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    If the Vikings never actually had horns on their helmets, then who did?

    Question #110580. Asked by unclerick. (Nov 08 09 11:11 AM)


    star_gazer

    		"Never" is not completely true; at times the Vikings did wear horns on their helmets.

    Apart from two or three representations of (ritual) helmets – with protrusions that may be either stylized ravens, snakes or horns – no depiction of Viking Age warriors' helmets, and no preserved helmet, has horns. In fact, the formal close-quarters style of Viking combat (either in shield walls or aboard "ship islands") would have made horned helmets cumbersome and hazardous to the warrior's own side.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking

    Nov 08 09, 11:24 AM
    author

    		As far as I know, this is the only known Viking helmet.

    http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/01/viking-helmet/

    Nov 09 09, 12:04 AM
    author

    		A horned helmet from the Bronze Age was found in Denmark, though. It also exists in Celtic cultures.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet

    Nov 09 09, 12:08 AM

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