Danheim - Berserkir (Fan video)

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Odin's elite warriors .The Old Norse form of the word was berserkr (plural berserkir). It likely means "bear-shirt" Footage from the Russian movie 'Viking'
In the Old Norse written corpus, berserker were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning "furiously violent or out of control"). Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources. This practice was also commonly thought of to be brought on or enhanced by the use of psychoactive drugs.
There was also a Wolf version the Úlfhéðnar – wolf warriors.