Visiting A Stave Church

Visit Vang Stave Church! The other ones are in Borgund, Heddal, Urnes and other parts of Norway. Stave Church in Norwegian is "stavkirke".

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[VintageCarHistory]

Well done! Your filming and editing are outstanding! I was unaware of Stave churches, now I need to know more. I'd love to explore the methods of joinery used in their construction.

[coreygrua]

Well done! My Norwegian ancestors would have been pleased. I love a good connection with the past.

[kodiakfitty]

Thank you for this look at a unique historical architectural design. Your production quality is excellent.

[lizj]

These unique churches demonstrate an interesting collision of Viking and Christian culture. I wonder how many were built in Poland...and why.

[toheaveninjoy]

Enjoying the videography. Thank you for noting these are Catholic churches. As beautiful as any cathedral or basilica in Europe. Imagery in these structures were used to help the illiterate to understand the teachings. Often local images were used to assist in this as well.

[DSCH]

Thanks ! I do appreciate it.
very good presentation, beautiful video.
informative.
may be some drawings of pallissade and post-churches could illustrate the evolution. plus a map with locations of former and present day stave churches.

[Evan_Bell]

Nice content.
Well produced, well scripted, concisely informative, and good footage.
Subscribed. Look forward to watching your other videos.

[TullaRask]

If this is the one in Poland, it's not recogniced as a stave church because it's been altered too much.

[chrislewis]

There is a stave church still in existance (Greensted Church ) its in England essex Built in 1060 built by the anglo saxons. it has victorian roof replacement and a tudor tower added over the years. Unfortunatly the upright (stave) beams were placed on top of a brick a foundation they had to cut the very bottoms of the staves off ( due to rotting) to save the building from collapsing by the victorians. But no ancient building would survive without changes and updates /replacments being made be it /castiles/cathedrals/houses etc

[rachelrisley]

There is a church like that at Washington Island in Wisconsin.

[genkiferal]

I am curious how symbols such as lions and dragons travelled to Scandinavia and/or around to various countries. Where did the dragon originate? Was it for certain that it was for China? In Chinese folklore, I understand that the dragon represented the soul and/or a spiritually-elevated soul such as a saint and, in that way, may be linked to longevity or eternal life.
I bet you could find out far more than I could, though.
Do Egyptians or Babylonians have a dragon-like creature in their myths or artwork?

[nmd]

Surely these churches served as inspiration for the buildings in Skyrim?

[gladysseaman]

Excellent! I had read of them, but seeing is better.

[rainer]

They've found some ruins of a Norse Heathen temple (hof/hov) preserved several years ago in Norway, so scholars can definitively say that the layout, and function of the stave churches are very different in spite of the Norse influences in the woodwork.

One of the reasons the stave churches would have not had a lot of windows or light when they were Catholic churches Catholic doctrine wanted you to think about darkness, sin, and damnation a lot, similar to how the Ancient Greeks would demonstrate in drama the worst sins of characters that you wouldn't want to make your role models, so that you wouldn't want to commit those sins in the first place (catharsis).

But, after The Reformation the Lutherans wanted more light, and brighter, white, and tan colors, and windows in churches because they wanted believers to think of Christ as a being that brings light, and positive feelings around salvation when you look at the interior.

The two cats i.e. "lions" guarding the entrance could be some kind of indirect reference to the Norse goddess Freya who had two cats that pulled her chariot in Norse Mythology. But, priests, and missionaries that had been to Byzantium, and Pre-Classical Greek ruins could have seen the twin lions statues guarding the gates of Mycenae, and incorporated that into the design.

[vickilindberg]

Most European churches/cathedrals didn't have benches. I doubt you would be any colder in church than ft getting to it. Body heat probably helped the indoor temps.

[JC-ytpm]

I got married in one of these in Rapid City, SD.

[kavalakuntladavid]

Dear Brother's and sister's greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Brother's place help me for God's work Dovelapmet Our area 🙏

[AminNasrallah-ux]

those are the some of nicest buildings probably in the world