Showing posts with label wotan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wotan. Show all posts

Friday 1 February 2019

Merseburg Charms Pyrographed Wooden Plate!!

Back to woodburning again after a very long time! So we must be back to pyrography across a big gate. Nothing to say about the well-known charms but just to mention that these charms are one of the most important survivals of the pre-christian pagan Germanic beliefs. As it use to be, own freestyle design, paying respect to the original Old High German text.
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Friday 27 August 2010

Triskelion Dragon beltbag







This is for male and female users, and it has a shoulder strap avaliable. Perfect, if you look something different for daily use :)

Monday 12 April 2010

Ostrogothic Eagle Bracer.


There are several Eagle Broochs from the ancient Goths in archeology. Eagle was a sacred spirit for Gothic tribes, maybe something imported from their travels in eastern Europe or western Asia. An animal also sacred to Wotan in later times. Even in Xtian times, Goths were worshipping the eagle as a sacred animal. We though that the sons of Gaut still being unconsciously heathens...


The bracer above is painted with gold tincture (not the same as golden tincture), it is based on the Ostrogothic Domagnano treasure from the 6th century CE.

Odroerir box


Some pyrography. The central symbol is Odroerir, with the three horns containing the mead of poetry stolen by Odin in Suttung home. This design contains the whole Elder Futhark, something obvious talking about wisdom and poetry isn't it? The box sides are adorned with dragons inspired by the Oseberg style.

Wes hal!

Tuesday 2 March 2010

Hugin ok Munin




Some pyrography for today's blog. Hugin and Munin, Odin's Ravens, or if you want: Wisdom and Memory. They fly everyday around the nine worlds and later they return to their owner to inform Him about all the things viewed in their travels.


The other ornaments in the box are inspired in the classic Oseberg style, related with the burial treasure found in Tønsberg (Norway), dated in 9th century CE. The front Fylfot its based in a Gothic eagle brooch made in the Balkans in 4th century CE. It has also a Runic inscription extracted from the Elder Edda's Grimnismál, st 20:



Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag Jörmungrund yfir; óumk ek of Hugin at hann aftr né komit, þó sjámk meir um Munin.

Translation:

Hugin and Munin fly each day over the spacious earth. I fear for Hugin, that he come not back, yet more anxious am I for Munin.

Hope you like it.