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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7142980" data-attributes="member: 58172">For example in Egils·saga Skalla·Gríms·sonar, Kveldúlfr and his crew of vikings are called ‘shape-powerful’, a term that usually means either shapeprojecting or shapeshifting. But he himself is specifically said to be ‘going-berserkr’. During this particular attack, he is still wielding a battleaxe with excessive force while berserkr. So, since he still has human hands, it is clear enough his physical body didnt transmogrify into the shape of wolf. This is a case of mentally exhibiting the identity of a wolf.As such, ‘going-berserkr’ is a subset of being ‘shape-powerful’, or in any case they part of the same concept within the Norse worldview.Note, Kveldúlfr is a nickname that literally means ‘evening wolf’. He got this nickname because he was known for being ‘hamrammr’. The context is ambiguous, but apparently he was known to often take on a wolf form after the sun set, by outofbody projection or perhaps by bodily shapeshifting. Perhaps these episodes were also only transformations of personality. But whatever its exact effect, it is explicitly identified as ‘shape-powerful’.Noting the D&amp;D fantasy (mis)use of terms, a reallife ‘barbarian’ has little to do with the D&amp;D Barbarian class. The D&amp;D Barbarian class is designed, at least partially, with the Norse descriptions of the Berserkr in mind. In 4e, it was a ‘Primal’ magic class because it was shamanic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7142980, member: 58172"] For example in Egils·saga Skalla·Gríms·sonar, Kveldúlfr and his crew of vikings are called ‘shape-powerful’, a term that usually means either shapeprojecting or shapeshifting. But he himself is specifically said to be ‘going-berserkr’. During this particular attack, he is still wielding a battleaxe with excessive force while berserkr. So, since he still has human hands, it is clear enough his physical body didnt transmogrify into the shape of wolf. This is a case of mentally exhibiting the identity of a wolf. As such, ‘going-berserkr’ is a subset of being ‘shape-powerful’, or in any case they part of the same concept within the Norse worldview. Note, Kveldúlfr is a nickname that literally means ‘evening wolf’. He got this nickname because he was known for being ‘hamrammr’. The context is ambiguous, but apparently he was known to often take on a wolf form after the sun set, by outofbody projection or perhaps by bodily shapeshifting. Perhaps these episodes were also only transformations of personality. But whatever its exact effect, it is explicitly identified as ‘shape-powerful’. Noting the D&D fantasy (mis)use of terms, a reallife ‘barbarian’ has little to do with the D&D Barbarian class. The D&D Barbarian class is designed, at least partially, with the Norse descriptions of the Berserkr in mind. In 4e, it was a ‘Primal’ magic class because it was shamanic. [/QUOTE]

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