The Valknut symbol may have been used to indicate that the fallen warrior was now in Valhalla. It is the aspiration of all warriors to reach Ragnarok. There they live in paradise until they are called on again to fight alongside the gods in the final battle of Ragnarok. He chooses the bravest fallen warriors to dwell there. It always appears in combination with Odin or the dead, which has led many to believe that it was a symbol of Valhalla. The Valknut, a symbol of three interlocking triangles, is one of the most commonly appearing symbols in the Viking world. However, this seems to have been temporary, as it was not long before Loki was back to his old tricks. They turned to the gods for justice, and they said that they could sow Loki’s mouth shut, which they did. He evaded them saying that he promised his head and not his neck and that they could not take one without the other. “Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the hammer would not fail and if he threw it at anything, it would never miss, and never fly so far as not to return to his hand and if be desired, he might keep it in his sark, it was so small but indeed it was a flaw in the hammer that the fore-haft (handle) was somewhat short.”īrokkr and Sindri, having won the best, demanded Loki’s head. While they were very impressed by all the treasures and received them gratefully, they unanimously agreed that Mjolnir was the finest thing that they had seen and that it was the best of all the treasures. While Loki tried to escape to Asgard with all six treasures and leave the dwarves behind, they tracked him there to be present for the judgment of the gods. It is difficult to talk about a Viking symbol without mentioning Thor’s hammer, known to the Vikings as Mjolnir. The Yggdrasil symbol / The tree of life.The symbol of Aegishjalmur / Aegishjalmr or the Helm of Awe.But this is part of what makes them so interesting.īelow we’ll share our take on some of the most important symbols associated with the Vikings, many of which appear on ancient jewelry pieces, and modern jewelry pieces that you will find in the VKNG store.
So not everything we know about Viking symbols is concrete and there is plenty of room for debate. The historical evidence for how the Vikings used many of their symbols is based on putting together disparate puzzle pieces and making assumptions based on what we know of Norse mythology and Viking culture.
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The Viking world was full of symbols, many of which have become very popular symbols for Viking tattoos (I may have one or two).
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