The Fearless Viking Warriors

Meet the toughest warriors ever

Peter Preskar
Short History
Published in
5 min readNov 1, 2020

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A Viking warrior — an artistic depiction from the computer game Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. The Valhalla is the Viking version of heaven (Image: hdqwalls.com)

Vikings had a strong warrior culture, which made violence a common feature of their daily life. The Viking warriors excelled in hand-to-hand combat and learned to fight at an early age. In Norse mythology, if you died during combat and you truly enjoyed fighting, you would receive a place in Valhalla. This was a splendid palace, where warriors fought each other…

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