Viking in Kilt!

[Ghâshûl]

Hello everyone!

I've been interested in kilts for most of my life, but I haven't really done a lot about it. I own one kilt, but the fact that it doesn't have any pockets hasn't allowed me to put it to much use.

I wasn't aware of the contemporary type kilts until recently, but after discovering them I've been desiring to get my first kilt.
The fact that I've also read that the kilt was actually brought to Scotland by the vikings (althought propably in a quite different form) hasn't dissuaded me from the idea.

I'm looking to buy a denim UnionKilt both because they look nice, and because it's located in EU

Cheers everyone! (with a good mead or a Laphroaig preferably!)

[herminator]

Hi and cheers! (WITH MEAD OF COURSE!!)

[Pour1Malt]

slainte mhath!

an walcome tae the rabble!

[smaughazard]

Welcome from western NC! Would you mind explaining (or translating?) your screen name for us?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Welcome to the forum! I hate to jump in with a correction first thing, but I'm afraid the kilt was not brought to Scotland by the Vikings (nor the Irish, nor by any of the other groups that try to claim credit). It developed quite naturally within the Highlands of Scotland.

Here's an article I wrote on the origins and development of the kilt:
http://albanach.org/kilt.html

All the best!

[Ghâshûl]

Thanks for the welcome each and all!

Would you mind explaining (or translating?) your screen name for us?

Surely! It is written in the black speach of Mordor, and it means something to the effect of Fire Spirit. Don't put anything much more into it, than the fact that I'm a great Tolkien fan!

Welcome to the forum! I hate to jump in with a correction first thing, but I'm afraid the kilt was not brought to Scotland by the Vikings (nor the Irish, nor by any of the other groups that try to claim credit). It developed quite naturally within the Highlands of Scotland.

I may have expressed myself too vaguely. I didn't intend to say that the kilt as we know it in Scotland originated from Scandinavia. But I have read several places, that it was propably influenced by the vikings manner of dress, and the name is old norse as well.
The dress the Vikings wore was undoubtably different from what the scots wear now, but I still think I can use a kilt to honour my own lineage, even though it's propably very different from how it was.

[Big Paul]

Welcome to the forum!

[highlandcelt]

Welcome from Virginia!

[GMan]

A great big WELCOME from me!

[porrick]

A very hearty welcome to/from a fellow Scandinavian!

Yepp, the origin of the word "kilt" is Old Norse as in the verb "kilt(r)e", meaning "to fold".

I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here - and don't worry too much about becoming addicted...