani uEcbert

Ukumkani waseWessex

UKumkani uEcbert wayenguKumkani wehlabathi nonamabhongo waseWessex naseMercia, ominyaka yakhe yokukhula yachithwa kwinkundla yoMlawuli uCharlemagne. Indoda enamabhongo nenengqondo evulekileyo yomelele, yolwazi kunye nokuzimisela ukusebenzisa ezo mpawu ngokugqibeleleyo. Wayenentlonipho emandla kutshaba lwakhe olutsha/iqabane uRagnar Lothbrok.

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UKumkani uErik

Ukumkani waseDenmark

U-Erik, okwabizwa ngokuba nguEric the Good. U-Eric wazalelwa kwidolophu yaseSlangerup eNorth Zealand (eDenmark) - esona siqithi sikhulu saseDanish. UErik wayethandwa kakhulu ngabantu yaye indlala eyayithwaxa iDenmark ebudeni bolawulo lukaOlaf Hunger yaphela. Kwabaninzi kwakubonakala kungumqondiso ovela kuThixo wokuba uErik wayeyinkosi efanelekileyo yaseDenmark. UErik wayesisithethi esilungileyo, abantu babesenza konke okusemandleni abo ukuze bamphulaphule. Emva kokuqukunjelwa kwendibano yesithili, bajikeleza elumelwaneni bebulisa amadoda, abafazi nabantwana emakhayeni abo. Wayedume njengendoda engxolayo ethanda amatheko nowayephila ubomi babucala obungakhathali.
UKumkani uErik wabhengeza kwindibano yaseViborg ukuba bagqibe kwelokuba baye kuhambo ngezonqulo oluya kwiLizwe Elingcwele.
UErik kunye nenkampani enkulu bahamba benqumla eRashiya ukuya eConstantinople apho wayelundwendwe lomlawuli. Ngoxa wayelapho, wagula, kodwa wathabatha isikhephe esiya eSipro. Wafela ePafo, eSipro ngoJulayi 1103.

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Rolo

UKumkani waseNormandy

URollo wayeyindoda ecaphuka msinya kwaye enomdla. Wayengxamile kwaye enomsindo kancinci. IQhawe lalibizwa ngokuba nguMhambi ngenyawo ngenxa yokwakheka komzimba walo – alizange likhwele kodwa lalihlasela ngeenyawo okanye kwiDrakkar. Umsindo nenkalipho yakhe zamenza wahlonelwa ngabantu bakhe nodumo lwakhe.

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UKumkani uOlaf uStout

UKumkani waseNorway

Ukumkani waseNorway u-Ivar aqala ukufikelela kuye ukuze enze umanyano. U-Hvitserk uthunyelwe kuye ukuba athengise isivumelwano, kodwa uHvitserk endaweni yoko ucele u-Olaf ukuba amncede abhukuqe u-Ivar. U-Olaf ohlekisayo uye wamvalela uHvitserk entolongweni kwaye wangcungcuthekiswa. Xa uHvitserk enqaba ukurhoxa, u-Olaf ochukumisekileyo uyavuma ukuhlasela uKattegat. Emva kwedabi, uxela uBjorn ukumkani waseKattegat. UHarald wonzakele kakhulu edabini kwaye uOlaf usindisa ubomi bakhe. Nangona kunjalo, u-Olaf naye uhlala ebukumkanini bakhe kwaye ugcina uHarald njengebanjwa.

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Olaf Tryggvason

UKumkani waseNorway

Olaf Trygvasson.  IViking yaseNorse, isihlobo sikaKumkani uHarald Grey Skin. Umhambi, ohlonitshwa eNorway njengomshumayeli wobuKristu kunye nomlweli wenkululeko yelizwe. UOlaf owokuqala kookumkani baseNorway waqalisa ukwenza iingqekembe zemali.

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Ubbe

Kumkani

Ubbe  wayengomnye woonyana bodumo lweViking Ragnar Lodbrok lishweshwe elingaziwayo. Kodwa nangona unina wayengabonakali, igazi lenkosi enkulu laliwenzile umsebenzi walo. U-Ubba Ragnarsson ligorha elikhaliphileyo nelingenalusini “engenakumkani entloko” ekwaziyo ukulwa kuphela. Ayikho enye into eyayimahlula. Njengabazalwana bakhe, ungomnye weenkokeli ze "Grand Army", wambulala ngokwakhe u-Edmund, ukumkani wase-East Anglia. Yena no-Ivar babulala uKumkani waseNgilani u-Edmund. Kanye xa eqokelele inqanawa enkulu uHalfdan wagqiba kwelokuba abambe enye indawo yaseNgilani kodwa wabulawa, kwaye ibhanile yaseRagnar Lothbrok yabanjwa yiBritane.

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Ketill Flatnose

Kumkani weZiqithi

Ketill Björnsson, obizwa ngokuba yiFlatnose,  Wayengumntu onamandla waseScandinavia hersir (isihloko esidala saseNorse esinelifa) eNorway kwaye ngomnye wemithetho yabemi bokuqala baseIceland. Wayeyintsapho ebekekileyo, igorha elikhaliphileyo nelikhohlakeleyo, inkokeli yeqela lamaViking. Wafumana igama lesiqhulo ngenxa ye-"flattened" hump kwimpumlo yakhe.

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Jorund

Ukumkani waseSweden

Jorund,  UJorund, unyana kaYngvi King, waba ngukumkani eUppsala. Walawula ilizwe, yaye ehlotyeni wayedla ngokuya kumaphulo. Ngelinye ihlobo wahamba nomkhosi wakhe eDenmark. Walwa eYotland, kwaye ekwindla wangena eLimafjord walwa apho. Wema nomkhosi wakhe kwiStraits of Oddasund. Wehla ke uHulaug, ukumkani waseHaleig, enomkhosi omkhulu. Waya edabini kunye noJorund, kwaye xa abantu bomthonyama bayibona, bathontelana ngeenqanawa ezinkulu nezincinci zivela macala onke. UJorund wabethwa waba ziingceba, kwaye onke amagorha abulawa enqanaweni yakhe. Yaqubha kodwa yabanjwa yaza yasiwa elunxwemeni. UHulaug King wayalela ukuba kugxunyekwe umthi. Wamsa kuyo uJorund wathi makamxhome. Ngoko ubomi bakhe baphela. 

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Ivar The Boneless

Kumkani

Ivar the Boneless (Old Norse Ívarr hinn Beinlausi) Wayengowokuqala kunye nomdala unyana ka-Aslaug noRagnar. Inzala yayibizwa ngokuba nguIvar a Berserker - igorha lelona nqanaba liphezulu, elahlula ngokuzimisela kwaye akazange anikele ingqalelo kumanxeba, wayebonakala ngokungazinzi okungaqhelekanga kunye nomsindo ovuthayo. Wazihlasela iintshaba zakhe ngomgqumo okrakra, owazenza zankwantya. Le yiViking engayazi ukoyiswa. Ubuchule obukhulu kwibala lokulwa bungqinwa sisiteketiso senkokeli edumileyo yeeVikings. Wayebizwa ngokuba yi "Boneless" ngenxa yesifo esingaziwayo. U-Ivar wayengakwazi ukuhamba yedwa kwaye wayenza ngoncedo lwabahlobo okanye ukukhasa. UIvar waqokelela umkhosi omkhulu wabahedeni waza waziphindezela kuKumkani wamaNgesi uElla ngokubulawa kukayise uRagnar Lothbrok. U-Ivar wayengenakuze amfumane umfazi kwaye andise intsapho yakhe; wafa njengexhego elingendawo nelikhohlakeleyo. 

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UHarald Ragnarsson

Inkokeli yoMkhosi weNtlanga oMkhulu

UHalfdan Ragnarsson wayeyinkosi yeViking kunye nomphathi womkhosi omkhulu weHeathen owahlasela izikumkani zama-Anglo-Saxon zaseNgilani, ukuqala ngo-865.

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Hayi

Ukumkani waseSweden

U-Нaki wayeyiViking yolwandle eyaziwayo. Wayedla ngokuya enkampini yemfazwe nomntakwabo uHagbard, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha wayesilwa yedwa. UHagbard wabulawa ngomnye uViking Sigurd owaziwayo. U-Haki waphindezela ukufa komntakwabo, kodwa emva kwexesha elithile, uSigvald, unyana kaSigurd, wamgxotha emhlabeni wakhe. Ukuqokelela umkhosi omkhulu, u-Haki waya emfazweni eSweden. UHaki walawula eSweden iminyaka emithathu. Ngalo lonke eli xesha amadoda akhe aqhubela phambili kwimikhankaso kwaye afumana amaxhoba acebileyo. Xa iiVikings zaseHaki zaya kolunye uhambo lwemfazwe, abatshana uHuglek, uJurund noEric beza kuye. Ukuva ngokubuya kwe-Yinglings, abantu abaninzi bazibandakanya nabo. Idabi phakathi kwabazalwana kunye nomkhosi omncinci we-Haki lwenzeka kwiindawo ezifanayo zeFuries. U-Haki walwa kakhulu, wambulala uEric waza wagawula ibhanile yabazalwana. UJurund nomkhosi wakhe babalekela ezinqanaweni. Nangona kunjalo, u-Haki wafumana ekulweni umonzakalo onzima kangaka owawunombono wokufa kwakhe okuzayo. Wayalela ukuba iphenyane lakhe lemfazwe lilayishe abantu abafileyo nezixhobo lisiwe elwandle. Waza ke wayalela ukuba kumiswe umva wenqanawa, kuphakanyiswe iseyile, kuze kufakwe umlilo enqanaweni ngeenkuni ezinentlaka. Kwavuthuza umoya uvela elunxwemeni. U-Haki wayesele efile, okanye sele efile xa abantu bambeka emlilweni. Inqanawa evuthayo yaya elwandle kwaye yahlala ixesha elide uzuko lokufa kukaHaki. 

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Halfdan Black

Ukumkani waseVestfold

UKumkani uHalfdan ngumlawuli onobulumko nosesikweni, onoxolo kulawulo lwakhe kunye nethamsanqa kuyo yonke imicimbi yakhe. Ukuzimela kwakhe, ngokusekelwe kukuzimela, kwamvumela ukuba anyukele phezulu kumandla kwaye abe yiloo nto waba yintsomi. Ekuhambeni kwexesha lo kumkani uHalfdan wayekho iminyaka echumileyo engazange ibekho eminye. Abantu babemthanda kakhulu kangangokuba xa wayesifa waza umzimba wakhe waziswa eHringariki, apho wayeza kungcwatyelwa khona, izihandiba zaseRaumariki, eVestfold naseHeidmerk zeza zacela ukuba zivunyelwe ukuba ziwungcwabe loo mzimba kwifylke yazo. Babekholelwa ukuba yayiya kubenza babe neminyaka yemveliso. Igama lakhe lesidlaliso walifumana ngenxa yeenwele zakhe ezimnyama. 

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Fjolnir

Ukumkani waseSweden

UFjölnir okanye uFjolner, unyana ka-Ingvi-Freyr, walawula amaSweden kunye nobutyebi base-Uppsala. Wayenamandla, kwaye phantsi kwakhe kwalawula impumelelo noxolo. EHledr umlawuli yayinguFrodi Peacemaker. UFjolner noFrodi batyelelana kwaye babengabahlobo. Ngaxa lithile waya kubona uFrodi eSelong, apho kwakusenziwa amalungiselelo esidlo esikhulu kwaza kwabizwa iindwendwe ezivela kuwo onke amazwe. UFrodi unegumbi eliphangaleleyo. Kukho ibhafu enkulu, ukuphakama kweengqiniba ezininzi kwaye ibotshelelwe ngezigodo ezinkulu. Yayikwi-pantry, kwaye kukho i-attic ngaphezulu kwayo, kwaye kwakungekho mgangatho kwi-attic, ngoko yagalela ezantsi ebhafini, kwaye yayizele bubusi. Yayisisiselo esinamandla kakhulu. UFjolner kunye namadoda akhe bachitha ubusuku kwi-attic engummelwane. Ebusuku uFjolner waphuma kwigalari yesidingo somzimba. Wayesozela yaye enxilile efile. Wabuyela apho alala khona, wahamba ecaleni kwegalari wangena komnye umnyango, wakhubeka apho, wawela ebhafini yobusi waza warhaxwa.       

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Dyggve

Ukumkani waseSweden

UDyggve, unyana kaDomare, walilawula ilizwe emva kwakhe. Akukho nto yaziwayo ngaye, ngaphandle kokuba ufe ukufa kwemvelo. Unina wayenguDrott, intombi kakumkani uDanp, unyana kaRig, owaqala ukubizwa ngokuba "nguKumkani" ngesiDanish. Ukususela ngelo xesha umntakwabo wayesoloko egqala isidima sokumkani njengesona siphakamileyo. UDyggve wayengowokuqala kwizalamane zakhe ezibizwa ngokuba nguKumkani. Ngaphambi kokuba babizwe ngokuthi "drottins" kunye nabafazi babo - "drottings". Ngamnye kubo wayekwabizwa ngokuba yiYngve okanye Ynguni, kwaye bonke bebonke - iYngling. UDrott wayengudade boKumkani uDan Proud, ogama lakhe linguDenmark.

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Svase

Sami King

Kwi-Heimskringla, ukumkani waseFinland uSvase. Kuthiwa uFinn watshata intombi yakhe uSnaefried kuKumkani uHarald Finehair waseNorway. Ngokwesithethe bangoonothwal’ impahlana kummandla weentaba namahlathi asemantla eScandinavia abalusa iinyamakazi.

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Bjorn Ironside

Ukumkani waseKattegat

UBjorn Ironside wayengunyana wesibini ka-Aslaug noRagnar, owayengukumkani owaziwayo kunye nomnqobi. Lo mfana wahlukaniswa yingqondo enomdla, ukuzimisela okukhethekileyo kunye nesibindi, efuna ukulandela ekhondweni likayise aze abe ngumlo oqinileyo, inkokeli emangalisayo, evula amazwe amatsha kubantu, ehlola amazwe akude. Waba nguKumkani waseSweden kunye nomseki weMunsjö Dynasty. Igama lesiqhulo linxulunyaniswa nesikrweqe sentsimbi esithathiweyo esasinxitywe nguBjorn edabini. 

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Erik Bloodaxe

UKumkani waseNorway

U-Eric Bloodaxe (iNdala yaseNorse: Eiríkr blóðøx,  U-Eric 1 wayeyinkosi yesibini yaseNorway, unyana omkhulu kaHarald Fairhair. Phakathi kwentaphane yakhe, kuEric awathi uHarald wabona ilandela lakhe. Le ndlalifa inde, entle nekhaliphileyo yayiza kuqhubeka nomsebenzi kayise wokumanyanisa amazwe aseNorway nokomeleza uBukumkani.

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Umprofeti uOleg

INkosana yaseVarangian

Ngokutsho kwentsomi, kwaprofetwa ngababingeleli abangabahedeni ukuba u-Oleg uya kuthabatha ukufa kwihashe lakhe. Ukuphikisa iziprofeto, walindulula ihashe. Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva wabuza ukuba liphi ihashe lakhe, waxelelwa ukuba lifile. Wacela ukubona loo mathambo waza wasiwa apho amathambo ayelele khona. Wathi akuphatha ukhakhayi lwehashe ngebhutsi yakhe yaphuma inyoka kukhakhayi yamluma. UOleg wafa, ngaloo ndlela ezalisekisa isiprofeto.

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UKumkani uAiristo uMettela

UAiristo uKumkani

UKumkani uAiristo uJouna Mettäla wayehlala phakathi kwama-840 nama-900. Amadabi aseMettäla aqhubeka ngakumbi ngaseRashiya. Kodwa i-sagas yokuba wayemalunga ne-1.90 ubude ngexesha lakhe. Ukukhula okuqhelekileyo ngelo xesha kwakuyi-1.75. I-Airisto yayiyindawo engabonakaliyo ngexesha lakhe, kuba abaninzi babengafuni ukulahlekelwa ngamadoda ukuchasa ukumkani waseFinland.

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Saaremaa King Yalde

UKumkani uYalde

Ukumkani waseSaaremaa uYalde wayelawula ukusuka kuma-950 ukuya kuma-990. Kwisaga, kuthiwa wazuza udumo ngokuphumelela idabi laseSweden eSaaremaa. Kwaye ukusuka apho kwakukho uxolo kunye neeVikings zaseMntla. Kwakhona waqala ukuvelisa kunye nokuthengisa amakrele eViking.  

 

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Leif Erikson

Explorer from Iceland

Leif Erikson was a Norwegian explorer from Iceland. Leif was a Norwegian Viking who is best known for being the undisputed first Viking (European) to enter North America with his team. Leif was the son of Erik Punas, King of Denmark, who founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland. Leif's life reputation is mostly the first Norwegian expedition to Newfoundland and its environs in modern Canada. Here he discovered, among other things, the grapes that inspired the name of the Vikings in the region of Vinland. Leif was the chosen hero of many Scandinavians who emigrated to North America. around that time and who has been given their day in the United States

(Leif Erikson Day, 9 October).

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