ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century bronze Armets The Danish axe features a

The Danish axe features a hand-forged blade

The hooks can easily be screwed in the wall

Width 55 cm

Dresses like this were worn during the Middle Ages as an underdress during the colder months

ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century bronze Armets The Danish axe features aThis 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