Editing Amanita muscaria (section)

===== Vikings =====
The notion that [[Viking]]s used ''A.&nbsp;muscaria'' to produce their [[berserker]] rages was first suggested by the Swedish professor Samuel Ödmann in 1784.<ref>{{in lang|sv}} Ödmann S. (1784) Försök at utur Naturens Historia förklara de nordiska gamla Kämpars Berserka-gang (An attempt to Explain the Berserk-raging of Ancient Nordic Warriors through Natural History). ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens nya Handlingar'' '''5''': 240–247 (In: {{harvnb|Wasson|1968|p={{pn|date=December 2024}}}}</ref> Ödmann based his theories on reports about the use of fly agaric among [[Shamanism in Siberia|Siberian shamans]]. The notion has become widespread since the 19th century, but no contemporary sources mention this use or anything similar in their description of berserkers. Muscimol is generally a mild relaxant, but it can create a range of different reactions within a group of people.<ref name="HofferOsmond1967">{{cite book | author1=[[Abram Hoffer]] | author2=[[Humphrey Osmond]] | chapter=Chapter IV - Indole Hallucinogens Derived from Tryptophan | pages=443–516 (443–454) | chapter-url=https://bitnest.netfirms.com/external/Books/TheHallucinogens#page=451 | title=The Hallucinogens | publisher=Elsevier | date=1967 | isbn=978-1-4832-3296-6 | doi=10.1016/B978-1-4832-3296-6.50008-2 | lccn=66030086 | oclc=332437 | ol=OL35255701M  | url=https://bitnest.netfirms.com/external/Books/TheHallucinogens}}</ref> It is possible that it could make a person angry, or cause them to be "very jolly or sad, jump about, dance, sing or give way to great fright".<ref name="HofferOsmond1967" /> Comparative analysis of symptoms have, however, since shown ''[[Hyoscyamus niger]]'' to be a better fit to the state that characterises the berserker rage.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fatur |first1=Karsten |title=Sagas of the Solanaceae: Speculative ethnobotanical perspectives on the Norse berserkers |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |date=November 2019 |volume=244 |pages=112151 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2019.112151 |pmid=31404578 }}</ref>