Three symbols, stackedThis piece carries Thor's hammer, two wolves and the Valknut, which is a lot of Norse iconography for one pendant.Mjolnir is the most straightforward. Hammer amulets were worn across Scandinavia during the Viking age and hundreds have been recovered from graves, many from the period when Christianity was arriving. People wore them as a statement.Nobody knows what the Valknut meansWorth saying plainly, because most jewellery descriptions will tell you confidently.The Valknut is three interlocking triangles. It appears on Gotland picture stones and in the Oseberg ship burial, and it turns up repeatedly in scenes involving Odin, which is why it is associated with him.Beyond that, the honest answer is that we do not know. The name itself is modern, coined in Norway long after the Viking age ended. Anyone who tells you it definitely means the nine worlds or the slain in battle is guessing, and reasonable scholars disagree.The wolves are easier. Odin kept two, Geri and Freki, and fed them everything at his own table.Our article on Fenrir in Norse mythology covers the wolves properly. More in wolf jewelry.Free worldwide shipping, 7 to 12 business days. 30 day returns. See our shipping policy for details.
