The Vikings had an unusual option: They drawn the mammoth into a lake or lake, and weighted it down such that it stayed on the bottom of the lake. The water temperature and the snow above maintained the meat until spring, when it had been presented and roasted for a huge celebration. The conventional landscape of the Vikings - rugged lands, steep hills and fjords, and extended winters - produced agriculture a challenge. 

Many Vikings were simple farmers and shepherds, it was difficult to find enough land to support everyone. The Vikings got their name from the marauding tribes that wanted to get greater and more hospitable viking axes  lands. However several Vikings viewed the behavior of the choose few while the salvation of the group, because if they were unable to secure new lands upon that your tribes could negotiate, the Vikings at home could starve.

Perhaps as a result, Viking families rewarded aggressiveness and praised crazy qualities in their children. People who traveled through the Viking areas wrote records of what they saw. In examining these reports, it's surprising to see a mom praising a boy for using his axe to eliminate a competitor tribe's boy, for instance.

Not merely were Viking boys (as effectively as girls) encouraged to battle, but there is special education and preparation involved. Before a fight, the Vikings frequently needed a hallucinogenic stimulant that enabled them to fight with almost super-human vigor, endurance, and fearlessness. Stories of the Vikings' ruthlessness and prowess at struggle is what hit concern in the spirits of those who heard about Viking warriors and their attacks.