For many sports and schools, vikings are used as their mascot. They also name teams after vikings like the Minnesota Vikings. Mascots are usually something that might be scary or tough to show you that the team is tough. Then why are vikings the mascots of many teams? that is because people think of them as scary cruel people. Which in some ways is true because they were always fighting and always at war. People think they did nothing but fight and that they were cruel and bloodthirsty people. The first thing most people think of when they hear viking is that they are mean nasty people. There are even a lot of myths about them being scary and ferocious and at times they weren't too bad but they still make a very good mascot.
source:
"Top Ten Myths About Vikings: Misconceptions Re Norsemen." The Viking Rune: Norse Vikings and All Things Scandinavian. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/02/top-ten-myths-about-vikings/
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