They really got along great and a good relationship was started.Īfter the first year the club bought a clubhouse in an industrial area in Hallingdal, a clubhouse they still own and operate today. Valdres Chapter history) at parties, runs and rallies. The club grew fast and soon they started running into another club from Valdres called the Cavemen MC (ref. They would rise again and fight alongside the Gods, Odin and Tor in the final battle. They would wait there for Ragnarok or "the end of days" if you will. The Einherjingan was the name of the bravest of Viking warriors who died in battle and went to Valhalla. Their pride of their Viking heritage made them pick the name Einherjingan from the Norse mythology. To be more specific, in Hallingdal, more or less halfway between the two cities of Oslo (the capitol of Norway) in the south and Bergen on the west coast. The year was 1993, it was spring and a group of Harley riders formed a biker club in the southern half of Norway. Norse lore tells of fearsome warriors dedicated to Odin, so furiously eager for battle that they bit their shields and fought naked except for wearing skins of bears or wolves.History of chapter Hallingdal - Wino`s Crew Norway Called berserkers ( Berserkir), they inspired the English word “berserk,” meaning to be “frenzied” or “recklessly defiant. ”Īlthough they allegedly served as “ bodyguards and shock troops,” these legendary fighters remain shrouded in myth. Peter Pentz, curator of Danish Prehistory at the National Museum of Denmark, shed some light on the mysterious warriors in an interview with Military History. The berserkers, according to Pentz, are known from written medieval sources and not from the Vikingsthemselves-unless one interprets some Viking depictions as berserkers. The primary documentary evidence for berserkers is found in the writings of Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, who lived circa 1200. Sturluson referred to the berserkers as “Odin’s own men,” saying that they “went to battle without coats of mail and acted like mad dogs or wolves. They bit their shields and were as strong as bears or bulls. They killed people, and neither fire nor iron affected them. “Snorri seems to have combined both possible interpretations of the word berserkr: they were “bare”- went to battle without coats of mail-and bear-like at the same time-were as strong as bears,” Pentz explained. Nakedness on the frontlines was, according to the National Museum of Denmark, “a good psychological weapon” which caused the warriors to be feared because “they showed such disregard for their own personal safety. In addition, the naked body may have symbolized invulnerability and was perhaps displayed to honor a war god. The berserkers were thus dedicating their lives and bodies to the battle.” Unlike in popular myths, however, the berserkers-despite doing battle in the nude-were not entirely without bodily protection. “Wolfskin and bearskin actually do offer some protection against swords and spears. “It has been suggested that the Berserkir idea actually was an initiation ritual and if so, the nakedness might make sense.” But they definitely are described as being in some transcendental state of mind, rage ( Berserkirgangr),” said Pentz. The berserkers’ association with bears was no coincidence. Pentz said the Vikings admired the strength of those formidable beasts. “Wolves and bears and dogs were admired and feared predators for all the Vikings,” he said.
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