Which Viking Hero Are You?

Not only are you an intrepid explorer, you're a killer salesman as well! Erik the Red, after being banished from Iceland, where his family was ALREADY in exile, set sail with his best men and founded a settlement in Greenland. Greenland was no less icy than Iceland--where he was born--but he still sold people on moving there anyway!

You're great at getting people to do your bidding. You may also get a little heated when it's time to mete out justice. It was the same for Ivar. When he found out that his father had been thrown into a pit of snakes by an English king, Ivar sought justice. He and his brothers created the Great Heathen Army and went after the king. The king suffered a hideous death known as the ritual of the blood eagle.

You are a wise and keen decision maker. When King Canute was just one prince of Denmark, he helped his father avenge wrongs in England. He eventually became England's first Viking king, and then he got Scotland to boot. By the time all was said and done, Canute was ruling over England, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, and part of Sweden. What's even better is that he was responsible for 20 years of peace in a time that war was all the rage.

Bjorn was a raider warrior. Like you, he was clever and insightful, and had a few tricks up his sleeve. A cunning problem-solver, he once infiltrated a walled Italian city by playing dead. His men appealed to the sympathy of the town's priest and had his coffin carried into the city to be buried on consecrated ground. When the coffin was carried into the church for the funeral, a very alive and nearly berserk Bjorn jumped out, battled his way to the gates of the city, and let his men in to raid it. Later in life, he retired comfortably and at leisure.

Like Gunnar, you are a multitasking, energetic, always-on-the-go maniac. Gunnar's claim to fame was that he could fight with both hands. Sure, boxers do that, but Gunnar was adept at fighting with two swords at one time. He was also so quick at sword fighting that people said it was like one sword was three. He could also jump more than his height while wearing a full suit of armor and never missed a target with his bow.

Like Ragnar, you are smart, inventive, and respected. You're also a bit of a romantic. When Ragnar was a boy of 15, he fell in love with a princess. To win her hand, he had to eradicate a poisonous snake infestation. He made himself a snakeproof suit of animal skins boiled in sand and pitch. Later in life, he was so renowned as a raider that the French king proactively paid him 7,000 pounds of silver to spare Paris.