What are your favorite viking/mythology fiction thingies like books, movies etc

[Zed]

Hi viking fans.

What are your favorite viking- and/or mythology-themed books, movies, comics, tv-shows, games, and so on?

My favorite re-telling of nordic mythology is probably the one found in Bulfinch's Mythology.
My favorite hollywood viking garbage is probably The Vikings with Kirk Douglas and a sultry Janet Leigh.

 

[Night Goat]

Skyrim!

 

[flabbyjack]

Banner Saga!

 

[kazgar]

 

[felipepepe]

 

[kazgar]

 

[Gregz]

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Good attention to detail with emphasis on historical acuracy. The values, technology, methods, culture, psychology and belief systems of the time are well represented. Worth seeing if you are interested in Viking culture.

Also Tolkien's translation of Beowulf:

http://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-Translation-Commentary-Christopher-Tolkien/dp/0544442784

(a lot of Viking culture banked itself on the shores of east England)

 

[Sensuki]

Quite literally the first (or second) cartoon I ever saw.

 

[Avonaeon]

Beowulf and Grendel (2005)
I personally like this one.

 

[studwick]

The Danish Comic-books and Cartoon Movie Valhalla (1986)!

One of my favorites is Loki's eating contest against a skinny red Jotun (In reality the redhaired Jotun is Fire personified)

 

[Atomical]

Kung Fury!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg

 

[Hobo Elf]

Bernard Cornwell's Saxon books are pretty good. Vinland Saga is really good as well. Probably one of the best viking themed story.

 

[Luka-boy]

Vinland Saga:

Spoiler

For those who know what's going on in the pic, I wouldn't mind seeing a tactic like that being available for use at least once in the new Expeditions game.

 

[mondblut]

Games: Hammer of the Gods, of course. Nothing ever comes close. For mythology in general, Celtic Tales which is in a league of its own.

Novels, Poul Anderson had some good shit. 'The Broken Sword' for one.

Movies, meh... Eric the Viking!

 

[Severian Silk]

Celtic Tales had awesome graphics for its time! I love the dithering effect they used.

 

[Jimmious]

Spoiler

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

Were there women vikings IRL?

 

[Avonaeon]

Can't say with absolute certainty, but there's research that suggests there might have been.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Rune.

 

[Siveon]

Rune.

Every time you eat or drink something in Rune, you throw the rest of it immediately onto the ground. As a true viking would.

 

[Avonaeon]

Rune.

Rune was awesome. I have fond memories, spending an entire weekend plowing through the game in co-op (With 3 times the enemies). Slaughtering hundreds of enemies as we stood back to back was amazing

 

[Morality Games]

Rune.

Oh, right. I knew there was a game that needed to be added to my backloggery account.

 

[Sensuki]

Arena multiplayer of Rune was so good, decapitating someone and then beating them to death with their own severed head = priceless.

 

[Zed]

Arena multiplayer of Rune was so good, decapitating someone and then beating them to death with their own severed head = priceless.

low gravity fights were cool too
kind of like jedi academy except gigantic axes and swords (and limbs) being thrown around

 

[Roobenator]

Valhalla Rising
I saw this a few years ago, it has Mads Mikkelsen in it as a badass warrior. Can't say too much about the plot. It was a shit, if I remember correctly. And the general ambiance was pretty intense.
I second 13th warrior, that is one of my favourite "historical" movies to watch drunk as it isn't too heavy but still builds a great atmosphere, plus it's actually partly based on real historical source material.