1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/[caption id="attachment_285" align="aligncenter" width="268" caption="The Vikings are said to have ritually ingested Amanita muscaria, in order to enter the ‘berserker’ state, ready for battle (the Icelandic name for fly-agaric supposedly contains the word, ‘berserk.’)"]<img class="size-full wp-image-285" title="art_berserker" src="https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022//wp-content/uploads/2009/04/art_berserker.gif" alt="Berserker image" width="268" height="250" />[/caption] Verification on the Icelandic word for "fly-agaric" would be appreciated. [caption id="attachment_295" align="aligncenter" width="272" caption="Amanita muscaria"] <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_297" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 282px;"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-medium wp-image-297" title="fly-agaric" src="https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022//wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fly-agaric-300x242.jpg" alt="Amanita muscaria" width="272" height="219" />[/caption] </dt> </dl></div>rich