The notion that Viking helmets had horns originated in ... According to some Norse sagas, some Viking kings executed their enemies by cutting their ribs from their spine and pulling their lungs ...

In the 840s a Viking named Rörik, whose uncle had been king in Denmark ... one wearing a horned helmet and one in a wolf or bear mask. Illustration by Tom Lovell The Norse were prodigious ...

If you’ve watched Vikings—the History Channel’s hit show that ran from 2013 to 2020—you know it’s way more than just sword fights, ship raids, and intense stares across longhouses.

A seventh-century Viking helmet from Valsgärde on view at a exhibition ... In “Heimskringla,” the bloody and blackhearted sagas of the Old Norse kings, the 13th-century Icelandic sage Snorri ...

Wagner drew on Germanic mythology, but the idea stuck that the related Norse, some of whom were Vikings, also wore helmets with wings. The notion that Viking helmets had horns originated in 19th ...