Berserker Rage Poster
Worldwide Shipping
● Production time 4-7 business days
● Estimated delivery 2-3 weeks
Custom Made
● Frame not included
● The main picture is illustrative, switch between sizes to see actual sizes
● Handmade in Latvia or USA (depending on your location)
● Type P item
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Product Information
Matte paper with fibrous texture sourced from Japan
Thicker paper with weight of 189 g/m² and thickness of 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
High details with bright whites and dark shadows
Distressed texture, not plain black and white
Frame is not included
The story & symbolism
“I’ll ask of the berserkers, you tasters of blood,
Those intrepid heroes, how are they treated,
Those who wade out into battle? Wolf-skinned are they called. In battle
They bear bloody shields.
Red with blood are their spears when they come to fight.
They form a closed group.
The prince in his wisdom puts trust in such men
Who hack through enemy shields.” - Haraldskvæði, circa 9th century
The Haraldskvæði is a skaldic poem written by the Norwegian skald Þorbjörn Hornklofi during the 9th century. It is supposed to play out as a conversation between a raven and a valkyrie, talking about how brave and amazing Harald Fairhair was during his ruling. From this fragmented poem we find out about the berserkers and their character.
Berserkers are usually referenced to as “bear warriors”, since their name comes from the old Norse words for bear and shirt. It is also a reference to “going berserk” which is a mental state of going absolutely violently-war-crazy. Going so crazy that you wouldn’t care getting hit by an arrow or a spear, but just pushed on. Which can also be seen in Hornklofi’s poem, where the berserkers protecting the kings, princes and jarls is said to even before battle having blood on their armour and weapons, and having a reliable mentality where they would hack though shields of the enemy. The berserkers are usually also connected to animistic and shapeshifting rituals, where the lines between human and animal is theorised to have become blurred. There are also old sagas with examples of warriors turning into bears, as is the case with the saga hero Bödvar Bjarki. They are also sometimes depicted as biting their shields in a way of psychologically terrify their enemies, as with the depiction of berserkers in the Lewis chessmen find, dating to the 1100’s.
Those intrepid heroes, how are they treated,
Those who wade out into battle? Wolf-skinned are they called. In battle
They bear bloody shields.
Red with blood are their spears when they come to fight.
They form a closed group.
The prince in his wisdom puts trust in such men
Who hack through enemy shields.” - Haraldskvæði, circa 9th century
The Haraldskvæði is a skaldic poem written by the Norwegian skald Þorbjörn Hornklofi during the 9th century. It is supposed to play out as a conversation between a raven and a valkyrie, talking about how brave and amazing Harald Fairhair was during his ruling. From this fragmented poem we find out about the berserkers and their character.
Berserkers are usually referenced to as “bear warriors”, since their name comes from the old Norse words for bear and shirt. It is also a reference to “going berserk” which is a mental state of going absolutely violently-war-crazy. Going so crazy that you wouldn’t care getting hit by an arrow or a spear, but just pushed on. Which can also be seen in Hornklofi’s poem, where the berserkers protecting the kings, princes and jarls is said to even before battle having blood on their armour and weapons, and having a reliable mentality where they would hack though shields of the enemy. The berserkers are usually also connected to animistic and shapeshifting rituals, where the lines between human and animal is theorised to have become blurred. There are also old sagas with examples of warriors turning into bears, as is the case with the saga hero Bödvar Bjarki. They are also sometimes depicted as biting their shields in a way of psychologically terrify their enemies, as with the depiction of berserkers in the Lewis chessmen find, dating to the 1100’s.
Berserker Rage Poster
Worldwide Shipping
● Production time 4-7 business days
● Estimated delivery 2-3 weeks
Custom Made
● Frame not included
● The main picture is illustrative, switch between sizes to see actual sizes
● Handmade in Latvia or USA (depending on your location)
● Type P item
Learn more
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Here's a small video I made for the sweatshirt, pants, hoodies - the same applies for all the other apparel items as well
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