The truth about Viking Berserker

 In many cultures, warriors were a vital part of society, and their peers revered the most skilled ones. But in some situations, even the most respectable warriors lost self-control during battles, and their behavior became animalistic. The perfect example of losing control and fighting in trance-like fury are Viking ruthless warriors – berserkers.

DID VIKING BERSERKERS EXIST?

It's no exaggeration to say that berserkers' terrible reputation makes them seem more mythological than real people who lived and fought all over Medieval Scandinavia.

They are portrayed in popular culture as almost otherworldly, untidy, and bloodthirsty barbarians who devastated everything in their path; history remembers them as the most ferocious of all Germanic warriors. But how much of it is true, and how many tales of berserkers are just embellishments of Old Norse mythology?

Regrettably, we must disappoint the skeptics since berserkers were just as the tales describe them: noble savages.

HOW DID BERSERKERS GO BERSERK?

However, psychiatry, not history or archaeology, is the most likely explanation for 'going mad.' Psychiatrists believe that Viking warriors engaged in spiritual rituals prior to fights, after which they went into a state of self-induced hysteria, allowing them to lose control of their mind.

The berserkers were pushed into a dissociative state of mind by self-induced hysteria, which caused them to act only on their subconscious instincts and primal impulses. The berserkers were able to break free from social constraints and critical thinking, allowing them to behave more fiercely and viciously than any other warriors in history.

The Viking style of preparing for battle was justified and even idealized by Old Norse religion and social norms, which found their justifications in often vicious Norse mythology. Norse gods never had long and profound internal disputes about good and wrong in the sagas, but they always managed to become heroes. It's no surprise that the phenomena of self-induced hysteria began to fade with the Christianization of Scandinavia in the 12th century, along with other pagan rituals.

Although the Viking rites' psychomotor automatism should not be used as an excuse to act impulsively, it can be explained by weariness and emotional catharsis. This phenomena, sometimes known as diminished responsibility or diminished capacity, is still used in criminal law as a possible defense.

WHAT WEAPONS DID BERSERKERS USE?

Like every other Viking warrior, Viking berserker utilized one, but the first and most significant weapon Viking berserker possessed was a psychological one: dread. The ultimate advantage of a fighter is never his weapon; it is his convictions and faith that neither fire nor iron can damage him. That kind of attitude instills terror in the minds of enemies, making them reconsider if they are truly willing and capable of standing in front of a berserker as he is storming at them in the middle of battle, enraged, and dressed as a wolf, bear, or other frightening animal. Furthermore, their foes were already familiar with them and their combat style, so a single utterance of the word berserk could cause them to break ranks and flee in front of these fearsome Viking warriors. When we consider that they often went into battle nude, with only animal fur on their bodies, the demoralizing effect is amplified.

A sword was the Viking berserker's second weapon. Developed from an old Roman sword, this weapon is well-made. It was designed to take a lot of punishment and inflict a lot of punishment. It was also designed with indentations across the length of the blade to make it both lighter and stronger. Vikings were able to swing hard and forceful hits as a result of this. While most Vikings fought with swords, berserkers frequently fought with a large blade that was often double-wielded.

The third weapon that needs to be highlighted because it is one of the most usually associated with Vikings is, of course, an ax. An ax was a particularly practical weapon for most Viking warriors because they were essentially shock troops who joined the combat immediately, seeking to eliminate their adversaries before they even realized what was going on. It was compact and practical for close combat use, especially if the warrior was well-trained in its use, and all old Norse fighters were, first and foremost, Viking berserkers.

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The Viking culture is one of the most fascinating and brutal in all of history. Vikings were brave warriors with a thirst for battle, but they also had their own set of rules that they lived by. One rule was that you could never show fear on the battlefield - or else your opponents would see it as an opportunity to attack. This cultural trait lives on today within the Berserker tradition practiced by modern-day Marines.

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Berserkers were famous for wearing wolf pelts and biting their shields while fighting in order to enhance the warrior‘s already fierce appearance. Berserkers would often go into such a trance of fury that they would feel no pain from wounds inflicted upon themselves and ignore any injury done to others around them during combat, which made them seem immune to pain and unafraid of death.

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