Vikings Had Developed An interesting Way In Starting A Fire
We knew that Vikings was anxious about their body when it comes to hygiene. They wanted to make their body clean as possible as they could. However, they had different plans when lighting fires. It was the most hygienic way we could ever think. Their process of making fire was they would start collecting touchwood fungus from tree bark. After receiving enough materials, they would boil it for a few days in human urine. They would pound and soak the item the felt-like substance to make them transport the materials more manageable and sturdily. Vikings also discovered that sodium nitrate in human urine would the object smolder. That would allow them to travel far more distance and would start a fire wherever they want. It was not the first thing that we could think of, but the Vikings had known it all along.
Vikings Had Developed An interesting Way In Starting A Fire
The Deads Were Buried In Boats
On the ocean, a lot of people were raiding other boats or fishers who did their job and a seafarer who travels in different places. However, it was not every day that you could see a burial on the boats in the ocean. Norse religion believed that an honorable warrior should have a vessel to reach the Valhalla. There were some critical Vikings who died that placed on the traditional Viking shop that was sailed into the ocean. However, women were the exception on this tradition. The ship would be filled with resources like weapons, food, treasure, and many more as long they thought that it would be needed in the afterlife. In some cases, slaves were sacrificed and put on the boat to provide service to their masters in the afterlife.
The Deads Were Buried In Boats
