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Viking earrings with Thor's Hammer according to the so-called Wolf Cross from Fossi / Iceland. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 2.4 x 1.3 cm.Productdetails...
Thorshammer earring with the Viking wolf cross.
This Thor's Hammer earring based on the Mjölnir from Fossi on Iceland has a special meaning because the Wolf's Cross Thor's Hammer combines pagan with Christian symbolism.The original, which this Thor's hammer is modelled on, was found in Fossi on Iceland and dates to the Viking period of the 10th century.
Perhaps the wearer of this Thor's hammer wanted to assure himself of both heavenly powers. In any case, the Thor's hammer from Fossi is a genuine testimony to the mental upheavals that moved the people of the Viking Age in the 10th century.
This expressive Viking earring is made of bronze and is also available in genuine silver-plated.
Dimensions wolf cross earring: 2.4 x 1.3 (3.8 cm with hook). Supplied in a pair.
The Vikings called the Thor's hammer Mjölnir, which means rusher or lightning because that Thor's hammer was a magical weapon of the Norse god Thor with which he defeated his enemies, especially the giants and, in Ragnarök, the Midgard Serpent.
In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Thor's hammer was very widespread among the Vikings as a counter-model to the Christian cross, in order to be able to clearly distinguish themselves as Old Believers from the developing Christianity.
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