Viking Ducks touring Oslo
publisert av BÃ¥rd Titlestad
Publisert 2014-05-26
Humor: The Saga of Biôrn
publisert av The Happy Viking
Publisert 2014-05-20
We came across this little animated short from the students at The Animation Workshop in Denmark:
In the movie, we encounter Biôrn, an old Viking determined to reach Valhalla, the warriors' afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers the right death isn’t so easy to come by.
For more info: The Animation Workshop
Vikingene brakte humor til England
publisert av Per Arne Drangsholt
Publisert 2014-05-05
Engelsk humor gjør det spesielt godt i Skandinavia. Her kan man høre folk sitere Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Absolutely Fabulous og The Office. Og for de spesielt interesserte har man blant annet Jimmy Carr,Withnail and I og Black Books. Men kan det være at eksporten av sarkasme og ironi opprinnelig har gått motsatt vei?
Den danske ambassadøren til Storbritannia, Claus Grube, ser ut til å mene det. Ifølge den engelske avisen The Daily Telegraph sier han: - It may be the bedrock of British humour, but sarcasm was actually brought to the UK by the Vikings ... The British use of understatement and satire is thought to originate from the Vikings.
Vikingene hadde sansen for understatement og mørk humor, og fellestrekkene mellom engelsk og skandinavisk humor i dag kan ha utviklet seg i møtene mellom vikingene og den lokale britiske befolkningen. Grube sier videre: - But it's certainly true that the Old Norse sagas offer abundant examples of laconic humour, often in the face of adversity. My favourite comes in Grettir's Saga : the hero's brother, Atli, is stabbed fatally through the stomach, whereupon his dying words are (more or less) "I see that broad spears are in fashion this year".
Les mer: Vikings brought sarcastic sense of humor to Britain (The Telegraph)
