[Sca-cooks] Berserkers

[Stefan li Rous]

Giano said:
> Berserkers (I found this rendered berserkr and
> bjarsarki and believe the difference to be
> dialect, though my only old Germanic language is
> Old English - anyone read Norse?) were a group of
> warriorts in Norse culture distinguished by their
> ferocity and reputed to have a variety of
> miraculous or magical powers, depending on your
> source. The historical reality may well be some
> kind of battle-frenzy similar to what some Irish
> epics describe, in which they attacked regardless
> of danger to life and limb, which is a really
> demoralising thing to face.

For a bit more on this, check this file in the NORSE section of
the Florilegium:
Berserkergang-art (50K) 10/14/96    Article on Norse Viking Berserkers.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/NORSE/Berserkergang-art.html

And to perhaps excuse my adding to this non-food thread, there are
also these files while you are in this section:
N-drink-ves-msg    (9K) 10/16/96    Norse drinking vessels.
N-drink-trad-art  (18K)  7/31/98    "Norse Drinking Traditions" by
Gunnora
                                       Hallakarva.
Norse-food-art     (8K)  7/26/94    Article on what the Norse ate.

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