<P> To "go berserk" was to "hamask", which translates as "change form", in this case, as with the sense "enter a state of wild fury". One who could transform as a berserker was typically thought of as "hamrammr" or "shapestrong". For example, the band of men that go with Skallagrim in Egil's Saga to see King Harald about his brother Thorolf's murder are described as "the hardest of men, with a touch of the uncanny about a number of them...they (were) built and shaped more like trolls than human beings". This is generally interpreted as the band of men being "hamrammr". </P> <P> Wolf warriors appear among the legends of the Indo - Europeans, Turks, Mongols, and North American Indians . The Germanic wolf - warriors have left their trace through shields and standards that were captured by the Romans and displayed in the armilustrium in Rome . </P> <P> The Úlfhéðnar (singular Úlfheðinn), another term associated with berserkers, mentioned in the Vatnsdæla saga, Haraldskvæði and the Völsunga saga, were said to wear the pelt of a wolf when they entered battle . Úlfhéðnar are sometimes described as Odin's special warriors: "(Odin's) men went without their mailcoats and were mad as hounds or wolves, bit their shields...they slew men, but neither fire nor iron had effect upon them . This is called' going berserk' ." In addition, the helm - plate press from Torslunda depicts (below) a scene of Odin with a berserker--"a wolf skinned warrior with the apparently one - eyed dancer in the bird - horned helm, which is generally interpreted as showing a scene indicative of a relationship between berserkgang...and the god Odin"--with a wolf pelt and a spear as distinguishing features . </P> <P> In Norse mythology, the wild boar was an animal sacred to the Vanir . The powerful god Freyr owned the boar Gullinbursti and the goddess Freyja owned Hildisvíni ("battle swine"), and these boars can be found depicted on Swedish and Anglo - Saxon ceremonial items . The boar - warriors fought at the lead of a battle formation known as Svinfylking ("the boar's head") that was wedge - shaped, and two of their champions formed the rani ("snout"). They have been described as the masters of disguise, and of escape with an intimate knowledge of the landscape . Similar to the berserker and the ulfhednar, the svinfylking boar - warriors used the strength of their animal, the boar, as the foundation of their martial arts . </P>

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