(From “bear coat”) A Norse warrior who wore a bear coat, drank tea made with hallucinogenic mushrooms, and then went berserk--in battle--fighting with what was called the “berserker rage.”
“Out of terrible Druids and Berserkers, come at last Alfred and Shakespeare.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Miscellanies (1855).
Scale of 1 to 10: 5. Why be loved when you can go berserk and be awe-inspiring...
Friday, September 4, 2009
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