bracteate alu modern Several thick wires are forged

Several thick wires are forged tightly together with thinner filigree wires to create a tightly woven piece that ends in dragon heads from Gotland

Translator: Annie Prime

Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering

It ends in the heads of Hati and Sköll

Viking Age finds of similar knives have been made in all of the Scandinavian countries

bracteate alu modern Several thick wires are forgedA fantastic, large size reproduction of one the most famous bracteates. It depicts a figure on a horse, possibly Odin, and the magical runic inscription ALU. Handmade, made of Fibre reinforced cast and painted to resemble ancient bronze by a Swedish artist. It makes a great centrepiece on any wall, shelf, table or shrine. A bracteate is a flat, thin, single sided gold coin that was worn as jewelry, mainly among the Germanic tribes of the Migration