Cross Axe Pendant

Axe pendant in the shape of a Viking cross axe.

The remarkable cross axe amulet is modelled on cross axes from the Viking Age, which presumably had a symbolic reference to Olav the Saint.

Several identical axes with a cross worked as a breakthrough are known from the Viking Age, all dating to the 11th century, for example from Hejde on Gotland, from Närke in Sweden and from Pederstrup and Sortehøj in Denmark.
Link to the historical cross axe...

Axe amulets are known from various Viking sites and were especially common among the eastern Vikings. However, a large number of axe pendants were also found in eastern Scandinavia and the Baltic regions.

The cross axe pendant measures 4.5 x 3.5 cm.

The axe pendant is made of bronze and is also available in real silver-plated.

A black leather cord in 1 m length for the cross axe pendant is included.

A total of around 30 axes with more or less elaborate ornamentation of crosses are known from the time of the Vikings, dating to the 11th and 12th centuries. At that time, the belief in Saint Olav was very widespread in Scandinavia, who had an axe as an attribute of his person as an antithesis to the Norse god Thor. So we can probably assume that the widespread depictions of the cross on Viking axes refer to Saint Olav.