Cultural Appropriation.

Yes, granted; the film "The 13th Warrior" is loosely based on what he wrote, but a black African as a Jarl??? Come on, that's stretching credulity a bit far!

Ibn Fadlan was an ambassador to the Volga Bulgarians east of Moscow. He wrote about a trade camp of Rus (Swedish/finish river traders who became the power in what became RUSsia) that were trading with the Volga Bulgers. He never meet a viking

You need to read my comment again. I said in medieval times. Not Roman times. I know the Romans had Black people among them. But even so, they were a tiny percentage of the population who most likely never had descendants and even if they did, their descendants would not be black. The vast majority of these Blacks would be found in southern Europe. The accounts of Black soldiers in Britain are irrelevant and just pandering to the moronic PC crowd. They were soldiers. Many of them would die. They had no black women, so many of them would have trouble finding a mate. The very few that would find a white woman willing to mate would them, would have half Caucasian children which again mate with Caucasians practically making the Black DNA in them tiny and irrelevant. But, the Moors were Arabs which meant they were Caucasian.

Nordic cultures traded from around the world, but would be about as man asian or black people in northern europe at this time as would be in china or africa, sure were a very few here and there, but no tribes and they would be considered outcasts by most. This show is of pure fantasy who added other cultures and peoples to try to appeal to wider audience. Nothing historic about this show, is pure fiction, treat it as such.

You are falsely conflating Berbers and Arabs with Sub Saharan ''Blacks''. Just because someone is from the continent of Africa does not make them black.

It now appears that you cant film any aspect of european history without including asian or black characters to appease the PC brigade.

I see your point; I do notice the 'diversity' and it is a bit fantastical but then again, so are those 'mudborns' trolls & skinshifters. It's a bit loopy but enjoyable. I treat it as a sequel 'inspired by the original', sort of like 'Outlander' (the movie with Jim Caviezel that is...)




Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?

Bödvar Bjarki, meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero appearing in tales of Hrólf Kraki in the Saga of Hrólf Kraki, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga saga, and as Biarco in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. It is believed that he is the hero Beowulf in the Old English poem Beowulf were originally they same personage, Unlike Beowulf, Bödvar is said to have been Norwegian, which may be explained by the fact that his story was written by Icelandic authors who were mostly of Norwegian descent.
However, his brother was the king of Gautland and, like Beowulf, it was from Geatland that Bödvar arrived in Denmark. Moreover, upon arriving at the court of Denmark, he kills a monstrous beast that has been terrorizing the court at Yule for two years. Bödvar Bjarki also has a younger companion, Hjalti (Hialte) matching the Beowulf character Wiglaf. The monster in Hrólf Kraki's saga,however, is quite unlike the Grendel of Beowulf; but it does have characteristics of a more typical dragon, a creature which appears later in Beowulf. Just as Beowulf and Wiglaf slay a dragon at the end of Beowulf, Bödvar Bjarki and Hjalti help each other slay the creature in Denmark. In some of the Hrólf Kraki material, Bödvar Bjarki aids Adils in defeating Adils' uncle Áli, in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern. In Beowulf, the hero Beowulf aids Eadgils in Eadgils' war against Onela. As far as this Swedish adventure is concerned, Beowulf and Bödvar Bjarki are one and the same.