Knattleikar or Knattleikr: Difference between revisions
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|Description=<p>A ball game recorded in the “Younger Edda:” Its rules are not known.</p> | |Description=<p>A ball game recorded in the “Younger Edda:” Its rules are not known.</p> | ||
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<p>"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 . . . . </p> | <p>"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 . . . . </p> | ||
<p>The stick-ball game was <em><strong><span title="Icelandic-language text"><em lang="is">Knattleikr</em></span></strong></em> (English: 'ball-game'), an ancient ball game similar to hurling played by Icelandic Vikings."</p> | <p>The stick-ball game was <em><strong><span title="Icelandic-language text"><em lang="is">Knattleikr</em></span></strong></em> (English: 'ball-game'), an ancient ball game similar to hurling played by Icelandic Vikings."</p> | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 4 April 2022
| Game | Knattleikar |
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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.
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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? Edit with form to add a query |
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