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Hand-forged snake pendant made from iron, inspired by Viking pendants as found in the Viking town of Björkö. Including black leather cord. 5 x 3 cm. Productdetails...
Hand forged snake pendant of the Viking Age.
This pendant in the shape of a snake was forged by hand and is inspired by Viking serpent pendants, such as those found in the Viking city of Birka on the isle of Björkö.The elegantly looped snake amulet is equipped with a forged eyelet. You can wear it as a pendant around your neck with a leather strap or a chain.
The dimensions are 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
The forged Viking snake charm comes with a 1 m long leather cord .
Viking mythology includes the snake Níðhöggr, which means "the one who strikes with hatred". This snake lived at the foot of the world ash tree Yggdrasil and gnawed at its roots. However, Níðhöggr also gnawed on the corpses of manslayers, oath breakers and adulterers, which were considered the worst of all crimes by the Vikings, which is why they ended up on Náströnd (corpse beach), the realm of the dead of the goddess Hel, instead of reaching Valhalla.
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