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The valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles. It appears on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples . The term valknut is a modern development; it is not known what term or terms were used to refer to the symbol historically.
The valknut: According to scholar Leszek Gardeła, "Probably the most vivid manifestation of the number nine motif in the material culture of the Viking Age comes in the form of the so-called valknútr, a symbol carved in wood, metal and stone which usually takes the form of three inter-locking triangles (giving a total of nine triangle points)."
[9] [10] The link itself is much older and has appeared in the form of the valknut, three linked equilateral triangles with parallel sides, on Norse image stones dating back to the 7th century. [11] The Ōmiwa Shrine in Japan is also decorated with a motif of the Borromean rings, in their conventional circular form. [2]
The Valknut symbol in a form topologically equivalent to a closed three-link-chain. See also Image:Valknut-Symbol-borromean.svg and Image:Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.svg. Note that this form of the Valknut probably did not occur in medieval times (as versions of the Valknut equivalent to the Trefoil knot and the Borromean Rings linked above did). Date
Note the triangular Valknut symbol above, which is theorized to represent an ecstatic state. The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry .
Detail from Stora Hammars I shows a man lying on his belly with another man using a weapon on his back, a Valknut, and two birds, one of which is held by a man to the right. The Stora Hammars image stones are four Viking Age image stones located in Stora Hammars, Lärbro parish, Gotland, Sweden dating from around the 7th century CE. [citation ...
The Valknut symbol in a form topologically equivalent to the Borromean rings. Found in early medieval Germanic inscriptions. For monochrome version, see File:Valknut.svg. See also Image:Valknut-Symbol-3linkchain-closed.png and Image:Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.svg.
The Valknut symbol in a form topologically equivalent to a Triquetra or trefoil knot. Found in early medieval Germanic inscriptions (see Tangelgarda Odin.jpg). See also Valknut-Symbol-borromean.svg and Valknut-Symbol-3linkchain-closed.png. For an alternate version of with thicker black lines see Valknut-Symbol-triquetra-alternate.svg.