User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Sprink Talks About Stuff/@comment-1228137-20110714174919/@comment-1874924-20110715030837

In simpler terms, fatalists are so called because they believe in fate. The Vikings were very big on this, to the point of believing that their actions were predetermined as well. Their attitude was to accept whatever Fate had in store for them, but to be careful to meet it like a man.