#valknut

[viking-illustrator]

Odin protects trans rights

#this blog is a safe place for lgbtq #trans rights #norse #valknut #trans #lgbtq #lgbtq rights #Odin #heathens against hate #inclusive heathenry

[pnwitch-of-west17]

#baby witch #witchy #beginner witch #witch community #witchcraft #witchcore #divination #triqueta #triskele #tripple horn of Odin #yggdrasil #valknut #vegvisir #troll cross #norse pagan #norse symbols #sigils #magick

[thetransgenderheathen]

bought a pride valknot off etsy to wear at work.

#heathenry #heathen #norse paganism #norse pagan #norse heathenry #norse heathen #norse polytheism #paganism #pagan #paganblr #valknut #lgbt pride

[gifts-of-heimdall-runes]

VALKNUT REFLECTIONS

Elder Futhark Rune Art 2023

Gifts-of-Heimdall-Runes

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Valknut Reflections shows a mini project created between February 2023 to May 2023 using Elder Futhark rune circles and Valknut designs.

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The Valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles that appear on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples. The term valknut is a modern development; it is not known what term or terms were used to refer to the symbol historically. Scholars have proposed a variety of explanations for the symbol, sometimes associating it with the god Odin.

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The appearance of the valknut in the archaeological record is highly open to interpretation. The term valknut is a modern Norwegian compound word meaning “knot of those fallen in battle,” referring partly to the theory that the symbol was associated with death (source: Bing AI query, April 2023.)

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Valknut designs have been featured within my designs since 1987. The design below was on the front of a rune journal (at least until the adhesive died), contrasted by a contemporary version of the 1987 original created by apps, design software in 2023.

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These pictures were also created using components created whilst making "Textures of Bifröst- Abstract Staves."

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These pictures were shared as representations of creative journeys over time.

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Image Ref: VALKNUT images via PNGwing.com

#gifts of heimdall runes #gifts of heimdall #gifts of heimdall rune art #gifts of heimdall art #rune #runes #futhark #elder futhark #elder futhark runes #elder futhark rune art #rune designs #rune art #futhark runes #norse runes #rune circles #heimdall gifts runes #futharkart #norse pagan #valknut #valknut runes #valknut rune art #valknut rune designs

[notthesomefather]

Normally I would never repost an image that's already on Tumblr, but the OP was a bigot so I'll make an exception ;)

#valknut #heathen #norse #pagan #asatru #norse pagan #heathenry

[fo-rokkatru]

Finished a new sketch. This is a resident of the Ironwoods, a special lady of the Jotuns.

Sometimes I feel the way it looks.

#ironwood #jotun #art #witchy art #north pagan #artist #valknut #faerie #norse gods #forest spirit

[alephskoteinos]

The binding power of chthonic gods

Something I keep noticing in chthonic gods is that they often tend to be associated with the power of binding. By "chthonic gods", I tend to mean either gods of the underworld, gods who dwell beneath the earth, or god who are associated with some vital power or mystery associated with the underworld. I often kind of joke about it in relation to BDSM, but it's kind of worth discussing on its own.

I think I'll start with Odin, because that's usually where this theme starts for me. Even though Odin is not popular understood as a chthonic deity, owing to his status as the ruler of Aasgard and leader of the Aesir, many traits point to a very chthonic character. He was called the "lord of the gallows", and sometimes received hanged men as sacrificial offerings to the ravens. His many epithets included Valdrgalga ("ruler of the gallows"), Farmrgalga ("burden of the gallows"), Draugadrottin ("lord of the Draugr/undead"), and Foldardrottin ("lord of the earth"), all denoting his sovereignty via the chthonic realm. His horse Sleipnir allowed Odin as well as other deities to travel between worlds and particularly to the underworld. In some interpretations, even Valhalla may have been an underground place, or a kind of underworld in itself.

Anyways, the main connection to binding comes from the Valknut, a mysterious Germanic symbol likely associated with Odin. No one really knows its meaning, but the fact that it almost solely seems to appear in connection with the cult of the dead suggests that the symbol is tied to death in some way. The other major theory about the valknut is that it represented Odin's power to, in the others of Hilda Ellis Davidson, "lay bonds upon the mind, so that men became helpless in battle, and he could also loosen the tensions of fear and strain by his gifts of battle-madness, intoxication, and inspiration". In this understanding, the valknut represents Odin's power to bind and unbind the human mind, or more specifically those of his enemies and allies respectively, as well as the cycles of transition between death and rebirth.

The binding and liberating aspect of chthonic power is also reflected in Kronos, or Saturn, one of the many chthonic gods seen in Greek and Roman polytheism. Throughout the Greek Magical Papyri, the "chains of Kronos" are apparently invoked as a binding force. In the "Prayer to Selene", within the Greek Magical Papyri, the goddess Hecate, as Selene, wears the chains of Kronos upon her body, as well as wielding a scepter made by Kronos, which gives her power over even the primordial chaos itself. The influence of Saturn has often been believed to involve binding in some way. At the same time, Saturn was also undoubtedly a god of liberation, honoured in festivals such as Saturnalia where the whole order of Roman society was temporarily inverted.

In Vedic India, two chthonic gods, Varuna and Yama, share the attribute of binding sinners or wrongdoers with a rope for judgement. In Varuna's case this is by way of the nagapasa, his weapon and instrument of justice. Varuna himself lived in the underworld, his "stone house" where the waters of his night sky also dwelled and into which the sun withdrew after dusk. Yama, as the first mortal who upon death became the lord of the departed, also dwells in the underworld, and presides over it as the judge of the souls of the deceased. Yama's rope was an instrument by which to "capture" the souls of people who are about to die so that he can deliver them to death. In the Brahma Purana, Yama attempts to capture Markandeya with that rope, but is saved by the intervention of the god Shiva.

Varuna's and Yama's binding power is perhaps reflected in the Japanese Buddhist figure of Fudo Myo-O, one of the Vidyaraja (Wisdom Kings). Fudo Myo-O uses his rope to, depending on who you ask, bind each thing to its "nature", bind the ignorant, or capture demons. Fudo Myo-O, in his own way, has his own chthonian persona. Bernard Faure notes in Gods of Medieval Japan that Fudo was identified with the earth and thus positioned at the centre (or rather honzon) of earth-quelling rituals and identified with another earth deity named Kenro Jijin, as well as linked to a complex quasi-demonic deity named Kojin.

I won't go much further than I already have for this post, mostly to maintain to some sense of brevity for a Tumblr infodump. To round this out, though, I don't have that good an idea of why the chthonic powers are often tied to binding. But, if Odin and Saturn are any indication, maybe it's just a central part of the duality and polarity embodied by the chthonic realm, wherein the bondage of the chthonic powers is inseparable from a larger liberating power that, as I think Frater Archer said, is an essential part of the underworld, and the experience of mystery to which the underworld is central.

#chthonic gods #odin #yama #varuna #kronos #valknut #paganism #polytheism #saturn #underworld #binding #fudo myoo #chthonic

[glyptolite]

"Valknut" by Kain Morgenmeer.

#kain morgenmeer #symbol #valknut #viking #crow #content

[alexlibris-bookart]

www.alexlibrisbookart.com

Leather journal with the Valknut symbol…

#valknut #valhalla #ragnar #odin #thor #warrior #military #runes #celtic #norse #nordic #havamal #medieval #art #writing #army #bookworm #etsy #sketchbook #fanart #fountainpen #leatherjournal #book #bookstagram #photography #nikon #bookbinding #etsyshop #alexlibris #bookart

[negreabsolut]

Entrant al Valhalla volant amb les valquíries, per DVKtheartist. [font]

#art #art digital #Valknut #nòrdic #símbol #sagrat #símbol sagrat

[berloga-workshop]

Valknut ring (Loki mask ring)

#berloga_workshop #vikingjewelry #exclusivejewelry #Cammincasket #likeaviking #vikingstyle #norse #vikingring #ring #handmade #norsestyle #Valknut #silver #Lokimask #Loki #mask #silverring

[oraclesalkhemy]

#Hand printed Valknut on a tie- dyed cushion cover #witchy crafts #crafts #hand crafted #valknut #printed textiles #textiles #symbols #viking #odin #etsy alkhemy tales

[nerdintheforest]

This is called the Long Boy viking sea chest, and it is magnificent. Front is engraved with a mjolnir and a valknut, inset with bronze mica. When I get a full sunlight day I will snap pictures with the glisten on it.

#viking #viking aesthetic #mjolnir #valknut #sea chest #ren faire #woodworking

[ansur]

#valknut

[gifts-of-heimdall-runes]

Source: Norse Mythology [Facebook]

#Norse Mythology #norse mythology facebook #rune #runes #futhark #elder futhark #elder futhark runes #futhark runes #norse runes #rune designs #rune art #valknut #valknut runes

[adiladedesign]

#vikings #mjolnir #helm of awe #valknut #aegishjalmur #troll cross #vegvísir #paganism #web of wyrd #viking #viking axe #tumblrstickers #findyourthing