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berserkers ancient Norse warriors; assumed attributes of bears in battle. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 137] See : Savagery How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A companion organization to the Valkyries was the Berserkers. Berserkers ravaged all the coasts of western Europe and lay drunk in Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin game them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, aye, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come. |
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