![]() The symbol frequently occurs with horses on other Gotlandic picture stones - maybe suggestive of a horse cult? It also occurs on jewelry, coins, knife-handles, and other more or less mundane objects. ![]() ![]() Most likely the "meaning" of the symbol was prestige, like so many other foreign influenced fashions. The "valknut" was most likely simply borrowed from Christian Anglo-Saxons and Carolingians If there was any meaning ascribed to the symbol, we are left in the dark, but claims of Odinnic or mortuary connections are unfounded. Want a more in-depth look at the symbol? Check out these excerpts and follow the links: Compare for example this Northumbrian sceatta with this coin from Ribe. Hi! It appears you have mentioned some fancy triangles! But did you know that the word "valknútr" is unattested in Old Norse, and was first applied to the symbol by Gutorm Gjessing in his 1943 paper "Hesten i førhistorisk kunst og kultus", and that there is little to no basis for connecting it with Óðinn and mortuary practices? In fact, the symbol was most likely borrowed from the triquetras appearing on various Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian coins. You're just gonna get tagged as such, and it's not cool (unless it's your goal, in which case is it's super not cool) On the topic of runes, bindrunes did not look like the undecipherable mess you often see like here, and did not held some sort of magical power, but were rather made of two, rarely three runes, always letters that are one next to the other in a text, and put together on the same stave to shorten a text like here.Īvoid symbols and runes that were created/modified by nazis (winged othala, black sun, etc). You're better with translating to a language compatible with your desired rune system and then transcribe it into said system.Īvoid getting tattoos of single runes for their individual meanings/powers: this is a modern take on runes that is not based on anything that was done historically. Runes were based around languages that were not English, so transliterating a letter for a rune is not appropriate and won't give you an accurate transcription. In the same vein, most if not all ''symbols'' of that period (Swastika, Triquetra, Valknut (the real one), Triskelion, etc) have no known definitive meaning. Basically, unless you see a symbol that is confirmed by different source (with their evidence and own sources) that it's from the correct period, assume it's fake. Well, if we want to be as accurate as possible, avoid ''magic sigils'' like the Vegvisir/Aegishjalmur and others (Web of Wyrd, etc), as most of them are likely modern and have nothing to do with Viking Age Norse people. Rules are subject to change at the mod team's discretion. Sidebar last updated on August 22nd, 2023. The modern day Nordic countries and other locations pertinent to the Viking age. General history, religion, linguistics and culture. Verið velkomin! - Related subreddits - Directly related subreddits. Let us know if our spam filter has caught your submission! Directly messaging individual moderators may result in a ban. ![]() r/Norse is a subreddit for academic discussion of Norse and Viking history, mythology, language, art and culture.ĭo NOT private message or use reddit chat to contact moderators about moderator actions. ![]()
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