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The valknut has seen some use by White supremacists. [10] [11] The Anti-Defamation League notes that "nonracist pagans may also use this symbol, so one should carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist". [10] Bogd Bank of Mongolia uses the same symbol as their main corporate logo. [12]
Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols. Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women. Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the ...
The fylgja is a ghost who associates with (or, for a lack of better word, stalks or shadows) a particular individual, [5] and may be characterized as a "guardian spirit". [6] [1] However, contrary to its name meaning 'follower', it generally moves ahead of its host, making a kind of "contact" with the person before they arrive at some key spot. [5]
Sigyn (Old Norse "(woman) friend of victory" [1]) is a deity from Norse mythology. She is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson .
The name Geri has been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one". [1] The name Geri can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *geraz, attested in Burgundian girs, Old Norse gerr, Old Swedish giri, Old High German ger or giri and Old Dutch gir, all of which mean "greedy". [2]
5,000 year-old triskelion on an orthostat at Newgrange. The triple spiral symbol, or three-spiral volute, appears in many early cultures: the first appeared in Malta (4400–3600 BCE); the second in the astronomical calendar of the megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BCE; [13] as well as on Mycenaean vessels.
An Inuk woman from Bernard Harbour showing her hand tattoo. Kakiniq (singular) or kakiniit (plural) [2] is an Inuktitut term which refers to Inuit tattoos, [3] while the term tunniit specifically refers to women's facial tattoos.