Berserker

Recorded on August 31, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder at Lindisfarne Priory.

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• Vikings
• Lindisfarne
• Berserk
• Re-enactment

[MrPjotrus]

he's crazy

[RottweilerGeneral]

@MrPjotrus That's probably the best description of a berserker; oblivious to personal safety and wounds, fighting literally to the death. Thought to be, perhaps, a form of epilepsy or being aggressively "high" on certain (undisclosed) herbal or fungal substances!

Or do you mean the re-enactor? As a member of the same local group of "The Vikings", on balance, I agree. :-)

[ControltheDistance]

@BunnyTheBerserk Another theory about berserkers is that (along with drugs and alcohol, of course), their blind rage was caused by an extreme form of post-traumatic stress disorder (or something similar) which caused the conscious mind to simply withdraw and allow the body to run on reflexes and muscle memory. A similar phenomenon has been observed by modern military psychologists, where soldiers will see something terrible, completely mentally withdraw, and keep shooting at anything that moves.

[BunnyTheBerserk]

And yes it did hurt when I split a wooden shield with my knee, as "cheesy" ;) as this looks these folks are indeed trying to stop me from getting through, punching, elbowing and butting me to the ground, sorry to Chelf for the shield haha, don't stand in my way bro ;D

[BunnyTheBerserk]

I have been doing dark age reenactment for some years now and I find it alot easier to discard my weapons as they tend to snag people when Im going through the shield wall, this is a semi contact sport and we try to avoid injuries where ever possible. Berserkers at the time would obviously not have done this, they used any weapon to kill, maim or wound anyone they could get their hands on.

[BunnyTheBerserk]

Hi all, Im the guy in the video. The term berserker means bear shirt, it reefers to those of the cult of Odin who were religious extremists, truly believing that to pass to the halls of Valhalla or Valhol they were to die in battle, they would spend hours in meditation and dance praying to the God's preparing for the moment in battle when they would become one with their Gods through the violence of death in their name.

[MorganBurnheardt]

@olelumpy Bring your fists to a swordfight.

PUMMEL THEM TO DEATH AS THEY LAUGH

[olelumpy]

Dude, don't bring your fists to a sword fight.

[gilwellian]

It's funny but most probably we couldn't say the same 1000 years ago

[wolfman19892]

@Spartiatai300 wolfhuiden  in dutch ^^

[TheAnnoyingSwede]

Haha :D