berserker

warriors who purportedly fought in a trance-like fury
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berserker

Summary

berserker ranks in the top 0.76% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,673 views/month, #594 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • berserker's religion is recorded as Old Norse religion[2].
  • berserker is a type of warrior[3].
  • berserker is a type of bear[4].
  • berserker's Commons category is recorded as Berserkers[5].
  • berserker's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Berserkers[6].
  • berserker's facet of is recorded as Nordic history[7].
  • berserker's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • berserker's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • berserker's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • berserker's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • berserker's has characteristic is recorded as Q2929351[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include warrior[3] and bear[4].

Influence

Things named for berserker include Berserker[13], a novel series[14], written by Fred Saberhagen[15] and Berserker Range[16], a mountain range[17], in Australia[18].

Why It Matters

berserker ranks in the top 0.76% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,673 views/month, #594 of 77,819).[1] berserker has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] berserker is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for berserker include Berserker[13], a novel series[14], written by Fred Saberhagen[15] and Berserker Range[16], a mountain range[17], in Australia[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of Q12737077
    Topic's main category Category:Berserkers
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