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Re: Viking Hats
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:17:23 GMT
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Eric Lind wrote:
> Not to quibble... I lied, I am quibbling... Vikings didn't have horns on their
> helmets. It's a myth, propogated by Wagnerian operas. Or the Pork Industry.
> A "realistic" LEGO Viking helmet would be more in line with the archer/spearman
> type helmets from older sets, I think (1).
Eric, you are completely right. No horns on Viking helmets, historically
speaking.
The Celts, on the other hand, sometimes did have horns.
The Viking helmets I've seen were most like the classic Castle 'vader'
helmets,
conical and with a 'nasal' to protect the face, although without the 'flare'.
I think those are the ones you were referring to...
J
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| (...) Removing the 'flare' from a 'vader' helm would make an acceptable nasal helm, much like those used by Vikings and Normans alike. Normans would often wear a mail coif underneath this helm to protect their necks, shoulders, and all of their head (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) You're both right -- haven't you seen Mel Brooks' classic movie, "History of the World, Part One"? At the end of the film, we get a sneak preview of (never-made, and most likely never intended to be made) "History of the World, Part Two." (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) hats (...) Not to quibble... I lied, I am quibbling... Vikings didn't have horns on their helmets. It's a myth, propogated by Wagnerian operas. Or the Pork Industry. A "realistic" LEGO Viking helmet would be more in line with the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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