Peter Bleed Posted September 3, 2019 Report Posted September 3, 2019 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japan-Antique-Nanban-kabuto-yoroi-armor-katana-samurai-busho-koshirae-tsuba/163844344255?hash=item2625e249bf:g:yHEAAOSwMeVdbRFO Calling this Namban seems a stretch since it seems more northern to me Peter Quote
ROKUJURO Posted September 3, 2019 Report Posted September 3, 2019 Peter,Vikings did not have horns on their helmets. It is only in the comics that they are depicted this way. 1 Quote
ChrisW Posted September 4, 2019 Report Posted September 4, 2019 Actually, I believe it was the result of Wagner and his opera that depicted this. Found this on history.com: "The popular image of the strapping Viking in a horned helmet dates back to the 1800s, when Scandinavian artists like Sweden’s Gustav Malmström included the headgear in their portrayals of the raiders. When Wagner staged his “Der Ring des Nibelungen” opera cycle in the 1870s, costume designer Carl Emil Doepler created horned helmets for the Viking characters, and an enduring stereotype was born." 3 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted October 7, 2019 Report Posted October 7, 2019 Obelix's helmet? Surely that would be the logical place to hang your drinking horns? Quote
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