Egill Skallagrímsson
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Egil Skallagrímsson was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer. He is known mainly as the anti-hero of Egil's Saga. Egil's Saga historically narrates a period from approximately 850 to
Picture of Egil in a 17th-century manuscript of Egils Saga
Egil engaging in holmgang with Berg-Önundr; painting by Johannes Flintoe
Bragi by Wahlbom
Berserker
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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
Egill Skallagrímsson
…Egil Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Egill Skallagrímsson ; Modern Icelandic: ; c. 904 – c. 995) was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer. He is known mainly as the anti-hero of Egil's Saga. Egil's Saga historically narrates a period from approximately 850 to 1000 AD and is…
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Bearhooded Germanic warriors on Trajan's Column
Animal headed warriors on the Gallehus horns.