No I fully understand what urban myths are but Viking sayings really aren't a regular subject for urban myths since well, you know how retarded urban myths tend to be.
Maybe your explanation for the saying is right, maybe mine is. No way to be sure.
I don't think you quite understand the concept of an urban myth. I'm not saying vikings were urban. I'm saying that the internet made up that explanation as a joke and someone took it seriously and it caught on. Wives were actually pretty well respected i... moreI don't think you quite understand the concept of an urban myth. I'm not saying vikings were urban. I'm saying that the internet made up that explanation as a joke and someone took it seriously and it caught on. Wives were actually pretty well respected in viking society, marriage didn't have as much of the restrictive/negative connotations as it does in modern society (i.e. calling a spouse a "ball and chain")
The concept of an arrow in the knee had nothing to do with marriage. In fact it referred to a specific type of injury in the viking age, one in which the kneecap was shattered, causing a warrior to have difficulty travelling long distances. Additionally, each bone fragment removed would cost an extra coin according to viking law, so the large number of shattered fragments in a knee injury made their removal a relatively expensive procedure. This is why becoming a guard was a good way to deal with it, you still can use your combat skills without needing to travel very far. I can attest that it will s... less
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Maybe your explanation for the saying is right, maybe mine is. No way to be sure.