ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser The blade is made of

The blade is made of steel and is sold without the shaft

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These rings are an early medieval form of hair decoration

The ring is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Saxons and Scandinavian people

ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser The blade is made ofThis 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