Germanic boar helmets or boar crested helmets are attested in archaeological finds from England, Denmark and Sweden, dating to Vendel and Anglo-Saxon...

to make just one helmet. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boar tusk helmets. Military of Mycenaean Greece Germanic boar helmet The Shaft Graves...

Boar helmet may refer to: Germanic boar helmet Boar's tusk helmet This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boar helmet. If an...

engraved on shields and swords. They also feature on Germanic boar helmets, such as the Benty Grange helmet, where it was believed to offer protection to the...

feature of the helmet is the boar mounted atop its crest. Boar-crested helmets are a staple of Anglo-Saxon imagery, evidence of a Germanic tradition in...

Horncastle boar's head is an early seventh-century Anglo-Saxon ornament depicting a boar that probably was once part of the crest of a helmet. It was discovered...

The Benty Grange helmet is an Anglo-Saxon boar-crested helmet from the 7th century AD. It was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1848 from a tumulus at the...

boar-crested helmets are depicted similarly. Boar-crested helmets are a staple of Anglo-Saxon imagery, evidence of a Germanic tradition in which the boar invoked...

The sonargǫltr or sónargǫltr was the boar sacrificed as part of the celebration of Yule in Germanic paganism, on whose bristles solemn vows were made in...

engraved on shields and swords. They also feature on Germanic boar helmets, such as the Benty Grange helmet, where it was believed to offer protection to the...

the Vendel era helmets, as well as earlier Germanic boar helmets, which also lack horns. The only find of Scandinavian horned helmets are the Bronze Age...

the boar from Guilden Morden, for a total of 50 known crested helmets. Whether or not the artefact is indisputably a helmet. The Wollaston helmet, which...

"wild boar", is used metaphorically for "a prince, monarch or warrior", which probably stems from the custom of wearing boar's heads as helmets or boar crested...

The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith...

Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range...

6th or 7th centuries The oldest attested Germanic name may be Harigast, written harikast in the Negau helmet inscription, but there are dissenting minority...

from a Pictish tribe which had the boar or wild pig as their emblem. The boar also appears as an emblem for Germanic peoples during the Anglo-Saxon and...

between bears" The warriors in 108869_HST are depicted as wearing Germanic boar helmets. Plate 108869_HST Plate 618349_HST Plate 618350_HST Plate 618351_HST...

The Staffordshire helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered in 2009 as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. It is part of the largest discovery of contemporary...

Cambridgeshire, another bronze boar was discovered at a female grave. The boar was apparently a helmet crest, but no other helmet pieces were found there; therefore...

Much poetry was associated with Viking weapons. The richest might have a helmet and mail armour; these are thought to have been limited to the nobility...

dice. The Sutton Hoo helmet closely resembles helmets found in Gamla Uppsala, Vendel and Valsgärde, sharing elements such as boar imagery and pressblech...

heraldic achievements, the helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according to...

Bird-Headed Demon, a Boar, and a Dragon figurine. From Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), late 3rd – early 2nd millennium BC. The study of Germanic zoomorphic decoration...

bristles and elongated ears. The boar was a symbol of war. Tacitus tells us that the Aesti (a Germanic or Celtic tribe) wore boar symbols into battle. On the...

water-birds. A coin type from Ciumesti shows a warrior wearing a wild boar crest on his helmet The Dacian war trumpet, as shown on the Roman Emperor Trajan's...

realm of the Elves, as a teething present. He rides the shining dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti, and possesses the ship Skíðblaðnir, which always has a favorable...

antlered helmets or head-dresses and the boar crest worn on their helmet by some warriors. These can be related to Celtic artefacts such as a helmet with...

association between pigs and the Ynglings is also seen in the use of boar helmets and through their claimed descent from Frey, a god closely associated...

era helmet plate showing a mounted varrior with two ravens flying overhead. Potentially also a raven crest on the helmet. Compare with germanic boar helmets...