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asserts · high · dan friesen · 00:17:26
Knowledge Fight · #432: May 10-11, 2020
The trope of shooting fire arrows at a Viking boat funeral originates from the 1958 film The Vikings, not from historical records.
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This thematic touch where the Norse dead is put on a boat and then they shoot fire arrows at it, like Alex is describing. That doesn't come from history. It actually started in the 1958 film The Vikings, and it's been a really popular trope ever since then.