Unicorn's viking dream...

Hey it's the unicorn on the blog !

So, where would I like to go if I could travel in time?
           

My first reaction was « THE VIKINGS TIME, YAAY ». 

Because a Viking, it's cool (and not only because they invented mead).

I will tell you a little more about them (but before the arrival of the Christians who changed a lot of things in the traditions.)

          When you say « Viking » you imagine a big brute with a big hammer. 

[Yes, indeed!  Mrs P.] 

But this vision was spread by the Christians, because the Vikings were heathen. (So they had to be necessarily some bad-not-beautiful).

In reality, these northern people were great browsers, traders and explorers.

         

          My choice is spontaneous, but thoughtful: even if it's a patriarchal society, being a woman wasn't a chore.

She was respected in the same way as a man, she could choose who to marry... or not. 

She could also be a leaner, meaning doctors, even chieftain. 

When men left the village for several months,  the women had to take care of the farm and crops, with the help of the slaves.

The way of thinking of this population also encourages me in this choice.

 They believed in any gods (Like Thor to take a familiar example), but they favored their strength and their ability.

          The human dignity is very present, even the slave benefited from it (you could't maltreat them), and it's easy to feed.

The Vikings had a charity system for people who can't work, so the old and the sick had the help of the community.

          There are still a few things that I don't like, like the totally intolerance to homosexuality (accusing someone was equivalent to commiting murder!). 

There is also that, if a housewife (married woman) thing that the dignity of his family was touched, she can order a murder without being worried (but exposing to retaliation…).

          It must be remembered that only a few clans were bloodthirsty, the other preferring to sell their wares.

          So to finish I would like to say that, despite of many things, I'm happy to live in the 21th century in France, because we are really lucky, we don't know war, we have enough to eat, and if some doubt about technology, I'm personally happy to see the progress.

(and we can still drink mead in horns \0/)