11th July 2005, 10:38 PM
Well, there is only one depiction of a bona fide Viking with horns on their hard hat and that is on the Oseberg tapestry. It is generally agreed that this is a ceremonial head dress. On the other hand, I do have a theory about horns and helmets. Vikings drank from drinking horns. Vikings wore hard hats. Vikings liked their beer or mead. So, to make sure that they always had their favourite tipple to hand, they temporarily stuck full drinking horns to their helmets and discarded them when they had drunk them. Works for me.
As for Christianity inventing new stuff, don't even get me started. It's interesting when it happened 1000 years ago and the 10th century monastic reform is quite entertaining, as is the later 13th(?) century edict against married priests. But they latest stuff about making the church more up to date just seems daft. Not that it's much different to what went on before, but it's more interesting when you study the history of the church IMO rather than its current affairs.
Hope the reenactment goes well, Troll. It should be fun although I have never dabbled in it. I shall stick to hitting people with my hockey stick, head, skates and whatever else is nearest to them.
Spending most of this week at the IMC in Leeds in the name of CPD. Hooray!
Cheers
Eggbasket
Eggy by name, eggy by nature
As for Christianity inventing new stuff, don't even get me started. It's interesting when it happened 1000 years ago and the 10th century monastic reform is quite entertaining, as is the later 13th(?) century edict against married priests. But they latest stuff about making the church more up to date just seems daft. Not that it's much different to what went on before, but it's more interesting when you study the history of the church IMO rather than its current affairs.
Hope the reenactment goes well, Troll. It should be fun although I have never dabbled in it. I shall stick to hitting people with my hockey stick, head, skates and whatever else is nearest to them.
Spending most of this week at the IMC in Leeds in the name of CPD. Hooray!
Cheers
Eggbasket
Eggy by name, eggy by nature