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sleighcake

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The blood eagle is a ritual method of execution. The victim would be placed in a prone position, their ribs then are severed from the spine and their lungs are pulled through an opening to create “wings.”

There isn’t a lot of information on the blood eagle but I tried to find some pictures that demonstrate what it looked like.
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Brainfart

Don't take what I say seriously...
They had this interesting offering ritual of building a huge human-like figure from straw and wood, stuffing prisoners and animals inside and lit it up.

Never found it depicted in any Asterix+Obelix comic. :(
Astute of you to pick up on Asterix and Oblex...I loved Asterix and Oblex...I had em all...Got em off my Uncle when he went to Gaol (For drugs, he loved his heroin). Every week, he would by the local paper, and slip an issue Of Asterix in the middle...
 

WickedMal

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The Blood Eagle is a ritual method of execution mentioned in the Norse Sagas and as human sacrifice to the Norse god Odin. There is continuing debate whether the rite was a literary invention, a mistranslation of original texts, or an authentic historic practice. Wikipedia...lol
 

McM

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Astute of you to pick up on Asterix and Oblex...I loved Asterix and Oblex...I had em all...Got em off my Uncle when he went to Gaol (For drugs, he loved his heroin). Every week, he would by the local paper, and slip an issue Of Asterix in the middle...
Me too, I read them in our local library first and later I (or my sister) bought many of them too. They were great and always 'historically correct', one edition written in Latin we even used at school once.
The newer editions are too 'modern' at times for my taste. I like the old ones.
The illustrator died last year but I'm not sure if he was working this long on the magazine. :lol:
 

Brainfart

Don't take what I say seriously...
Me too, I read them in our local library first and later I (or my sister) bought many of them too. They were great and always 'historically correct', one edition written in Latin we even used at school once.
The newer editions are too 'modern' at times for my taste. I like the old ones.
The illustrator died last year but I'm not sure if he was working this long on the magazine. :lol:
The new ones aren't a comic any more they suck...
 
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Grand Mal Caesar

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dont give the cartels ideas as I am sure they will mess it up with blunt knives and retards showing off. maybe it was done in the past to witches but too much trouble to get the victims to cooperate these days
Who cares if they fuck it up? If they do it enough times, they'll get it right eventually. Either way it will be gory.
 
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Guipago

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The Blood Eagle is a ritual method of execution mentioned in the Norse Sagas and as human sacrifice to the Norse god Odin. There is continuing debate whether the rite was a literary invention, a mistranslation of original texts, or an authentic historic practice. Wikipedia...lol
When Norse warriors first invaded England there was an attack on a monastery in the north of England (Irish side) where the abbot was given what sounds like a 'Blood Eagle' whether it was because the abbot was Christian & against Norse Gods or to make a statement is unknown, but the monks were made to watch, I looked into the 'Blood Eagle' after one was done in the TV series 'Vikings' near the start of the series, they make it out that it's done to someone who has totally taken your honour, but in truth not a lot is really known as Norse guys wrote nothing down only by word of mouth, the men & women of those days were harder, stronger & more resilient than we are today.
 

sleighcake

gore enthusiast
We need a video :)
But looks nasty!
i wish there were videos of this 😔 this was way back in the viking age. vikings and assasins creed vahalla portray the blood eagle in their own special way, you could probably find the clips from the show and game on youtube
 

cerkdfmoreal

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When Norse warriors first invaded England there was an attack on a monastery in the north of England (Irish side) where the abbot was given what sounds like a 'Blood Eagle' whether it was because the abbot was Christian & against Norse Gods or to make a statement is unknown, but the monks were made to watch, I looked into the 'Blood Eagle' after one was done in the TV series 'Vikings' near the start of the series, they make it out that it's done to someone who has totally taken your honour, but in truth not a lot is really known as Norse guys wrote nothing down only by word of mouth, the men & women of those days were harder, stronger & more resilient than we are today.
I watched the ‘blood eagle’ episode last night!
also the monastery that the Norse raided wasn’t on the Irish side, it was Lindisfarne on the East coast which is only 5-6 mile from where I live. We visited & learned all about it at school. Lindisfarne is also called ‘Holy Island’ it gets separated from mainland England every time the tide comes in.....tourists are forever getting their vehicles swept away on the causeway trying to make the crossing when it’s past the safe time 🤦🏼‍♀️
 

Guipago

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I watched the ‘blood eagle’ episode last night!
also the monastery that the Norse raided wasn’t on the Irish side, it was Lindisfarne on the East coast which is only 5-6 mile from where I live. We visited & learned all about it at school. Lindisfarne is also called ‘Holy Island’ it gets separated from mainland England every time the tide comes in.....tourists are forever getting their vehicles swept away on the causeway trying to make the crossing when it’s past the safe time 🤦🏼‍♀️
This is the one I was thinking of, Though I don't doubt an abbot of Lindisfarne got lumps as well, problem is, not much is written down or the writings have been destroyed by time & memories get vague, modern minds interpret information very differently to those of medieval times, pity, love to know exactly what went on.
 
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