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Vikings did not wear horned helmets.

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There is no evidence Viking warriors wore horned helmets. The image became popular in the 1800s, helped by costume designs for Wagner’s opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung in 1876.

Source: Horned helmet (Wikipedia)

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