The usefulness of Medievalism

From The Week:

A burglar in Scotland was frightened off when he was interrupted by a homeowner dressed as Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Torvald Alexander, 39, had attended a costume party dressed as the hammer-wielding deity, complete with red cape, breastplate, and horned helmet. Encountering the burglar, Alexander/Thor instinctively charged at the man, causing him to leap from the window and flee in terror. "I think I would be quite scared if someone looking almost like a gladiator ran at me," said Alexander.

Me too, Torvald. Me too.

must have been the horned helmet