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When amateur archaeologist and metal detectorist Morten Skovsby uncovered this tiny silver figurine near the village of Hårby in the southwest part of the Danish island of Funen, he knew exactly what to do. He documented the findspot immediately, and then took the artifact to the City Museum in nearby Odense. When the museum’s curator, Mogens Bo Henriksen, saw the figurine, he knew what it was. “There can hardly be any doubt,” he says, “that this depicts one of Odin’s valkyries.”

Norse myths, called sagas, tell of female figures called valkyries (from the Old Norse valkyrja meaning “chooser of the slain”). The valkyries were sent to battlefields by the god Odin to select which fallen warriors were worthy of afterlives in Valhalla, filled with feasts of wild boar and liquor milked from goats. Despite their prevalence in the sagas, depictions of valkyries are relatively rare. They are confined to Swedish picture stones dating to about A.D. 700 and a handful of Early Viking fibulae (brooches) from Sweden and Denmark. So this three-dimensional representation is unique.

The figurine, which would probably have been a pendant, is partly gilded, while other areas are colored black by niello, a mixture of copper, silver, and lead sulphides used as an inlay. The valkyrie wears a long patterned dress and carries a double-edged Viking sword in her right hand and a shield protecting her body in her left. Dating to about A.D. 800, the figurine was recovered near an excavated area known to have been a metal workshop. Perhaps, says Henriksen, it was discarded as waste. Or maybe it was raw material on the way to the melting pot. “For some unknown reason it didn’t make it that far—and that’s our good luck.”

Source: JA Lobell. Archaeology Magazine

Norse Queen, AI rendered and based on an original by Diego Fernandez

Loving AI art at the moment. This image is based on an author description of a Norse Viking trader and an Icelandic farmer, 11th century. It always blows me away how close these images are to the image formed in my head when reading. Almost like a time window into the past.

Odin has two ravens, but many associate crows with Odin.

They associate crows with ravens. Ravens and crows belong to the same bird family, but they are two different species.
Crows have nothing to do with Norse heathenry, no matter how people want to twist and turn it.

Odin has two ravens, not two crows.

Exciting News!

I’ve been thinking about a new name and domain for our community—something that’s easy to remember and type, with a bit more reach as we continue to grow.

I’m happy to share our new name FolkRealms.com! This name feels like it captures the spirit of what we’re building—a grounded space for everyone who feels connected to pagan and Norse traditions.

Why the Change? FolkRealms feels simple and inviting, and I think it will make it easier for more people to find us as we expand. Valknuden has been a great part of our journey, but this new name should give us a stronger foundation as we grow together.

Thank you all for being part of this community!

Hello everyone!

Greetings from the mountains!

I hand make knives, taking inspiration from Old Norse, and I am excited to share my work with you all!

Looking forward to being apart of this amazing community!

A little about me im: British with: English (which is Saxon mainly), Germanic ;-) Irish, Scandinavian ;-)) , Scots & Welsh ancestry/ethnicity. Ive been lucky enough to trace my ancestry back to the Dukes of Normandy & Jarls of Orkney. Although to be fair most people of N.W. European descent can count them as direct ancestors, but can u prove it...? . My cultural identity lies in the history and mythology of Scandinavia and Germay: Woden/Odin. I love/passion all things history particularly Norse and Roman. My 'speciality' is Roman but the Norse is catching up! Sköl!