bracteate alu modern Illustrations: 22 B/W illustrations

Illustrations: 22 B/W illustrations

Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering

Viking Age finds of similar knives have been made in all of the Scandinavian countries

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bracteate alu modern Illustrations: 22 B/W illustrationsA fantastic, large size reproduction of one the most famous bracteates. It depicts a figure on a horse, possibly Odin, and the magical runic inscription ALU. Handmade, made of Fibre reinforced cast and painted to resemble ancient bronze by a Swedish artist. It makes a great centrepiece on any wall, shelf, table or shrine. A bracteate is a flat, thin, single sided gold coin that was worn as jewelry, mainly among the Germanic tribes of the Migration