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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7506102" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Yeah, the bow and the spear are primarily hunting weapons. Because hunting is a staple source of food during the long winters, many Norse will have a bow and a spear around anyway, and know how to use it.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, the ax. The same ax that is used to chop wood is often the same ax that is reused for war. Only the sword is unusual, in that its only purpose is combat, which is why it functions as a status symbol.</p><p></p><p>You mention the ships. The Norse especially use the longbow for sea battles, until the ship can close in to hook onto an other ship. They also use longbows in land combat whenever tactically advantageous.</p><p></p><p>Evidently, at least half of an army will carry a longbow, and probably most or all of them are proficient with the longbow. Each longbow enters a fresh battle with at least 20 arrows.</p><p></p><p>Norse boys and girls appear to begin training in combat from about the age of 7 or 8, often in the context of archery and wrestling. This wrestling style is bloody. There are stories about precocious children as young as 10 who avenge in combat the death of their parent.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I find it somewhat humorous, the Norse sense of honor can extend to taunt and humiliate the combat opponent − to force the opponent socially to have no choice but to fight to the death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7506102, member: 58172"] Yeah, the bow and the spear are primarily hunting weapons. Because hunting is a staple source of food during the long winters, many Norse will have a bow and a spear around anyway, and know how to use it. Similarly, the ax. The same ax that is used to chop wood is often the same ax that is reused for war. Only the sword is unusual, in that its only purpose is combat, which is why it functions as a status symbol. You mention the ships. The Norse especially use the longbow for sea battles, until the ship can close in to hook onto an other ship. They also use longbows in land combat whenever tactically advantageous. Evidently, at least half of an army will carry a longbow, and probably most or all of them are proficient with the longbow. Each longbow enters a fresh battle with at least 20 arrows. Norse boys and girls appear to begin training in combat from about the age of 7 or 8, often in the context of archery and wrestling. This wrestling style is bloody. There are stories about precocious children as young as 10 who avenge in combat the death of their parent. I find it somewhat humorous, the Norse sense of honor can extend to taunt and humiliate the combat opponent − to force the opponent socially to have no choice but to fight to the death. [/QUOTE]
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