![Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this](https://preview.redd.it/bd44rzupg2i61.jpg?auto=webp&s=343e69e34c02e957768bee258c7558ab39ebf837)
Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this
Rob Shackleford - Author - Did Vikings wear horned helmets? The origin of the horned helmet–sporting Viking goes back to legendary composer, conductor, and theatre director Richard Wagner. The German wrote his
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