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Because vikings thought that it would strike fear into the hearts of their enemies as they sailed in for war. Viking myth described a cosmology where a great malevolent worm, Nithhoggr, lived at the base of the tree of life trying to break out of the dark and feeding on the souls of the damned.
Later legends such as the Tale of the Volsungs also incorporated dragons (Fafnir) as fearful creatures of power to be overcome by heroes.
As with many myths and magics real pagan Vikings often would invoke the strengths of these mythic creatures by using their images on longboats and jewelry and weapons.
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What was the purpose of the carved lion's head that vikings had on the front of their ship?
It ment whealt and luck to the vikings soo thats the answer
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A Dragons head to scare away other viking ships
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you can get a dragons head by cutting it's head of and by taking it's organs out, followed by stuffing them
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