File:Dragon Heads on Viking Ships- Why were they used?

A quick video about the reason and function of the famous dragon heads that were put on viking ships. These had a military tactical use but also a much deeper spirituality that will teach us about Norse religion.

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Viking ships were sea vessels, used in Scandinavia from the Viking Age throughout the Middle Ages. The boat-types were varied, depending on what the ship was intended for, but they were generally characterized as being slender and flexible boats, with symmetrical ends with true keel. They were clinker built, which is the overlapping of planks riveted together. Some might have had a dragon's head or other circular object protruding from the bow and stern for design, although this is only inferred from historical sources. Viking ships were not just used for military purposes, but for long-distance trade, exploration and colonization. One particular advantage of the Viking ship is the comparatively low weight, making land transport and portage routine, as in crossing Jutland instead of rounding Skagen to enter or exit the Baltic Sea, and travel on the river networks of Eastern Europe.