In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers were Scandinavian warriors who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English adjective berser
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Bearhooded Germanic warriors on Trajan's Column
Animal headed warriors on the Gallehus horns.
Amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from the Malay world which led to the English phrase running amok. The word derives from the Malay word amuk, traditionally meani
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…and stamina for months though Thor has very little control in this state. A 'Berserker staff' is featured in the Marvel TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Amok syndrome Barbarian…
A pengamuk (lit. 'one who runs amok') in Batavia, Java, c. 1858–1861. A group of people pursue to catch or kill him.
A pengamok being captured, 1883. The thorns on the pole paralyze him.
Native policemen in Java, 1911. The man in the centre is holding a sangga mara, a 2-forked pole for catching amok.