elcomfortador: Final Fantasy got it right. The word “berserker” comes from an Old Norse word meaning “raging warrior.” And that word, in turn, is presumed to literally mean “bear shirt” — someone wearing a bear’s hide as clothes. And that, I guess, is why the Final Fantasy berserkers dress up in animal skins.

elcomfortador:

Final Fantasy got it right. The word “berserker” comes from an Old Norse word meaning “raging warrior.” And that word, in turn, is presumed to literally mean “bear shirt” — someone wearing a bear’s hide as clothes. And that, I guess, is why the Final Fantasy berserkers dress up in animal skins.