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Viking with the banner, 9-10 cc.
The banners under which the Vikings went into battle, could carry images fanged and winged monsters, but most of banners was a picture of a black raven. Raven was associated with the battlefield and was regarded as one of the "beasts of war", as the bearer of death.
According to ancient Scandinavian legend, the supreme god Odin were two ravens, which was named Hugin (Thought) and Munin (Memory). Every day, they flew around the world, and returning, sat on the shoulders of Odin and reported everything they saw. During the battle, specially chosen warrior holding a triangular decorated кosice, flag. Cloth embroidered with silk and metallic threads mothers or sisters of noble warriors. It was believed that these women were witches, which gives the banner of the magic power to bring good luck in battle. If the flag is not hung lifeless, and fluttered in the wind ("raven spread its wings), it presaged the Vikings sure victory.