Necklace "Gotland" with Viking Cross Axe.

Necklace with dragon heads and cross axe pendant.

That 4 mm wide Viking necklace of braided leather is attached with impressing Viking dragon heads and combined with a striking cross axe pendant.

The cord is made from 4 mm braided leather and available in two lengths.

With 50 cm cord: The necklace is close to the neck and is closed with hook-and-eye closure.
With 65 cm cord: The necklace reaches to the chest and is placed over the head as a whole.

The historical model for the dragon's heads is a Viking bracelet from the Swedish island of Gotland, which was provided with these remarkable dragon's heads.

The remarkable axe amulet is modelled on Viking cross axes, which probably had a symbolic connection to Olav the Saint.
From the Viking period, several identical axes are known with such a cross, all of them date back to the 11th century, such as from Hejde on Gotland, from Närke in Sweden and from Pederstrup and Sortehoj in Denmark.

The braided leather necklace is available in elegant matte black colour with silver plated parts or in a nice antique brown with bronze parts.

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Axe amulets are known from the time of the Vikings from various sites and were particularly common among the eastern Vikings. But also in eastern Scandinavia and the Baltic territories there were a large number of axe supporters.
A total of around 30 axes are known with more or less ornate decorations of crosses from the time of the Vikings, dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries. At that time, faith in Saint Olav was very widespread in Scandinavia, which had an axe as an attribute of his person as a counter-draft to the Norse god Thor. Thus it can probably be assumed that the widespread cross representations refer to Viking axes to Saint Olav.