Úlfhéðnar (men clad in wolf skins), singular: Úlfheðinn, were berserkers with a lupine aspect, rather than ursine, usually described as fanatic warriors dedicated to Oden.
"I’ll ask of the berserks, you tasters of blood. Those intrepid heroes, how are they treated, those who wade out into battle?Wolf-skinned they are called. In battle they bear bloody shields. Red with blood are their spears when they come to fight.”
"I’ll ask of the berserks, you tasters of blood. Those intrepid heroes, how are they treated, those who wade out into battle?Wolf-skinned they are called. In battle they bear bloody shields. Red with blood are their spears when they come to fight.”
- Haraldskvæði
"His men rushed forwards without armour, were as mad as dogs or wolves, bit their shields, and were strong as bears or wild oxen, and killed people at a blow, but neither fire nor iron told upon them."
- Ynglinga Saga
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