Lovely Viking Age strap end, with a Borre-style bear or wolf head design, found in North Yorkshire, 9-10th Century. Another example of this type was recently found in Hjørring, Denmark. 𐃏
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Gothic Thor's hammers?
These hammer pendants turn up in western Ukraine, and because they differ significantly from Viking Age examples, with long, decorated handles and more squarish heads, they've been proposed to have been made by the Goths of the Chernyakhovskaya Culture.
These hammer pendants turn up in western Ukraine, and because they differ significantly from Viking Age examples, with long, decorated handles and more squarish heads, they've been proposed to have been made by the Goths of the Chernyakhovskaya Culture.
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Contra Vermes (against worms) is an Old Saxon healing charm similar to the Nine Herbs Charm, recorded in Boniface’s Codex Vindobonensis 751.
“Go out, worm, with nine wormlings,
out of the marrow into the bone, from that bone into the flesh
out from the flesh into the skin, out from that skin into this arrow.
Lord, so will it be!”
~Flowers translation
“Gang ût, nesso, mit nigun nessiklînon,
ût fana themo margę an that bên, fan themo bêne an that flêsg,
ût fana themo flêsgke an thia hûd, ût fan thera hûd an thesa strâla.
Drohtin, uuerthe so!”
Similarly to the Nine Herbs Charm, it utilizes the sacred number nine, and describes the worm splitting into nine pieces; the lord mentioned in the charm would undoubtedly have originally been Woden.
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“Go out, worm, with nine wormlings,
out of the marrow into the bone, from that bone into the flesh
out from the flesh into the skin, out from that skin into this arrow.
Lord, so will it be!”
~Flowers translation
“Gang ût, nesso, mit nigun nessiklînon,
ût fana themo margę an that bên, fan themo bêne an that flêsg,
ût fana themo flêsgke an thia hûd, ût fan thera hûd an thesa strâla.
Drohtin, uuerthe so!”
Similarly to the Nine Herbs Charm, it utilizes the sacred number nine, and describes the worm splitting into nine pieces; the lord mentioned in the charm would undoubtedly have originally been Woden.
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Flowers noted the similarity of Contra Vermes to a healing charm in the Rig Veda, hinting at a much older Bronze Age origin for this particular apotropaic formula. Similarly, the Second Merseburg Charm is closely paralleled in the Atharvaveda.
“From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint,
From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.”
~Rig Veda 10.163.6, Griffith
“aṅgāt-aṅgāt lomnaḥ-lomnaḥ jātam
parvaṇi-parvaṇi
yakṣmam sarvasmāt ātmanaḥ tam idam vi vṛhāmi te”
“From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint,
From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.”
~Rig Veda 10.163.6, Griffith
“aṅgāt-aṅgāt lomnaḥ-lomnaḥ jātam
parvaṇi-parvaṇi
yakṣmam sarvasmāt ātmanaḥ tam idam vi vṛhāmi te”
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Very Odinic late Roman shield emblems for Germanic auxilia in different editions of the Notitia Dignitatum. The Angelvarii one features Odin’s ravens, and the Vindices and Falchovarii, Odin’s wolves. The Vindices one appears to incorporate an Othala rune. ᛟ
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“Glens beðja veðr gyðju goðblíð í vé síðan ljós kemr gótt með geislum gránserks ofan Mána.” “Then the divinely gentle bedmate of Glenr strides with her beams into the goddess’s sanctuary; the good light of the grey-shirt of Máni comes down.”
~Lausavísa by Skúli Þorsteinsson
Painting by W.G. Collingwood, 1908. ᛋ
~Lausavísa by Skúli Þorsteinsson
Painting by W.G. Collingwood, 1908. ᛋ
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Miniature throne amulet found in Grimstad, Norway. Similar amulets have been found in Völva’s graves, and may be a representation of Hliðskjálf, from which Odin watches over the Nine Realms. It could also have originally seated a small idol, like the figure from Lejre. ᛉ
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The first full moon of Yule (Ýlir/Ærra Gēola) is coming up on the 3rd. Fitting that it falls on the wolf moon, I will be making an offering to Odin.
It was called wolfsmaand (wolves month) in Middle Dutch; this is often when wolves leave their natal pack to find a mate, a time of renewal all around. ᛉ
It was called wolfsmaand (wolves month) in Middle Dutch; this is often when wolves leave their natal pack to find a mate, a time of renewal all around. ᛉ
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“I will not name the one who tricked King Sveinn from his realm and drew the son of Tryggvi into a trap; I will aim close: the nose on the traitor is down-curved.”
~Lausavísa by Stefnir Þorgilsson, recounting when Jarl Sigvaldi led Olaf Tryggvason into the ambush that was the Battle of Svolder.
Hail Jarl Sigvaldi!
Painting by Angus McBride.
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“Munkat nefna, nær munk stefna:
niðrbjúgt es nef á níðingi
þanns Svein konung sveik ór landi
ok Tryggva son á tálar dró.”
~Lausavísa by Stefnir Þorgilsson, recounting when Jarl Sigvaldi led Olaf Tryggvason into the ambush that was the Battle of Svolder.
Hail Jarl Sigvaldi!
Painting by Angus McBride.
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“Munkat nefna, nær munk stefna:
niðrbjúgt es nef á níðingi
þanns Svein konung sveik ór landi
ok Tryggva son á tálar dró.”
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Another continental Helm of Awe?
This copper disc was found in Horten, Norway, with what could be a stylized sun cross or a simple four-armed Helm of Awe, appearing in many Icelandic manunoscripts, used to strike fear into enemies, and keep evil spirits, disease and even foxes away. Estimated 10-11th Century. 𐃏
This copper disc was found in Horten, Norway, with what could be a stylized sun cross or a simple four-armed Helm of Awe, appearing in many Icelandic manunoscripts, used to strike fear into enemies, and keep evil spirits, disease and even foxes away. Estimated 10-11th Century. 𐃏
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