Authentic Valkyrie Hairstyle
- Posted on 05 June, 2018
- Hair Styling
- By Anonymous
Janet Stephens' tutorial based on Viking artifacts, with bibliography and original music.
Early medieval Norseman commonly knows the Vikings were Scandinavian warriors traders and seafaring explorers who superior navigational and sailing skills made them a force to be reckoned with from the Baltic to Byzantium. The Vikings carved picture stones and rune stones to commemorate expeditions of wars and honor their dead. The Vikings had a rich folkloric and visual tradition with many gods and goddesses Giants. Elves fairies, dwarves and monsters picture stones, often depict battle scenes and female figures called Valkyries in Norse mythology, Valkyries were choosers of the slain Valkyries carried the chosen dead from the battlefields to Valhalla and Foulke fauna, where they were welcomed with feasting in the halls of Odin And friar in Viking art Valkyries are depicted with extremely long hair adorned with a distinctive knotted hairstyle, a recently discovered silver Valkyrie pendant from her be Denmark shows this hairstyle in three-dimensional detail. The style can be easily constructed either by a fellow Valkyrie or the Valkyrie herself. One will need a comb first, smooth the hair with oil butter or bear grease to control flyaways comb, the hair as smooth as possible, while guiding it high onto the back of the head, because her hair is thick as well as long. I lay the hair over my wrist and pull the ends up on the side of the wrist furthest from the hand, place the mid-shaft and the palm and carefully pull the ends through the loop. This method retains the maximum length and dance pull the ends and push the knot toward the scalp. The knot stays tight because of the weight of the hair and length. In addition to a comb, you will need a hair. Bodkin prepare the hair, as you did before. Not the hair and insert a bodkin to prevent it from falling apart in south dressing. You can twist the hair tightly at the scalp until it collapses into a loop reach through the loop and pull the ends through tight, twisting reduces the length of the ponytail
Comments
HolographicMoon: Please do hairstyles found on preserved bog bodies! I know there are some videos out there, but I'd love to see your take on it- you always do such good research, and your recreations are perfect!
Shasha: I gasped out loud when I saw the model's absolutely stunning hair!! Is she on the LOng Hair Community forums by chance? if not, she'd fit right in.
Kate: Gotta love it when a historical hairstyle is easy to reproduce huh?
Desjima: I'm both amazed about how stupidly easy this hairstyle is and how cool it looks. I do need a hairpin/bodkin having hair that is about top-of-butt-length but extremely fine but it stays on well otherwise. Definitely a keeper for lazy days.
MrsBrit1: Well, I wear my knee length hair in a "Valkyrie knot" all the time! I didn't know it was a warrior hairstyle, though! My hair is so slick I have to use a hair stick (or bodkin) to keep it from sliding out, though.
kez kezooie: Thanks for this. As always, a wonderful demonstration/tutorial. If anyone is interested, Silvouplaits has recently posted a tutorial on three historically accurate ancient warriors' hairstyles: The Suebian Knot, Scythian Braids and a Norse warrior's braid. Her channel is Silvousplaits. (sorry, I can't seem to post links anymore).
seanandkatr: Janet, you have been an inspiration to me for years! When I taught Latin to middle schoolers and had Latin Projects, I would show your videos to my students to show them authentic Roman hairstyles. I still show your videos to my history classes whenever it seems relevant! You are amazing!
Spookykitty1138: I used to do this with my hair when it was long. My naturally curly texture definitely helped keep the knot from slipping. I really enjoy your videos, thanks for all of your hard work!
ouicertes: YOU ARE BACK, than you thank you for an amazing video, again. I love the fact that you actually take the time to document and source your research for us, and that you do absolutely everything, including music, yourself. It is so satisfying to get to see how people before dealt with such a mundane yet significant thing that is hair. Do you have any knowledge of how people use to care for their hair (washing, combing and such) in the past ? 'd love to see video about that.
Berkley Pearl: I had no idea that this was a thing! This is so cool! I’ve been tying my hair in knots like this to keep it out of the way for ages I’m super excited to know that this was a thing that my ancestors did as well
Anna Rundquist: Janet Stephens ~ I love these tutorials. I am trying a few on my daughter as she has very long hair and she likes them! Thank you!!
Ann Brookens: I love this style! It's so simple and elegant!
Tilrun: It is wonderful to see more videos from your channel! I will definitely use this hairstyle :-)
dani c: This is awesome, I have been looking for videos about this for so long. Is there any evidence that the hair was actually braided and then knotted into the style? The Norse loved braids and it would make it stay much longer I think, but it's hard to tell on the reliefs that I've seen.
Ligeia Noire: I used to do that hairstyle when my hair was shorter. However, even at classic length you need to secure it with a stick or fork. Because it will sag with time and movement.
archionblu: This is actually what I use on a daily basis as my 'get out of the way fast' hair style--sometimes I'll loop up the end and tuck under just for added security, because unfortunately my hair is quite fine so even though I have the same length hair it slip slides out of the knot pretty quickly. Awesome to know my little 'hack' is actually a historical style!
Moirarchia: I have hip-long, quite thick and super silky (and slippery!) hair and unfortunately the haorstyle collapsed immediately. The knot was too thick and there was not enough lenght left to let gravity do its job. But I did try it on just the top half of my hair and surprisingly held up quite well.
nartyteek: One of my new favorites of your videos! It's deceptively simple but still makes such a bold statement.
Sarah Portelli: Great video! Have you ever looked into Etruscan hairstyles by any chance?
Amy: I saw this reconstructed hairstyle before on another channel, and wanted to test it out since I decided to give it to one of the characters in a story I'm writing, but for some reason I could not get it to work even though my hair goes midway down my back now. I heard somewhere that certain updoes can require more length if your hair is really thick and/or really wavy (mine's both) and I also suspected that my overgrown bangs (which nearly reach my shoulders now) might have been causing issues since they're shorter than the rest of my hair. After this tutorial, I wondered if maybe the lack of bear grease (or other oil) and the fact that I wasn't untangling my hair before attempting it played a roll as well. I hadn't seen the twist method, so I tried that version, and it worked! A grand total of three inches of hair stuck out past the knot, but it worked! ^_^ About five minutes later most of my bangs managed to escape somehow, and the whole thing slid down, but it's still sorta knotted, which is much better than I expected considering how little hair was sticking out past the end and the fact that I didn't have anything on standby to stab through the knot. So, works pretty well, even under adverse conditions
Quilter1977: I'm absolutely loving your videos! Phrygian mode, eh? I have a lyre but don't really foray into the world it comes with, I cheat and use it like a deeper-voiced small wire harp, so I have no idea whether medieval Scandinavian music uses the Phrygian mode or not.
Catalina: Glad to see you back, Janet! Thank you for sharing this!
Flower GemsGirl: I just subscribed, I love your videos! I was wondering if you could do a video of the towering hair piece type that Kristen Dunst wore in Marie Antoinette movie. Those really tall curly styles with fake birds and flowers and jewelry stuck in them. I always thought those were interesting, but are they really from that time period? Thanks for the great videos! Can’t wait to see what comes out next!
Red herring: I love these videos! Does anyone know how easy it is to take out though? It looks like something that would get tangled easily...
Dovey Milton: I would love to see you do one video on ancient greek male hair. Or even sumerian hair/beards
HilBG: "use oil, butter, or bear grease..." as you do.
Former Things: Truly unique content
Allyson Mora: Very beautiful!
Victoria Lawrence: Another great hairstyle! On the edge of my seat for new videos!
Ashley Kraze: Wish Ive done this in middleschool back in 2007, my hair was SO long this would work out perfectly
grukarndy: Awesome video! Great to see you posting!
A H: The style of movie making is really weird on this one but the instructions and hairstyle are very easy to understand and follow.
Neon Heart: I found out recently that I have viking heritage, so this is fascinating to see. Thank you!
N Kemp: Can you do a video on Minoan hairstyles? Like the Veiled Girl and Necklace Swinger frescoes from Akrotiri. Thank you so much
Cilora: I think my hair is probably too short to replicate that (damn, can´t be like my brethren), but that´s really cool!
A H: Is there any other historicly accurate Viking hair dressing besides this?
Plastic Replica: This Channel is my life I love it
MrKONEWKO: Wish youd make more videos!
Rebecca Johnson: Neat! I tried it myself, but my hair is particularly silky and slippery so I don't know if it will stay
southern miss: Ha I've been doing this my whole life... I never knew
arilove7: What a beautiful hair the model has a beautiful and healthy hair !!! Please give me the secret!!!
rachel r: Cool! Glad I found ur channel!
werelemur1138: I should wear that to work on Monday. (Although maybe with something a little more subtle than a bone bodkin to hold it.)
KristallMondlicht: I am between waist length and hip length with 2a/f/iii+ hair and it’s finally starting to do this without tool assistance.
fatalrob0t: Pff my hair isn't long enough and too thick....I just tried it myself and the result was hilarious. Lol
Yoshioka: Awesome
SimderZ: My hair is 45 inches long, i could easily do this style such as it is.
Brittany Spiel: Lady your videos are weird as shit and awesome. Not mutually exclusive of each other. Such interesting content.
Cherise: Janet, please help, did women cover all the time with cloth head coverings? Did the early Christian women cover their heads to pray & prophecy? Can you teach about cloth head coverings such as why they were worn?
Texadon - Andromeda Cripps: You compose your own music too? I'm curious if this piece was inspired by actual medieval Norse music or just intuitive?
Stardust Angel: Man My hair is long like that but at least 3x thinner
Fatima del Rosario Silva González: Vibe pio un tiktok de una chica que hbalaba sobre arqueologas, muy interesante el contenido!♥♥♥
debbie boring: Thank you that is interesting. I'll have to watch Thor Ragnarok again to see if they even tried to reproduce the hair of Valkyrie like it should be.
j money: 3:38 i can do that now as my hair is as long as hers :)
kh22912: That knot looks so painful, how would you undo it without getting snarls in your hair?
Stephanie Rayside Rayside: Wow
KatKMeanders: Where can one find good hair bodkins?
Ash: where have you been Janet
Kitty the Cat: Is it easy to untie
PKJ: queen
Leigh D.: Came here from Buzzfeed
Elyas Stephens: Mother?
Rikke: I know it's a small thing, but seeing as the general idea of this channel is tutorials based on history and artifacts. You shouldn't really use 'Vikings' as a descriptor for Norse people during that era. Viking was a very small part of the society back then and was actually a practice, not a person. A person would be a Norseman or woman, who then, in turn, practiced TO Viking, meaning to do the things normally associated with 'Vikings' maybe once or twice a year, perhaps less. Also, you sort of mention if but not really, Valkyries never excisted, which I believe (as a Danish Historian), is very much worth noting here.