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0 Axt Bart
Axe Amulet. Medieval pendant inspired by the bearded axes of the Viking Age. With leather cord. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 3 x 2.8 cm.
0 Axt Perun
Replica of the Axe of Perun" / hatchet amulet connected with the Slavic god Perun after a Viking find. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 4 x 3.5 cm."
0 Axt Makarov
Axe of Perun. Miniature axe amulet of the western Slaves and Rus after a find of the late Viking age. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 4.5 x 3.3 cm.
0 Axt Skegg
Viking skeggox pendant after a historical model of a bearded axe from Gotland / Sweden. With leather cord. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 3.3 x 2.8 cm.
0 Axt Hammer
Viking hammer axe pendant. Amulet according to historical models of the Slavs and Rus. With leather cord. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 4 x 2 cm.
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Axe pendant in the shape of a Viking cross axe.
This remarkable Viking axe amulet is modelled on historical cross axes, 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 AD, 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 Viking axe pendants were also found in eastern Scandinavia and the Baltic regions.
The Viking cross axe pendant measures 4.5 x 3.5 cm.
You can buy this Viking pendant in high-quality bronze or real silver-plated.
Alternatively, also available in 925 sterling silver (Please note the delivery time). Alloy...
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.