As with most of the treasures it was created by the dwarves and had runes carved on its point. Such images date back all the way back to Bronze Age rock carvings of a spear god. Images of the god often depicts Odin bearing a spear. Gungnir Gungnir (Old Norse for “Swaying ”) is the name of the mighty spear that belongs to the god Odin. The reason for this may come from the forging of the hammer, when the dwarf working the bellows was bitten in his eye by a gadfly (secretly Loki in disguise) which caused the handle of the hammer to be shortened. Thor requires the gloves to handle his powerful hammer. Járngreipr (Old Norse “iron grippers”) are the iron gloves of the god Thor. The pendants and icons of the hammer were a common symbol of the god of thunder in North European mythologies and are found in burials and other locations. Due to a mishap in its manufacturing it had a characteristically short handle. Snorri Sturluson relates how the hammer was made by the dwarven brothers Eitri and Brokkr. Mjölnir Mjölnir (the name derived from Old German for “grinder” or “crusher”) is one of the most fearsome weapons, capable of leveling mountains. When worn, the belt doubled Thor’s already immense strength. The Prose Edda lists this as one of Thor’s three main possessions, along with the hammer Mjölnir and the iron gloves Járngreipr. Megingjörð The megingjörð (the Old Norse words mean “power-belt”) is a belt worn by the god Thor. I take a look at some of them in this article. These god and goddess owned and used marvelous treasures. They believed in the many gods and goddesses (over 40 possibly) that included Woden (Odin), Thunor (Thor), Heimdall, Freya and Loki. Today I thought I would take a look at some of the treasures which the Norse and Anglo-Germanic gods were said to owned.īefore the coming of Christianity to the English lands the English shared a common mythology and belief structure to the peoples that would later be called Vikings and the Germanic tribes from which they themselves sprang.
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