Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-32865299-20171104173335/@comment-25376906-20171104211802

Kickratgames wrote: It's now just a random debate. The romans had superb tactics and discipline but once the ranks were broken their lack of fighting skill failed them. Berserkers were cults of people who fought for a specific deity: Tyr, Odin, Freyr, Ullr, and Njord

Well, the north germanic tribes at least worshipped the same gods we know as Norse as in Scandinavia, where Wotan=Odin and Donar=Thor for example. So berserkers in the name of Norse gods were a thing. Also they were mentioned from Icelandic literature to Roman sources (e.g. Trajan's column) so they likely occured throughout central Europe and Scandinavia and Iceland.