Chesspiece (Rook equivalent) from Scotland, depicting a Norse berserker biting his shield, 12th century AD
Chesspiece (Rook equivalent) from Scotland, depicting a Norse berserker biting his shield, 12th century AD
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earliest depiction of nerd emoji
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I have a replica of this set. It's so fascinating to look at the details of all the pieces.
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Me too! And why do I have a replica? Because of this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IwjZ1J2b8UY&pp=ygUbaGFycnkgcG90dGVyIGxld2lzIGNoZXNzbWVu
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Is it chocolate?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen
Viking berserkers are often described as biting their shields out of battle madness and fury in Norse accounts.
Are they Vikings, or are they rodents?
My sign's Thor's hammer
My hands are cold
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Didn't they also used to take mushrooms before battles in some cases?
Probably no.
We currently have no concrete evidence to how the berserkers worked themselves up into such a frenzy, with mushrooms being just one of many theories. The myth that they used mushrooms comes from several places, one of its biggest factors being that other warriors from different cultures did use mushrooms (the Aztecs are one culture that did so I believe) before or during battle.
Another popular "theory" is that they would coat their shields in mushroom, ( either, fly agaric or liberty caps, depending on who you talk to) and bite them in battle to re-up their trip