[Image: Wiki Commons] Mjölnir is one symbol we can be pretty sure was used by the original adherents of the Norse belief system, perhaps to summon the protection of the god Thor. Yggdrasil is the ...

What the Viking Symbol For Protection Is The Viking symbol for protection ... As we’ve mentioned in another of our articles discussing Norse Mythology (as it is related to the upcoming Hellblade ...

The religious service involved a wooden hammer held aloft, various invocations to Norse deities and ceremonial ... gods and rituals from the Viking era. Viking symbols are often used in mainstream ...

A drawing shows the symbol around which all Norse ... a crash course in Norse mythology and the role a squirrel plays in it: The Viking age began around A.D. 800 and ended about 300 years later.

Odin is one of the primary gods of Norse mythology, a pre-Christian pagan belief system central to Viking society ... an ancient symbol used throughout the Iron Age and later co-opted by ...