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Etymology
'Berserk' means bear shirt
Norse berserkers fought in animal pelts and reportedly in a trance-like fury, giving English a word for uncontrolled rage.
Mythology
Thor's hammer had a famously short handle
In Norse myth, Mjolnir was forged by dwarves while Loki, in the shape of a fly, stung the smith. The distraction left the handle too short, but the hammer still never missed and always returned to Thor's hand.
Mythology
Norse cosmology hangs from a single tree
Yggdrasil, the world ash, connects nine realms through its roots and branches. An eagle sits at its crown, a dragon gnaws at its roots, and a squirrel named Ratatoskr carries insults between them.