Hestavíg
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hestav-g-236-14364105
title:
Hestavíg
text:
Hestavíg was an entertainment activity during the Viking Age in the Icelandic Commonwealth (930–1262), presumably a sport consisting of a brutal and bloody confrontation between two stallions, egged on by their masters, which mainly served to choose the best specimens for breeding. It was a cultural event of great importance and sometimes behaved verbal and physical confrontations among the spectators. The triumph of a champion or the other could impact socially and politically in the pacts and
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hestav%C3%ADg
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date modified:
2023-07-23T18:01:24Z
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