Viking valkyrie amulet Denmark, silvered bronze

Product description

The bronze Valkyrie pendant is a replica from the Viking era, depicting a female figure, nobly dressed and with tied hair, holding a drinking horn. The original is exhibited in the Danish National Museum. The Viking amulet is interpreted as a Valkyrie offering a fallen warrior a horn of mead to welcome him to Valhalla. Depictions of women are more common than pendants amongst Viking Age finds. They were likely worn as a protective amulet during that period, as in Norse mythology Valkyrie women were considered those who, after battle, chose the souls of fallen warriors (Einherijr) to guide them to the halls of Valhalla.