BaviPower Viking Blog — Viking age

What made a Viking berserker?

How Did The Viking Berserkers Go Berserk?

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Viking berserkers were regarded as the most dangerous Viking warriors for they would fight any battle as if it was their last chance. If they honourably died a warrior death, they would enter Valhalla and feast with Odin. But they always won the battle. The question here is what kind of strength empowered the Viking berserkers that much?

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Viking skeletons Viking mass grave of warriors

Viking Mass Grave in Oxford: Viking Warriors Met Demise

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In June 2008, the archaeologists made a hattrick of excavations on the site to St John’s College. They found out a Neolithic temple, a hoard of pottery and goods, and a mass grave of the Viking warriors

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Viking Overhogdal Tapestry

Överhogdal Tapestry: Well-Preserved and Breath-Taking Tapsestry

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Viking Overhogdal Tapestry is among the best preserved and beautifully decorated Viking tapestries that the archaeologists have found by far.

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Rollo baptism in Vikings TV series

Harald Klak: The First Viking King to Get Baptized

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Harald Klak was the first Viking King who submitted himself to the cross for a political ally. In other words, he gained political power to reclaim his throne at the expense of his pagan belief.

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Viking skull in Dorset

Three Scary Viking Excavations: Tortured, Beheaded, and Buried

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The Vikings failed sometimes. And they had to pay the ultimate price for their failure. In this blog post, we briefly look through three Viking graves in England that told us how the Viking warriors once met with their demise in a brutal way.

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