Starkad, the Viking Warrior-Poet Lone-Wolf

SIGMA VIKING MALE? The Viking hero Starkad / Starkaðr was a warrior-poet with extra arms who was blessed by the god Odin. This aristocratic transgressive lone wolf character is actually a prehistoric Indo-European archetype equivalent to Hercules in Greece, Suibhne in Ireland and Krishna’s cousin Siśupāla of Chedi from the Hindu religion of India. In this video I explain who Starkad was and how his myths parallel other Indo-European stories of a Sigma male outsider who loves kings, hates the lower classes, is rude to women and goes into mad rages of extreme violence against his enemies. Do you have the traits of the Indo-European sigma male warrior-poet? This channel depends on your support: SubscribeStar: Patreon: Telegram: Starkad art by Christian Sloan Hall Suibhne art by Graman Memes by Chad Pastoralist Stock footage from Envato and pexels Music by: Khan Kurra - Little Dragon Backward - saidbysed Ormgård - Sjálfsforn Borg - the dancing forest aakash gandhi - Eyes of Glory Bark Sound Productions - vrm, mmy Kevin Beorn - Se Freca, Hel wese thu Weda Elegiac - ash wind interlude Doug Maxwell - Bansure Raga Kevin MacLeod - big mojo, moorlands, rites Leiptr - space nords Lorcán Mac Mathúna - Dinseannchas Borg - The May Queen enters the circle Halindir - Comfy Street Rhapsody - DJ Freedem Sources: -Compton, T., ‘Victim of the Muses: Poet as Scapegoat, Warrior and Hero in Greco-Roman and Indo-European Myth and History’ Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies (2006). -Cohen, D. “Suibhne Geilt.” Celtica 12:113–124. (1977). -Dumézil ‘Aspects de la fonction guerrière chez les Indo-Européens’ (1956). -Hui, J ‘’Svá segir Starkaðr’: Manipulating Memoralisation in Gautreks saga’ (2015). -Puhvel, J., ‘Comparative Mythology’ (1987). 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Who is Starkad? 02:21 Starkad in Beowulf and Saxo 09:07 Starkad in Gautreks Saga 15:00 Other sources for Starkad 15:30 Comparative mythology 17:12 Siśupāla 26:29 Suibhne 28:55 Herakles 32:47 Conclusion 36:27 Credits EDIT: a portion of this video had to be removed due to a copyright strike. It explained that Sisupala’s extra arms and eye were removed when he was placed on Krishna’s lap as a baby and that Krishna agreed to forgive the child 100 sins in total.