Odin's Advice To The Vikings

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Odin is giving the Vikings the most basic advices to the Vikings to survive and from the stories we have read we know how the Vikings have not taken Odin’s guidance seriously which caused them to vanish.

Odin seems to be warning the Viking about the Stamford bridge battle and that they should always be ready to go in a battle. After their victory at Fulford gate King Harald Sigurdason rushed to go to Stamford Bridge to collect ransom and tributes from the English and did not wary where he was entering which ended the Viking age. Odin himself doesn’t know when Ragnarolf will happen. He gathers the best warriors to join him in Ragnarolf so he will be ready to fight the giants and the wolf, who are both the foundation of this world and destructor …show more content…

Like Flosi agreeing to avenge Hoskuld’s, Hildigunn husband, and calling her “monster” because she is manipulating him to do something that he does not think it is a good idea also indicates on how women use their given power(145). Freydis’s cagily action regarding Helgi and Finnbogi brothers is another indication of women using their power over men in a wicked way. Freydis deceived his husband so that he will kill the Helgi and Finnbogi brothers and while no men was willing to kill the women companions of the two brothers, she killed them with axe(135).
Odin’s words about women being unpredictable/unstable on their thoughts can be inferred to when Gunnhild’s actions changed upon Hrut’s (actions). Gunnhild made Hrut to endear King Harald Greycloak and once Hrut decided to return to Iceland she cursed him and caused his marriage to fail, however, she gave him a gold ring when he was leaving her (133).

I might be thought that if the Vikings have listened to Odin’s advises, they may have not vanished and encountered a different fate. However, the Vikings extinction was because of their settlement, which made them vulnerable and their ongoing raid, which made other nations to unify in order to protect themselves from the Vikings

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