[Ansteorra] Period Religious Jewelery

[C. L. Ward]

reading back over this, I want to make a clarification... I added a sentence
in the wrong place.  It should read:

The swastika is also closely connected to Thorr's hammer and it is found as
a prominent motif in Scandinavian art from Bronze Age rock carvings to Iron
Age brooches, from Migration period swords and bracteates (see illo at
http://www.midhnottsol.org/lore/swastika/figs/fig236.gif) to Anglo-Saxon
cremation urns, and so on to the Viking Age and beyond. In Iceland a form of
swastika called a Thorshammar was used until recent times as a magical
device to detect thieves. This *is* a period type of pagan jewellry, but
probably one
which would *not* be appropriate for the Current Middle Ages.

It is noteworthy that the majority of Thorr's hammer amulets were found in
hoards and house-sites rather than graves, perhaps as a dedication to Thorr,
but more likely as a measure of protection
from thieves.

I also note that the links to Statens Historiska's photos got whacked.  They
should be in the format:

http://www.historiska.se/collections/shm-bild/visa_stor.asp?

Then after the question mark there should be:

ID=4098

The list of IDs is:

ID=4098
ID=4102
ID=4107
ID=4324
ID=5151
ID=5263
ID=5264
ID=5267
ID=5268
ID=7328
ID=6015
ID=6271
ID=6978

Or, if needed, write me off-list and I'll send a better list of links that
hopefully won't get whacked in transmission...

::GUNNVOR::