Is anyone on here familiar with Viking axes?

[Skyros]

I have a few questions.

[RebelinSteel]

A bit and has been said, popular culture has them wrong.

When you say Viking axes, you need to say from what period as they evolved.

http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/wiki/Axes_found_in_Britain

https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/two-handed-axes/

Axes were carried by the Varangian guard who fought for the Byzantium Empire, these were also Vikings, although they had settled around Kiev

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/varangian-gaurd-of-the-byzantine-army/#:~:text=The%20Varangians%20carried%20their%20axes,single%2Dedged%20Danish%20long%20axe.

[Skyros]

Alright, 9th century England. Are you saying Assassin’s Creed Valhalla had the axe in the picture wrong?

[RebelinSteel]

Well that’s what the archeology seems to say.

[Skyros]

👍🏻, thanks for the links.

[Knightwatch27]

I'm swedish myself and we learn everything about the vikings by default in our schools. And the way AC Valhalla depicts vikings has many flaws. Overuse of fur, a common trope, no helmets nor chainmails, this axe in the image which I believe is meant to be a bearded axe is too thick as well. Then there's the whole matter of the protagonist being named "Eivor" which is a girl's name. Specifically a very old girl's name, the kind you only see old retirement ladies have here.

[Skyros]

Wow, thanks for telling me that.

[Avicenna]

Wow, that's a real niche area. Ask about it on Quora if nobody does here.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I know a little bit.

But in general popculture vikings are all wrong, or not historically accurate.

[Iron_Man]

I’ve seen them on TV

[RedInnocent69]

Sounds a bit like a Roman Empire question.