TATTOO VALKNUT MEANING TRIAL

On these stones, it is typically surrounded by valkyrie-like figures, bears (underscoring Odin’s bear connection once again), warriors, and a figure carrying a spear and riding a horse, generally identified as Odin Himself. Archaeologists have found it depicted on picture stones, the earliest from the 7th century CE, in Sweden and England, and on the Oseberg ship burial in Norway. Historically, t he valknut is a somewhat ambiguous symbol, and may signify a number of different things depending on who you ask. Some of us welcome that and even look forward to it as one might look forward to a night with a lover. Most of us who are His know that our deaths belong to Him just as our lives do, and that we will one day die at His hands.

The immediate impact of embracing the symbol is more likely to be sweeping life changes, inner transformation, and the sacrifice of comfort zones, than literal death however there is-or ought to be-also an acceptance of the literal meaning of death as a sacrifice to Odin. In modern devotional practice, the symbol is traditionally worn by those who have been claimed by Odin, as a sign that we are willing to be sacrifices to Him at any time He should choose.

TATTOO VALKNUT MEANING TRIAL

“ I’ve read (in sources-I-can’t-remember at unrecalled times, unfortunately) that Odin’s valknut is a protective but dangerous symbol, and that one who wears it is marked for great trial or even death.

7th century picture stone depicting the valknut’s connection with human sacrifice

Tattoo valknut meaning