ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser an archetype of the late

an archetype of the late medieval longsword

the frames are cut at the bottom so that they can be pulled apart a few millimeters to insert a lens

These rings are an early medieval form of hair decoration

Saxons and Scandinavian people

ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser an archetype of the lateThis amulet is modeled on a Viking Age pendant found at Ylip near Lieto in Finland and dating to around 800 AD. It depicts the Ukonvasara, the ax hammer of the Finnish thunder god Ukko. Unlike the Western Scandinavians, the Finns in the Viking Age did not carry a Thor's hammer, but this similarly shaped amulet, also called Ukonkirves (axe of Ukko) like Thor's hammer, it was supposed to summon lightning and thunder. Ukko was the high god of Finnish