What is Berserker?
'''Berserkers''' (or '''berserks''') were a special kind of [[Norse]] [[warrior]] who were widely feared.<ref>James A. Corrick, ''The Rough, Stormy Age of Vikings'' (Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2011), p. 12</ref> [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] [[literature]] said they fought in a wild, [[trance]]-like fury. This later gave us the English word ''berserk''. Many Old Norse sources say that berserkers were real. Most [[historian]]s believe that berserkers worked themselves into a [[rage]] before the [[battle]]. Others think they might have eaten [[drug]]ged foods. The [[Ynglinga saga]] said they charged their enemy without any [[armour]].<ref name=Chartrand102>René Chartrand; et al, ''The Vikings: Voyagers of Discovery and Plunder'' (Oxford; New York: Osprey, 2008), p. 102</ref> Also that they were as mad as [[Grey wolf|wolves]]. They could kill the enemy with a single blow of their [[sword]] while neither fire nor iron could hurt them.<ref name=Chartrand102/> == References == {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Norse mythology]]