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Chesspiece (Rook equivalent) from Scotland, depicting a Norse berserker biting his shield, 12th century AD
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen
Viking berserkers are often described as biting their shields out of battle madness and fury in Norse accounts.
Didn't they also used to take mushrooms before battles in some cases?
Another popular "theory" is that they would coat their shields in mushroom, ( either, fly agaric or liberty caps, depending on who you talk to) and bite them in battle to re-up their trip