Knattleikar or Knattleikr
| Game | Knattleikar or Knattleikr |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
| Location | Iceland |
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| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | A ball game recorded in the “Younger Edda:” Its rules are not known. In April 2022, Bruce Allardice added this comment to chronology item 1000c.1: "Vikings also played a ball game with stick and ball. It wasn’t uncommon for someone to get hurt or even killed, as Vikings played rough. Women did not participate in these games, but they would gather to watch the men . . . . The stick-ball game was Knattleikr (English: 'ball-game'), an ancient ball game similar to hurling played by Icelandic Vikings." --
On 4/4/2022, this Youtube introduction to the game, described as an Icelandic game similar to lacrosse, was found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KSqgkJxnY Historical sources for this interpretation are not supplied. The game as illustrated does not appear to involve baserunning. On 4/5/2022, Swedish scholar Isak Lidstrom added: "That is a great game! Usually called knattleikr. The rules and practice of the game is unclear. In the early 20th century a theory was launched stating that lacrosse was developed out of knattleikr. A more plausible theory states that knattleikr is closely related to hurling or shinty. This article mentions everything worth knowikng about the game. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24862870?seq=1 Isak"
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| Sources | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KSqgkJxnY, accessed 4/4/2022. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Wikipedia defines this as a game similar to hurling.
On 4/4/2022, this Youtube introduction to the game, described as an Icelandic game similar to lacrosse, was found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KSqgkJxnY Historical sources for this interpretation are not supplied. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Further data on the game are welcome. Is a game like this still practiced in Iceland? What dats are associated with the Younger Edda? Edit with form to add a query |
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