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Tango01 | 03 Aug 2019 3:24 p.m. PST |
….Some Historians Don't Believe It Actually Happened. "Viking sagas describe the ritual execution of blood eagle, in which victims were kept alive while their backs were sliced open so that their ribs, lungs, and intestines could be pulled out into the shape of bloody wings. The Vikings didn't come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle was even uttered, one left town and never looked back…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
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