Axe Wielding facts
While investigating facts about Axe Wielding, I found out little known, but curios details like:
J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
The Axe Wielding Murderer on American Horror Story: Coven was Based on a Real Serial Killer. He Claimed he was a Spirit from Hell and the Only Way to be Spared was to have a Jazz Band in "Full Swing" on a Tuesday at 12:15 a.m.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about Axe Wielding I managed to collect.
-
At the Battle of Hastings the Normans found the Saxon warriors with their battle axes, and in particular Harold’s “housecarles”, a formidable enemy. There were many accounts of knights with their horses being hacked in pieces by these terrible weapons wielded in great swinging blows.
-
Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar employed an axe-wielding dwarf named "Mohamed the Dwarf" to carry out public executions
-
The "Suicide King" isn't sticking a knife into his head, but is the result of centuries of bad copying by English card makers where an axe he was wielding has slowly disappeared.
