Viking sagas ‘criminal profiling’
Trouble at home caused by wild and violent Vikings returning from raids may have led to the first criminal profiles, an expert has claimed, MSN News reported.
Icelandic sagas from the Viking age contain detailed descriptions of individuals most people would choose to avoid. The poems focus on aspects of physical appearance now known to be associated with high testosterone levels and aggression, according to historian Dr Tarrin Wills.
He believes they served as warnings at a time when disorder and violence threatened Icelandic society. daily times monitor
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