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During the Viking Age, two groups of “warrior-shamans” were known. One of these groups were the berserkers (Old Norseberserkir, “bear-shirts”).

The totem animal of the berserkers was, as the name implies, the bear. The berserkers were a special group of very skilled and dangerous warriors associated with the god Odin. They were at the front of the battlefield fighting with a trance-like-fury and were a force to be reckoned with, laughing in the face of danger, subject to fits of frenzy during battle. They were said to howl like beasts, foaming at the mouth and gnawing the iron rims of their shields and they were believed to be immune to steel and fire TheSvarfdla sagatells of a challenge to single-combat that was postponed by a berserker until three days after Yule. The bear-warrior symbolism survives to this day in the form of thebearskin capsworn by the guards of the Danish monarchs

Their characteristics later gave rise to the English term “berserk” or phrase “to go berserk”.

Draw your power from the mighty Bear with this Berserker arm ring.

The hand made solid and weighty Vikingstainless steel bracelet represents the Bear. The head acts as a hidden clasp and is highly retailed.