Germanic tunic Ulfhednar, brown

Product description

The tunic is well-suited to early medieval re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay. It reaches just above the knees and is adorned with beautiful embroidery. The sleeves feature a symmetrical pattern consisting of two winding lines in contrasting colours. This embroidery forms an aesthetic contrast with the fabric of the tunic and the embroidery at the neckline, whilst the neckline embroidery itself depicts a wolf in the centre with an early medieval knot motif on both sides rendered in several colours. 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 Fenrir could not break free until the arrival of Ragnarök. In both Viking and Germanic art, wolves were depicted in battle scenes, just like 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 is well-suited to the re-enacting of a Viking warrior on the battlefield.