Message from @Mal
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Gonna need some less edge on that
Vikings, in general, probably never did drink from the skulls of anyone, let alone their enemies.
I still dont understand why people think they had horns on their helmets
Blame the Swedish back under the national romance period. they did innovate that myth and it did still stuck and then comic industry did not help when that did show up
Yeah, it's probably too late to try to fix that mistake, as it's been part of the "identity" for so long, especially outside of Scandinavia
she's not even started yet
@MountainMan They've found artifacts that show large, bronze ornamental "horns", but they're more like Loki's helmet from the Marvel movies than the sterotypical cow horns out of the sides
that is, if anything, a ceremonial helmet
nobody would wear something like that into battle, certainly not a raider, which is why it's silly how they've been depicted like this in raiding scenarios
that helmet is a death sentence in a battle as it gives a opponent something to grab and control you with
another common myth is that they would mix fly agaric into their drinks to go berserk
I mean I could see it once they understood some of the christians they were rading, as it would represent demons to them. But yea they never did.
Point is, there's "horns"
Someone saw it, and told stories about it
99,999% of all horn histories did come way after when the last Viking was dead
Yea. They came after. It was when the old Viking Epics were converted, they horns were used to depect their more devilish acts.
yes
Since the ones converting them were the priests
But this is from 300BC
I don't recall reading any stories from contemporary sources describing them as wearing horned helmets
that, as has been said, came much later
The helmet pictured may be, but doubtful it was used in raids and had any influence on the conversion of the stories.
Christians in Greater Europe probably never saw them
That's a ceremonial helmet, no?
Normal people at the time had normal iron or leather helmets I think.
@Goblin_Slayer_Floki Well, like I said, it's from 300BC.
That one Greek guy probably saw some
Way before Christianity
Oh sorry 300bc.
My mind went ad for some reason
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