The Blood Eagle was reportedly a method of torture and execution that is sometimes mentioned in Norse saga literature. It was performed by cutting the ribs of the victim by the spine, breaking the ribs so they resembled blood-stained wings, and pulling the lungs out. Salt was sprinkled in the wounds. #
Because it’s not enough to break the ribs and pull out the lungs, you need to sprinkle salt into the wound, otherwise you’re just being half-assed about your executions…
And you came across this how…
well that was a pleasant lunch time read, went well with my Minestrone cup’a‘soup.
Indeed.
Wikipedia has even more lunch reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methods_of_capital_punishment
The brazen bull, especially, is nice.
Thank science we’ve all grown up and abolished the death penalty. Oh wait… * ducks *
Pud, well, we were looking up something about blood pressure in an old lexicon, when Rikke came across it :) — No pictures, luckily :D
One must imagine that it was a rather short-lived method of torture.
what ever happened to a ‘strong word’ maybe even a slap on the wrist if problems continued?