![]() ![]() On the other hand, the "dragon"-shapes in the Urnes find are very common, and are found in all kinds of variants in the entirety of the "norse" "empire"'s influence. We don't know how these were used, and can only really speculate. ![]() In the same way, the overlapping triangles are commonly found only because they are made permanent on stone and on graves, primarily. And the ones that are found are typically not dominated by the symbol itself, but the aesthetic of the twists at the edges of the imagery. It's just that the basic shape of the four loops might have been something you'd mark in a real hurry, and we also find very few of these symbols in actual use. Still, there is a relationship between the more circumspect Sleipnir-imagery(for instance from the Urnes find), the many-pronged valknuts, and these three-pronged valknuts, in that they all suggest a cycle of some kind. that were common on the British Isles, and also adopted by the Christians later (including being printed on Harald Hardråde's coins - by now, these are basically Christian symbols, though). There are also the leaf-shaped triangles. Meanwhile, the more elaborate symbols with more twists and turns were very popular. I assure you, with as much certainty as can be read out of the mythologies and customs, that none of these symbols would ever have been something norse warriors would have used - no matter how heathen, or versed in galdr and seidr would you see a living man with a mark of death tattooed on their body. ![]() Who were, incidentally, warriors who are already dead, awaiting the final battle in Valhalla. Apparently they think also they are, quote, "Odin's Soliders". Not that you wouldn't find a large amount of neonazis in Norway, who have made up their own norse mythology out of thin air, and who think a valknute is as cool as going on the Naglfar, and who also think the Thor's-hammer is a symbol of virility and power (rather than what is is, a protection-charm for women). So having a tattoo like that would be a bit weird, yes. the more elaborate ones, like the overlapping triangles, has no particular connotations to anything other than death and fallen warriors. And presumably, within the next year, also where Trix were known to abuse random women or something like that. Since most people in Norway are woefully uninformed about anything that wasn't printed on the front page of VG the day before - they might think you have a tattoo of the symbol for a "point of cultural interest", placed along the roads next to petroglyphs to churches. The oldes known use-case in this regards are from around 1000AD in todays South West Finland.įinland was the first country that started to use the symbol to mark "a site of interest" on their road signs. Det var också ofta graverat på träföremål som skedar eller ostbrädor." "I Finland har det varit brukligt att måla en skylt på väggen i ett hus eller en lada för att skydda byggnadens invånare från otur och onda andar. It is sometimes refereed to as an crest of arms and a shield (read: too shield) and is used in historical East Swedish (read Finland and Estonian) culture as a good luck charm. The Saint Hannes Cross as a Nordic symbol that comes from Finland and the use of the symbol has stronger connection to Old Sweden. In Finnish and Swedish literature they say. (I can see that the English wiki says its from valknut but that is 100% wrong, the wiki reference is also to a different symbol used in Norway that has different origin and different usage) ![]() But if you read non of the scientist really pay any attention to it since it plays a insignificant role compared to the other things on the stone. Some (keyword is SOME) scientist says the symbol represent infinity similar to the modern laying down 8 (∞). The symbol first appear in Scandinavia in the Vendel period (400AD to 600AD) on an art stone (Hablingbo Havor 2) on Gotland. Saint Hannes Cross or "Sankthanskors" is the symbol. That is a misconception if you believe that. ![]()
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