ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser Saxons and Scandinavian people

Saxons and Scandinavian people

The rubber sole provides excellent grip and durability

This decorative replica is made of 3

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

the shield is well-suited to medieval reenactors

ukko ax hammeramulet ylipaa 9th century silvered bronze Maliën & pantser Saxons and Scandinavian peopleThis 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