Being passionate about weird stuff is just what I do. XD And I'm also really happy about having met you, both because I finally get a chance to talk about these things and because I just enjoy talking with you. <3 Alas, you're right. We only learn a few things, and then we think that's all that there is to it because nobody ever bothers to tell us otherwise. It's kinda depressing, thinking about the kind of stuff we're missing out on everyday. Still, one would think that people writing fiction about ancient societies should have the most fun researching on them and getting them right. But that's probably just me having too much faith in mankind again ... *sigh* You know, Vikings started fascinating me in the first place because it seemed like there was just so little about them. I mean, it was like we had Greeks and Romans handed to us on a silver platter, and there was something about Egyptians too in our textbooks ... but what about them? Now that I'm older I know that there is still LOADS of stuff we don't know even about Greeks and Romans and that we can only theorize about, but back then it seemed a bit unfair, somehow. It was like, those Viking guys had brilliant legends and poems and even discovered America (... Canada, but still), how could they be just raiding/pillaging/raping barbarians? The two pictures just didn't fit together. Well, I get carried away all the damn time, so I can't really blame you for that! XD I think it's just natural, when you get passionate about the topic you're talking about. :)
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Alas, you're right. We only learn a few things, and then we think that's all that there is to it because nobody ever bothers to tell us otherwise. It's kinda depressing, thinking about the kind of stuff we're missing out on everyday.
Still, one would think that people writing fiction about ancient societies should have the most fun researching on them and getting them right. But that's probably just me having too much faith in mankind again ... *sigh*
You know, Vikings started fascinating me in the first place because it seemed like there was just so little about them. I mean, it was like we had Greeks and Romans handed to us on a silver platter, and there was something about Egyptians too in our textbooks ... but what about them?
Now that I'm older I know that there is still LOADS of stuff we don't know even about Greeks and Romans and that we can only theorize about, but back then it seemed a bit unfair, somehow. It was like, those Viking guys had brilliant legends and poems and even discovered America (... Canada, but still), how could they be just raiding/pillaging/raping barbarians? The two pictures just didn't fit together.
Well, I get carried away all the damn time, so I can't really blame you for that! XD I think it's just natural, when you get passionate about the topic you're talking about. :)