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The victorians created a lot of persistent myths: -vikings with horns on their helmets -highlanders all wearing tartan -knights in plate armour not being abl
by hermitcrab 3y ago
The victorians created a lot of persistent myths:
-vikings with horns on their helmets
-highlanders all wearing tartan
-knights in plate armour not being able to get up if they fell over?
- fsckboy 3y agoyes, Vikings with horns on their helmets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veks%C3%B8_Helmets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veks%C3%B8_Helmets (from scandinavia, but a couple thousand years before the Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age )
- hermitcrab 3y agoInteresting. But not really the animal horn helmets beloved of the victorians and, as you say, not contemporary with the vikings.