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“The Viking people originated from Scandinavia, specifically the areas that are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.”
Historical scholarship overwhelmingly places Viking origins in Scandinavia, especially the regions that are now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Major encyclopedias, museums, and academic sources use this framing consistently. Later expansion to places like Iceland does not change the accepted homeland of the Viking Age peoples.
“Vikings wore horned helmets in battle.”
This is one of history's most persistent myths. No horned Viking helmet has ever been found in any archaeological dig. The only preserved Viking Age helmets — the Gjermundbu helmet (~875 AD) and the Yarm helmet — are both horn-free. The famous horned helmets (Viksø) are Bronze Age ceremonial artifacts from ~900 BCE, predating Vikings by roughly 1,800 years. The modern stereotype was popularized by costume designer Carl Emil Doepler for Wagner's 1876 opera cycle.