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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Erpingham on September 16, 2019, 04:58:13 PM

Title: A berserker's drug of choice?
Post by: Erpingham on September 16, 2019, 04:58:13 PM
Knowing how much we love berserkers, here's another berserker theory (https://www.academia.edu/40070517/Sagas_of_the_Solanaceae_Speculative_ethnobotanical_perspectives_on_the_Norse_berserkers), this time suggesting henbane as the magic ingredient.  Being by an ethnobotanist rather than an archaeologist or historian gives a different perspective.  The weakness, as ever with drug explanations, is there is no evidence of them taking anything.