Zita re "Viking»Yakatanga kushandiswa nevanyori vekunze muzana ramakore regumi nerimwe AD. Kwayakatangira ingangodaro iri izwi reSweden kune bay, "Vik." Izvi zvinoratidza hukama hwepedyo pakati pevanhu negungwa, pavakanga vachinyatsovimba nehupenyu hwavo.
Vaive nengano yavo vega. Vanamwari vavo vaidaidzwa kuti "asar" .Viking kazhinji dzinofungidzirwa savage, zvidhakwa, imbavha dzisina tsitsi. Muchokwadi, basa ravo guru raive rekurima nekutengeserana. Viking mafambiro ainyanya kushambadzira mafambiro ayo dzimwe nguva aishanduka kuita kupamba. Asi kutaura chokwadi, pakanga painewo mafambiro aive nechinangwa chekutora nharaunda dzekunze kwemahombekombe.
Swedish Vikings
Heano mutsauko pakati pe "Swedish" uye "Danish / Norwegian" Vikings. Kufamba kweDanish neNorway kwakaenda kumadokero, kwakanangana neWestern Europe neEngland. VaSweden, kune rumwe rutivi, vakaenda kumabvazuva, kunyanya muRussia nhasi uye gare gare kuByzantium neCaliphate.
Runestones uye zvekuchera matongo zvakawanikwa kumabvazuva kweSweden uye pachitsuwa cheGotland zvinoratidza kuti kutengeserana pakati pekumabvazuva kweSweden neA Near East kwaive kwakanyanya panguva ino munhoroondo. Idzi nzendo dzinowanzotanga munzvimbo dzezvitoro dzakadai se "Birka", iri pachitsuwa chiri muLake Mälaren, kusiri kure nhasi kubva kuStockholm.
MaViking akagarawo muguta reRussia reNovgorod, iro ravakadaidza kuti "Holmgard." Nekufamba kwenguva simba rake pahupfumi nezvematongerwo enyika rakakura uye rikaita sarudzo. Zvinoenderana nechinyorwa chakanyorwa muzana ramakore regumi nemaviri AD, maSweden Vikings ndivo vakavamba Russia.
Kunyangwe izvi zvisingaite, simba reVikings richiri kuoneka. Zita reRussia semuenzaniso, pamwe rakabva kune rimwe remazita eSweden Vikings, "ruser."