blood eagle
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]blood eagle (plural blood eagles)
- A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some historians maintain that blood eagle executions were actually never carried out, and that the concept is based on misinterpretation of the Norse sagas.
Translations
[edit]method of execution
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