Viking tunic wolf Fenrir, black

Product description

The tunic is well-suited to early medieval re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay. Reaching just above the knees, it is adorned with fine embroidery. The sleeves carry a symmetrical pattern comprising two winding red lines and two winding white lines, forming an aesthetic contrast with the fabric of the tunic and the embroidery at the neckline. The neckline embroidery depicts a wolf at the centre with an early medieval knot motif on both sides, worked in white, orange and red. In Old Norse mythology, the wolf Fenrir was a son of Loki, the Viking god of deception. Fenrir grew up to be a cunning and very strong wolf — a great danger to the gods. For this reason they chained Fenrir with Gleipnir: a fine chain from which he could not break free until the arrival of Ragnarok. In both Viking and Germanic art, wolves were depicted in battle scenes, alongside ravens and eagles. The wolf stood for murder, manslaughter, and cunning. Dangerous men were described as wolves, and berserkers were also associated with wolves. The decoration of this tunic fits well with the re-enacting of a Viking warrior on the battlefield.