slavic svantevit amulet wolin 9th 10th century bronze Middeleeuwse - Renaissance helmen en helmaccessoires The jewel is an image

The jewel is an image of a Viking warrior

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slavic svantevit amulet wolin 9th 10th century bronze Middeleeuwse - Renaissance helmen en helmaccessoires The jewel is an imageThis amulet is modeled after a wooden cult statue found in 1974 on the Polish island of Wolin. A total of four comparable statues are known, each around 6 cm high and dating from the 9th 10th centuries, each with four faces possibly symbolizing the four directions or the four seasons. Svantevit was a high Slavic god, worshiped by the Ranen on Rgen and other Elbe and Baltic Sea Slavs as a god of war, god of fertility and abundance, and as an oracle