Slavic Kolovrat amulet in the shape of a shield.

Expressive pendant with an eight-spoked kolovrat, the Slavic sun wheel or spoked wheel in the shape of a medieval shield.

This kolovrat pendant is a free interpretation of historical Slavic spoked wheel depictions and combines a sun wheel with eight spokes in the shape of a Slavic battle shield of the Middle Ages with an iron shield boss.

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The Kolovrat shows a spoked wheel, which symbolises the sun wheel and represents the supreme Slavic god Svarog. Kolo means wheel in Old Slavic and vrat means spokes.

Similar to the original meaning of the swastika, these turn following the course of the sun in the endless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.As the sun is also a symbol of life and fertility, the spokes of the Kolovrat also represent femininity and therefore growth, creation and prosperity.

Among the ancient Slavs, Kolovrat representations can be found on medieval houses in the area of windows and doors to protect the inhabitants from harm or bad influences, it can be found on tools and household objects as a sign of protection and blessing for people and animals as well as for belongings.

You can buy the Kolovrat in high-quality bronze or genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, also available in 925 sterling silver (please note the delivery time).
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The diameter is 3 cm, with an eyelet for wearing around the neck.

A sturdy 1 metre long black leather strap is included with the Kolovrat pendant.

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In the mythology of the ancient Slavs, the Kolovrat was a sun symbol of great power and significance and an attribute of the Slavic god Svarog, who was regarded as the father of the gods, similar to the North Germanic god Wotan / Odin. Svarog represented the earth, sun and fire at the same time and was regarded as the god of fertility.

The Kolovrat not only symbolises the life-giving sun, but also symbolises the properties of the sun: warmth, vitality and eternity. The kolovrat is thus the best-known and most powerful protective symbol of the ancient Slavic world, representing the eternal cycle of nature and the universe through the perpetual course of the sun.

Slavic warriors of the Middle Ages wore the kolovrat around their necks as a sign of strength, sewed it onto their clothing, designed it on bracelets and painted it on their shields and battle flags in order to gain strength and victory on the battlefield. Even today, the kolovrat is often used as a sun symbol by Rus and Slavs in Viking re-enactments.The history of the kolovrat goes back a long way.

The oldest known example is over 10.000 years old and was found in the Ukraine. Amulets in the form of sun wheels have been widespread in Central Europe since the Bronze Age and lasted through the Celtic Iron Age into the Middle Ages, as the kolovrat proves.

In more recent times, the kolovrat, similar to the swastika, has unfortunately often been misused for political purposes and, in right-wing extremist connotations, has been seen as a kind of sun-shaped swastika with eight arms, which does not do justice to the historical origin of this symbol.

Right-wing extremist groups in various Slavic countries, especially in Russia and Ukraine, sometimes use the kolovrat instead of a swastika in order to distinguish themselves from non-Slavs . As a result, the kolovrat can also be misinterpreted in a similar way to carrying a Thor's hammer, which is why it is important to consider the context in which the kolovrat appears.