Appearance

If you ask somebody today to describe the appearance of Vikings, you will often hear the same description: a large strong man with long brown hair and beard. He protects himself with a sword, an axe and shield and wears a helmet with horns.http://www.apriorico.com/scen/vikingi.htm

But there is no archeological evidence that viking warriors wore any type of horns helmets. It was the invention of Greek and Roman Writers. Helmets with horns were worn sometimes but only for very important religious ceremonies.