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Roving Longboat for Protection on the Sea of Life
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North Star for Direction and Constancy
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Northern Knot for Happy Love and Friendship
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Product Code: TVP01 The Vikings knew the sea better than any, their extensive coastline tempting exploration in great longboats which allowed travel in swiftness and safety. So loved and admired were longboats that poets sang of them and Viking sculptors carved them on the famous Gotland picture stones. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" in diameter.
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Product Code: TVP02 Through magic, Odin spun the heavens around Veraldar Nagli or the World Spike. Known to us as the North Star - beautifully interpreted here as a pendant - it was essential in navigation and was named Odin's Eye by the Vikings. For Direction and Constancy. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" in diameter.
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Product Code: TVP03 An ancient symbol, the winding knot represents both the complexity of the self and the binding of relationships in an endless pattern. For Happy Love and Friendship. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: ¾" x 1"
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Gripping Beast for Regeneration & Vitality
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Nordic Crossle for Purity and Spirituality
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Thor's Hammer for Inner Strength
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Product Code: TVP04 This fantasy creature - a lion-horse-dog - has paws clutching the edges of its frame and was frequently depicted in traditional Nordic animal art. Its energy and movement captures the restless versatility of the Viking age and was a popular decorative motif. For Regeneration and Vitality. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" in diameter.
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Product Code: TVP05 The Vikings readily accepted Christ into their own pantheon of gods and the cross became a recognized symbol. The crossle has a single cross on each arm, transforming the usual equal armed design into five crosses, empowering and augmenting its beauty. For Purity and Spirituality. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: ¾" x 1"
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Product Code: TVP06 Red-bearded Thor, the favorite Viking god, was the people's champion with his supernatural strength and feisty humor. When he swung his hammer, Mjollnir, Thor was invincible and small hammers were often worn as tokens of identification and loyalty. Mjollnir is spelled in runes on this hammer. For Inner Strength. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" x 1"
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Viking Axe for Achievement & Victory
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Scanda Cross for Love and Harmony
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Web of Wyrd for Developing Potential
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Product Code: TVP07 The axe was a primary weapon, also used peaceably for ship-building and in crafts and magic. In the Voluspa (The Sibyl's Prophecy), a seeress tells Odin of an axe-age, a sword-age and a wolf-age preceding Ragnarok - the end of the Viking's world - which Odin must try to delay but cannot prevent. For Achievement and Victory. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" x 1¼"
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Product Code: TVP08 Christianity won Viking converts when missionaries of the Church destroyed their pagan temples and yet suffered no divine retribution from the old gods. Vikings traveled through Christian strongholds and their craftsmen embraced the cross, bringing northern artistry to Christian symbolism. For Love and Harmony. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: ⅞" x 1"
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Product Code: TVP09 This open ribbonwork trefoil represents the Web of Wyrd woven by the three Norns, Norse goddesses of Fate. Vikings believed that each one could influence his future but all were subject to the cosmic destiny of Wyrd, spun by the Norns with the skein of life. For Developing Potential. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1¼" in diameter.
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Urnes Snakes for Skill and Ingenuity
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Dragonhead Boat for Safety on Journeys
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Sunwheel for Wealth and Abundance
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Product Code: TVP10 Carved on large rune stones in Urnes, these snakes are the symbol of Loki - Shape-changer and Trickster - the clever god as flexible as a serpent in wriggling out of trouble. Vikings believed snakes, in shedding their skins, were both wise and powerful. For Skill and Ingenuity. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: ⅞" x 1¼"
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Product Code: TVP11 The longboat figurehead was an important magical charm believed to frighten off supernatural predators just as defensive shields would protect them from human foes. Voyages could be dangerous, and the Vikings sought the guardianship of the dragon symbol for protection and good fortune when away from home. For Safety on Journeys. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1" x 1½"
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Product Code: TVP12 The Midguard Serpent, Jormungand, encircles the Sunwheel, one of the oldest and most sacred of man's symbols. Sunwheels feature on rock carvings and jewelry throughout the Norse world to mark the importance of the sun in agriculture and its traditional link with the precious metal gold. For Wealth & Abundancy. Made of pewter and provided with a chain. Approximate size: 1¼" in diameter
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