Above, you can see the Vikings majestic Gjallarhorn in happier times. It was a lovely August day during the preseason and Minnesotans were assembled in shorts, short sleeves, and many even in flip-flops. the Gjallarhorn was vibrant and breathing fire. It is a very different story out there today, however. The temperature on the field is 15 degrees below zero. It is expected to be at or around zero when the Vikings and Seahawks take the field today at 12 p.m. local time. Everyone will be bundled up, hopefully drunk, or both. Unfortunately, the Vikings enormous horn did not survive the cold.
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According to KARE, it was so cold that the giant horn shattered, and now there it lays in pieces on the frozen turf. I don't know if the Vikings have a spare enormous ivory horn laying around, but I doubt it will be a problem. The gjallarhorn is an item from norse mythology, and if there is one thing I know for sure about mythology it's that it very rarely concerns itself with superstition or portents of the future. So the Vikings should be fine. Totally fine.The #Vikings #Gjallarhorn is shattered from the cold temps before today's #SEAvsMIN game. pic.twitter.com/0MceMuekPl
— KARE 11 (@kare11) January 10, 2016