2007-06-20 10:18:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
they dont think they did. none has ever been found, not a trace of horns or anything like it.
2007-06-20 10:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Mustardseed 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Primarily they did not wear horned helmets, the composer Richard Wagner's "The Valkyries" opera made horned Vikings the popular stereotype it is today.
2007-06-20 17:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by Nimitz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't! That's only in movies, comic books and in Minnesota. They wore plain old conical or round helmets, whatever would protect the head from nasty hits. Sometimes with nose guards, or nose and eye guards, but never with horns.
2007-06-20 14:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They didn't, apart for a few probably used for religious ceremonies. See : "Viking : Popular misconceptions : Horned helmets" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking#Horned_helmets
And : "Horned helmet" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet
2007-06-20 10:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it looks cool in operas and movies. In history, though, the whole thing seems to be a fiction.
2007-06-20 11:22:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In reality, it is unlikely they did; it was likely cooked up to give them a more sharper image, or just to get the point across.
2007-06-20 12:20:16 · answer #6 · answered by Mark F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intimadation. To put fear in their enemies
2007-06-20 10:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by Nikita K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They didn't............................................................................
2007-06-20 10:50:25 · answer #8 · answered by 8upcoaldigger69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋